It's easy for the boss to tell their employee to go on a vacation somewhere nice. It's harder when you don't have the funds to plan a trip like that.
This overworked employee recently learned that his company was doing away with bonuses and was therefore losing out on $20K that year. That was money he was planning on using for a real vacation, but without that extra money, he really could not afford to plan a trip. All of his income was now going into living expenses, as the cost of living was rising exponentially in his area. So when his boss pressured him to go on a "real trip," this Redditor could not maintain his composure and told his boss that he was not getting paid enough to afford the kind of vacation that his higher-ups frequently take. Eventually, the argument got personal and generational.
Keep scrolling below for the full exchange and the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more stories like this, check out this post about a worker who refused to accept the mandated return to office.
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