'These four paid unused vacation days will cost you THOUSANDS': Manager denies worker's vacation, claiming new rule in unpublished employee handbook

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Jan 27, 2024 8:00 AM EST

Things could have been so much easier for this company if this manager just acquiesced and accepted his employee's PTO request. Here, we have a loyal employee who was hoping to use his four paid unused vacation days that had rolled over, only to have his request denied by his manager. It wasn't just a timing or scheduling issue; the days were flat-out taken away from him. The Redditor, who shared his story via this thread on Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit, gathered enough evidence and presented his case to management. Once again, his request was denied, but it's their reasoning that makes this story even more infuriating.

Apparently, management made additions to an unpublished employee handbook without notifying people at the company in advance or informing them that there would be updates to these policies. As OP suspected, this was a convenient excuse and a new rule made specifically to deny his request. Thankfully, OP had the confidence to pursue this matter further with a well-deserved lawsuit. Keep scrolling below to see how this workplace debacle was resolved. For more content like this, check out this story about a teenager whose pay kept getting docked by a ruthless manager.