'He 100% agreed': Employee snaps on boss who contacts him during family leave

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Jul 22, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

"My boss was the kind of boss that every employee hates," this employee wrote as they shared what happened when they tried to take family leave. When you work at a small company like this person did, you quickly become close with your coworkers and bosses. If there are only five people at the business, like this one, it also can put more pressure on you as an employee.

Some places try to play that whole "we're a family" card, but they almost never mean it. You can't exactly fire your own family, but your boss would have no problem with it. When places say that, what they mean is that they expect complete loyalty from you and they want you becoming emotionally invested in the wellbeing of the company. But when it's time to return the favor, the company is suddenly all business.

This person tried to give their boss a ton of warning that they were going to be taking paid leave when their son was born. The employee, u/Tautochrone1, writes that instead of taking five weeks of time off, they could have taken eight weeks. But due to their loyalty to the company, the OP chose five weeks so that the company wouldn't be short-staffed longer than necessary. With such a valuable employee, this company still blew their shot at being a good employer, and instead decided to bother the OP until they couldn't take it any more.

Next, this cashier had a hilariously scathing retort to a customer who was demanding that she wanted to use out of date coupons.