Forced to work on holidays, this employee decided respect wasn't a one-way street
'I am not asking you to come in. I am telling you that you have to...' the boss said.
Work is important, but that doesn't necessarily mean you always sacrifice your personal life to meet professional expectations. Brandon (u/frenzzzykid), an employee, fully stands by it. Well, when his boss insisted he show up at work on holidays, Brandon didn't think twice and resigned with just one savage text. He shared the screenshot on Reddit in October 2021.
John, Brandon's boss, texted him, saying Sarah, another employee, had resigned without warning, and the company would remain short-staffed for the rest of the year. "So I am going to need you to come in during Thanksgiving this year," John added. He also informed Brandon that he shouldn't be shocked if he was required to come during Christmas. "I already told you 3 weeks ago I need that week off, and you agreed," the employee replied. Brandon straightaway refused to work through the holidays because John had changed his mind at the last minute. "If you ask me again, I will not be working for you at all anymore," he added. John, who perhaps hadn't expected Brandon to refuse his order, sent another text that read, "We have had to set expectations with you multiple times this year. Coming in is the least you can do." John also tried to threaten Brandon, saying, "I am not asking you to come in. I am telling you that you have to." This was it for Brandon as he immediately decided to quit his job. In his final text, he said, "And I am telling you that you will have no worker at all now. I quit!"
While leaves are technically a basic offering in every company, do all employees really get to enjoy them? Surprisingly, the Annual Leave Allowances survey found that 40% of employees have had their annual leave requests either rejected or significantly amended. And the most common reason they were given was staff shortage, just like what Brandon was told.
Meanwhile, reacting to the post, u/other_act_9085 commented, "Anyone who's forced to work any of those holidays should just straight up say no. The entire country gets the day off, but you guys don’t? Absolutely 100% f**k that sh*t; we can live without Walmart on those days, we’ll be fine. Edit: I was referring to retail jobs and shit like that; I understand there are a lot of jobs that need to be covered all the time." Another user, u/lapetitlis, said, "I have to know how your former boss replied to this. This is glorious, by the way. You're a bada**. You did the right thing. If he had gotten away with that, he would have just kept stomping your boundaries. It would end up being a huge snowball of stress and misery, and you'd have eventually ended up regretting kowtowing to this crap anyway. Good on you."
On the other hand, a working professional who seems to be an exceptional boss, u/assmouthplease, shared, "I don’t get these companies. When I was a manager, this girl put her 2 weeks in before I took over. I made a schedule with her on it, and she was like, 'Didn’t you know Tuesday was my last day?' I told her, 'Shit, my bad. I hope your new job is better than here; this place is wack around here right now.' I gave her my information as a future reference, too. She was a great worker."
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