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Hospital Denies Employee's PTO Request For Her Sister's Wedding 6 Months in Advance, Approves Assistant Manager's 3 Week Vacation Instantly: 'I'm The Maid of Honor.'

Emmy Pratt

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Elderly Employees Ask Coworker Why He Was Out Sick For 2 Days, Won't Stop Asking Until He Answers With Specifics: 'Were You Sick, or Just Feeling Down?'

Emmy Pratt

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Company accuses employee of taking excessive time off on his first day off of the entire year: 'I’ll be using all my time to handle the complex estate my grandmother left behind.'

Emmy Pratt

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Company denies leave request sent in 6 months prior, claims they've run out of PTO after draining it for closure days

JR Atkinson

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Boss denies employee's leave for father's memorial service: 'It was an undue stress on the team'

JR Atkinson

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Boss asks night-shift worker who works 70hrs/week to miss their son's soccer game because they can't find coverage

JR Atkinson

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Boss threatens to fire employee over non-refundable family trip they were notified of 8 months prior, offers them $500 as compensation: 'Why does my being away for 8 workdays cause a complete meltdown?'

JR Atkinson

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Pharmacy fires employee, tells remaining employees that they're not allowed to take time off: 'I’m afraid I‘ll lose my job if I ask to take a few days'

JR Atkinson

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Employee gets no coverage for long weekends off, is expected to cover for colleagues taking 2-3 weeks off at once

JR Atkinson

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Movie theater manager demands workers have availability 24/7, sees school as only valid conflict: 'I DO NOT accept you not being able to work a day because you want the day off to rest'

JR Atkinson

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Employee notices she takes less PTO after her company adopted an unlimited PTO policy: 'In 2022, I took 13 PTO days. Last year with unlimited, I took 8.'

Emmy Pratt

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Every time employee takes a PTO day they still end up 40 hours/week to cover it, nullifying the PTO: 'I should've worked 24 hours but I worked double that'

JR Atkinson

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Job rescinds their offer to prospective employee after they inquired about time off: 'Your request for planned time off raised concerns regarding alignment with our current expectations'

JR Atkinson

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Employee refuses to donate his PTO hours to a coworker who he barely knows: 'Amy said that not donating is really selfish'

Emmy Pratt

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Company only allows PTO on 'sick days,' forcing employees to lie about their time off: 'That’s basically no PTO with extra steps'

JR Atkinson

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Boss schedules a meeting at 6:30 AM on employee's first day of work after 2 weeks off, reschedules meeting for next week at 6:29 AM: 'They're 3 hours ahead of me, so it's a comfortable 9:30 AM their time.'

Emmy Pratt

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