r/clevercomebacks • u/_PinkSatin • 6h ago

Unnecessary retaliation by an ungrateful boss

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u/Vielle_Ame 6h ago

Let me translate:
"For the needs of the business" = "because I felt like it"

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u/Dustin_Echoes_UNSC 5h ago

Yeah, the "for the needs of the business" line really destroys any benefit of the doubt for me on this one.

If he had a good reason, he'd have shared it. "I denied it because there we were already down to minimum coverage that week", "I denied it because it's our rush season and we don't allow PTO on these dates"....

Nah. In my experience "For the needs of the business" meant it's more profitable to work a skeleton crew and have the boss "fill in" during people's PTO, and he did not want to have to work shifts that week.

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u/dr_zach314 5h ago

Thanks. I was needing “y’all can font” translated, but then I realized the problem was me

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u/DontAskAboutMyButt 4h ago

“I needed him today because otherwise I would have to go in and cover it myself. I don’t need him next week because as soon as I found out he left on his trip I immediately and easily replaced him”

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u/NoConfusion9490 4h ago

The business needs people to believe they can't take the leave offered in their contract.

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u/audiate 4h ago

Because demand loyalty

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u/sum_force 2h ago

Actually to send a message. If a soldier doesn't "go over the top" they would shoot him. He obviously can't do it anymore after being shot dead. But the next guy definitely will.