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'Fired for insubordination': CEO fires employee the day he files for paternity leave, claims he was insubordinate

We're pretty sure toxic bosses are not allowed to do this anymore…

 

This boss decided it was appropriate to fire his hourly employee on the same day that the employee filed for more state-protected paternity leave, a privilege that his boss doesn't normally grant to his other employees as well. First of all, let's start by acknowledging that granting maternity and paternity leave should not be seen as a privilege in anyone's else, nor should workers be rewarded for not taking their full time off. That concept is completely backward and needs to be rejected in all workplace environments at this point. After all, what decade are we living in?

 

This Redditor shared his story of being conveniently fired after requesting his full time off, and unfortunately for OP, we have to admit that there were plenty of red flags that this boss was awful from the very beginning. If there is anything to fault the employee for, it has nothing to do with his desire to go on leave. However, it does have to do with his choice to ignore all the signs that his boss was toxic and inappropriate. We understand that everyone needs to work, but it sounds like this dude was bad news from the start. 

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. For more content like this, here's a story about a student who maliciously complied his way out of doing work on his lab reports.

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