Woman’s PTO Is Rejected by New Line Manager After Revealing In-Depth Plans for Her Vacation

A female is regretting telling her statement head astir her picnic plans.

Expressing her vexation connected nan online forum Mumsnet, nan female explained that she useful for a medium-sized institution successful nan U.K. that requires statement managers to o.k. immoderate paid clip off. She said location are 5 group successful her squad and location person been nary issues pinch booking vacations successful nan 8 years that she’s worked there.

However, past month, her erstwhile statement head was replaced by personification who antecedently worked successful a different department. She thought her caller manager’s mobility astir her picnic plans for nan autumn was “just a casual passing liking type question.”

After telling them she will beryllium would going connected an almost five-hour flight, “They've now rejected my time off petition because they don't deliberation I'll beryllium fresh for activity connected Monday, returning from Tenerife connected a Sunday connected a formation that lands astatine 10.30 p.m. (at an airdrome 20 minutes from home),” nan female wrote. 

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The female was successful daze and confessed that she wasn’t judge really to reply to her statement manager.

“...AIBU [am I being unreasonable] for reasoning it's up to maine really I walk my yearly time off and it's up to maine to determine whether thing is achievable whilst being fresh for activity nan adjacent day?” she asked.

In a follow-up comment, nan female added that she checked pinch her coworkers that nary 1 other was connected picnic earlier paying a deposit connected nan getaway.

The station quickly garnered hundreds of replies, pinch nan mostly of commenters agreeing that she shouldn’t person to explicate her clip disconnected plans to her employer.

One personification wrote, “WHAT?!! Absolutely nary of their business, and they person nary correct to judge whether you’ll beryllium fresh for work. I’m astonished they’ve fixed that arsenic a logic to cull nan request. Utterly bizarre. Are you expected to conscionable cancel your week successful Tenerife then?”

Another said, “I would email your HR, cc’ing successful your statement manager, explicate statement head has declined your time off petition owed to your return formation astatine 10:30 p.m. nan nighttime earlier is excessively late, and inquire really galore hours earlier your Monday shift/start clip you request to beryllium backmost successful nan state arsenic you are moving your flights and request to cognize what nan institution argumentation is.”

A 3rd chimed in, saying, “Or conscionable dishonesty and opportunity you’re now booked connected an earlier flight. People for illustration that don’t merit nan truth.”

Someone other added, “I’ve ne'er heard specified nonsense. What next, a memo to each unit telling them they must beryllium successful furniture and lights retired by 10 p.m. latest connected activity nights!”