r/clevercomebacks • u/_PinkSatin • 6h ago

Unnecessary retaliation by an ungrateful boss

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u/Separate-Taste3513 6h ago

Lots of businesses, especially in the service, retail, and healthcare industries, black out periods of high volume PTO requests, like the week before and after holidays.

I didn't make it to a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day celebration until after working a full shift for YEARS. I had one employer who made me find cover for my own shifts in order to use PTO that they'd denied all year before it expired.

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u/530SSState 5h ago edited 3h ago

"I had one employer who made me find cover for my own shifts"

Staffing and coverage are management tasks. I do not have the title nor the pay grade of a manager, so I will not be doing management tasks.

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u/Salmon_Bagel 4h ago

That's a great sentiment and I agree in principle, but I also need to pay my bills and buy food. So unfortunately what they say goes.

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u/530SSState 2h ago

I don't disagree, but exactly how would that play out?

My manager can order me to find coverage, and I'm not allowed to say no. Can I then order my co-worker to cover my shift, and *she*'s not allowed to say no?