Boss demands employees provide details about their PTO, forcing them to lie to keep their private life, private: ‘Causes me unnecessary stress’

Bosses are universally known as generous, appreciative, and loved by all figures of authority. They are, without a doubt, the most benevolent and caring characters in the corporal food chain.

They would never be unprofessional, over-demanding, or hold unrealistic expectations that would affect workload. And most importantly, our cherished bosses will never ever cross the line between their workers' professional and personal life, the latter, held close to their hearts, is of utmost importance to them. That is why the following story is so unimaginable, almost like a myth.

All jokes aside, work-life balance is a struggle known by basically all of us (and if you somehow escaped having to deal with this ongoing, tricky effort - please stop bragging about it, thanks!). So when a superior is showing blatant disregard for privacy and personal matters, walking this already delicate unstable balance can be even more challenging.

This worker took to Reddit for advice after their overstepping boss demanded explanations for what they're doing on their PTO, and commenters did not disappoint, providing a great mix of solid advice and hilarious comebacks.

Like what you see? Follow our WhatsApp channel for more.

Advertisement

Stay up to date by following us on Facebook!

Tags

boss privacy workplace-stories hr toxic-workplace private bosses work toxic-boss workplace Horrible Bosses work-life balance bad bosses toxic-work-environment

Scroll Down For The Next Article

Also From FAIL Blog

Update: Workplace escape room debacle pits boss against his 29-year-old employee: 'Should I have let us fail to spare his ego?'

Update: Workplace escape room debacle pits boss against his 29-year-old employee: 'Should I have let us fail to spare his ego?'

Trending Now

Employee quits job after manager refuses to give them a raise, later finds out manager hired a less skilled replacement for a higher salary: ‘What's the point?’

Employee quits job after manager refuses to give them a raise, later finds out manager hired a less skilled replacement for a higher salary: ‘What's the point?’

Job candidate abruptly exits interview early after calling out power-tripping hiring manager for criticizing her experience: ‘‘Let’s save our time and end this interview’

Job candidate abruptly exits interview early after calling out power-tripping hiring manager for criticizing her experience: ‘‘Let’s save our time and end this interview’

4-year-old kid causes raucous at restaurant, server disciplines him, parents throw a fit at the manager: ‘You weren’t parenting, so a server did it for you’

4-year-old kid causes raucous at restaurant, server disciplines him, parents throw a fit at the manager: ‘You weren’t parenting, so a server did it for you’

Woman refuses her mother-of-two colleague’s demands for unpaid, non-work-related errands and babysitting every weekend: ‘Just because I don’t have children doesn’t mean my time is worthless’

Woman refuses her mother-of-two colleague’s demands for unpaid, non-work-related errands and babysitting every weekend: ‘Just because I don’t have children doesn’t mean my time is worthless’

Employee gets suspended for a week with no explanation, quits but sabotages work truck on last day: ‘Before I returned the truck, I release 6 stinky air fresher tags in it’

Employee gets suspended for a week with no explanation, quits but sabotages work truck on last day: ‘Before I returned the truck, I release 6 stinky air fresher tags in it’

'You want me to resign? Well, good luck without me!': Disrespected engineer refuses to take on project during vacation, hands in resignation the day he comes back to work

'You want me to resign? Well, good luck without me!': Disrespected engineer refuses to take on project during vacation, hands in resignation the day he comes back to work

Advertisement