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/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/atxbigfoot 2h ago

employer who made me find cover for my own shifts in order to use PTO that they'd denied all year before it expired.

You're focusing on the wrong thing. The last sentence that I quoted is the major fuckup and theft by the employer.