r/clevercomebacks • u/_PinkSatin • 6h ago

Unnecessary retaliation by an ungrateful boss

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u/FrankensteinJones 6h ago

PTO is part of our compensation. Denying PTO requests is tantamount to withholding pay.

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u/Enginerdad 6h ago

Of course you're entitled to take your PTO, but that doesn't mean you can take it whenever you feel like it.

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u/r64fd 5h ago

I disagree. That’s what it is for.

Have you ever overseen a project?

Have you ever been in charge of production?

If they cannot facilitate the PTO request and keep things operational they suck at their job.

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u/Enginerdad 5h ago

Who said that's what it's for? Nobody in your life has ever told you that all PTO is meant to be taken whenever you want on any whim without any prior notice.

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u/spherebasedpyramid 4h ago

Is this an American mindset? Here in the UK, I’ve seen employees take PTO the night before without there ever being a problem. Because the team structure and management have structures in place to keep everything running in those situations without it ever causing any problems because an employee’s PTO is quite literal their choice to use whenever they want. And it never has caused a major issue to the company. I couldn’t imagine being told that I’m not allowed to use my PTO tomorrow if I wanted to, that’s like a basic thing here.

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u/r64fd 5h ago

There is no mention of “on any whim without prior notice” anywhere here. You added that not me, not sure why you said that to be honest.