New Boss Loses It When Employee Refuses To Cancel Approved Holiday

We've all got stories of horrible bosses who wouldn't be afraid to destroy our lives to squeeze out another hour of work out of us. This story is of one such boss who decided to mess with the wrong employee on her day off.

"My boyfriend (29 m) and I (26 f) are currently long-distance. We take turns visiting each other. He came to see me after almost two months of not seeing each other. We finally were to make plans. I requested to have five days off was approved from my job. I’ve worked there for six years."

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Ready to enjoy her day off with her boyfriend, she was stopped by her new boss who decided she needed to stay on for longer.

"It was after my shift, and I was heading out quickly. I had to pick my bf up from the airport. I clocked out, and while I was saying bye to everyone. My new boss of 2 weeks stopped me, and he asked if I could cover a shift. Since one of my co-workers called in sick. We’re short-staffed, and he needs me to stay for a couple hours more. I had a 10-hour shift. I was exhausted."

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She politely declined but the new boss wasn't having it.

"I responded no. I’m sorry, but I’m unable to, and I can’t stay late. I have covered it before in the past. I don’t mind, but I had somewhere to be. I mentioned I was picking up someone at the airport. He told me they could take an Uber. My boyfriend wouldn’t be happy with me if I did with him. Also he has no key to my apartment."

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Being told no clearly triggered something in the boss who had been refused multiple times that day.

"No one else wanted to stay, and I was the third person he asked to that said no. I said sorry, I can’t just tonight, another time."

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Immediately, the insults began pouring in although OP had a history of being a good team member.

"He called me a lousy worker, and I’m not a team player. I said, guess I’m not a team player and I walked passed him. I called out. I’ll see him in five days. While driving to the airport, I kept getting calls and texts from him; it got so bad that I had to pull over to turn off my phone. My boss wanted to come back to work."

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After turning her phone on after hours, she saw a barrage of messages from her toxic new boss.

"I had to turn on my phone, so my boyfriend could contact me. My phone was flooded with text messages. Ding after ding I think I got close to 15 texts. I blocked his number."

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OP barely got to enjoy her day as she got constantly harrassed through emails.

"I was so happy to see my bf. I was getting emails from my boss constantly when I was supposed to be my time off. I didn’t respond to and I rarely take vacation. One, he was asking me stuff that I didn’t know the answer to. Second, even if I did, I’m not telling him. I don’t know; I was starting to get petty."

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But OP didn't let him ruin her day and decided to enjoy herself. Unfortunately, her boss decided to write her up.

"I still had fun with my boyfriend. When I went to work, my boss called into his office. He blew up at me for being unprofessional, and he’s still new to this job. I should’ve helped or at least replied to the emails. I responded other people could’ve helped him. It’s not my responsibility when it’s my vacation time. I got my first write-up ever."

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OP was confused as to why because she had followed the rules and had gotten her day off approved.

"Is this something I’m missing? Did I do something inherently wrong here? I’m actually considering to report him. He is still new to his job. Am I the asshole?"

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Commenters immediately told her that her boss was being unprofessional and was being creepy because she had turned him down before.

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Commenters urged her to complain to HR.

"NTA What he did is unethical. He is a lousy boss with incredibly poor boundaries. Ge yourself striaght to HR and report him for harassing you on your vacation time. I would also formally request that time off be re-allocated to you as you had to spend it worrying about your boss's reaction. In the US what he did would be a violation of labor law. Because he wrote you up for essentially taking your earned vacation, that would be considered workplace retaliation. You really do need to report him. I guarantee you're not the only one he's doing this to, and it will only get worse."

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OP immediately reached out to HR.

"Update: I just sent an email to my HR with all the emails texts call logs. And any other evidence I have. My job isn’t like on call.So I don’t understand why he was bothering me he is my age roughly. On a happier note me and my boyfriend are planning to move in together"

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She posted an update later that she had a meeting set up with HR and the new boss. She also confirmed that the boss had in fact asked her out before.

"Edit

I'm Canadian. I live in BC. I’m a security guard at a departmental store. I like my job. HR Is setting a meeting up for tomorrow with me and my boss. My boss Tried asking me out in his first week of working But I told him down (nicely)."

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She then revealed that she was going to start looking for a new hob and that she wasn't comfortable in her role anymore.

"Edit

Thank you for everyone’s support. When I posted this I thought I was being a little dramatic. I’m glad I’m not the crazy one. I decided that I’m gonna look for a new job. I still wanna do security work but I’m just gonna move on. Don’t worry I’m still going to complain about my boss And report him."

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Luckily, in her final update, she shared that the new boss was let go and she would no longer have to report to him.

"Final update.

I prefer not go into much detail but my boss’s boss (how I knew for very time) took my side and my new boss is now my old boss."

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