20 Egregious Times Shameless Bosses Refused Time-Off Requests

The amount of power our workplaces can have over us is pretty horrific. They decide our health coverage, they decide when we work, how often, and we don’t get paid or unpaid leave guaranteed at all. That’s BONKERS. Americans deserve European-style PTO and I sure hope we get it within my lifetime.

Twitter user @PostOpPrincess recently shared that she was denied PTO for her own wedding. The post went viral and people quickly started to share their own PTO stories.

1. Y I K E S

2. Funeral

3. Other siblings will be there?!

4. Wow, what a dick

5. Surgery wasn’t “convenient”

6. Bye, Felicia!

7. Peace out, job

8. What a terrible job.

9. Let me bury my daughter first?!

10. Quit the job to go to a trial

11. Holy crap!

I was pregnant and lost my baby and ended up pregnancy 3 mos later, my boss fired me for getting pregnant and then tried to deny my unemployment. I took her to court and the unemployment judge shamed her stating that working in the medical field she had no shame.

— Tamera Wise (@Wisewonders) April 13, 2022

12. Shove it

https://twitter.com/deniselynne1966/status/1514293528024788995?s=20&t=i4zB_VRRKJivBtW-x4dG2Q

13. One request every 5 years?!

https://twitter.com/SarahG52889228/status/1513874563150589954?s=20&t=bb939tZC8f5s_cvrHVRhvg

14. Get back to work

https://twitter.com/Mello87949119/status/1514144400758165507?s=20&t=YPo-aBgAWfrrlVufCkxZEw

15. Hahahahaha!

My husband’s boss wanted him to come in after the wedding and do a evening shift. This after knowing about the wedding for months.
He quit.

— It’s Just Me (@starsat_night) April 12, 2022