Supervisor tells employee they cannot take PTO on Tuesdays through Thursdays weekly, even for medical reasons: ‘We all have to make sacrifices’

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  • PLANNER&CALENDAR SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FROAT SATURDAY 3 4 5 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SEMINAR 13 14 15 16 17 18 break 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "I'm just appalled."
  • "My boss sent me an email that I can't take sick days on specific days, which to me is the final straw in a string if micromanaging weirdness. Is it worth talking to her manager?"

    I've been having a lot of issues with my direct supervisor since she started at the position. This whole year I've been working my new position, and under the guise of "supporting" the new
  • director I've also had to fill in for a lot of her responsibilities and being the front person for our team and program whilst not being the director of the team.
  • English isn't her first language, and she has sent me really weird emails in the past like "all eyes are on us and our program" and "no one is on our side we need to stick together" which has
  • honestly freaked me out and I have spoken to her boss about that last year because I was confused if our team was under intense scrutiny then why haven't
  • I heard anything? Her boss was receptive but also defended my director in saying she was trying to share her support for our team but didn't word it well.
  • There's a bunch of other stuff like last minute inviting me to meetings with no context, asking me questions with no context and assuming I haven't read emails or documents even though there is NO CONTEXT in her questions. But I think I've officially hit my limit.
  • A big perk for our company that everyone talks about is the flexibility. We're encouraged to take time off, take vacations, unplug right at 5, etc. I've been going through a lot of health stuff
  • recently and have had to have a lot of hospital visits, doctors. appointments and procedures done in the last couple of months. A lot of these times I've
  • taken half days and worked from home when I can. Even though I'm not in the clear, I took three days off to go on vacation with some friends.
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  • I got an email from my boss saying "I approved your time off but you need to be mindful of not taking tuesday-thursday off as it is vital for our work." First off, any days I have taken off to this point
  • were for medical appointments or family emergency. The three days of vacation I took off are the first since I started working. Other folks at this company take vacation ALL the time at any day.
  • I responded to her email and CCd her boss saying basically "Every day I've taken from Tuesday- Thursday has been due to a medical issue. If you need doctors note I'll reach out to hospitals and doctors to ask.
  • Also, are you saying I'm supposed to postpone medical treatment and appointments so it doesn't inconvenience you?" and she responded "yes don't take appointments those days we all have to make sacrifices."
  • First of all, she quite literally took two weeks off a month ago to fly to her country to get medical treatment. Second, what the f ????? Like, am I off my rocker
  • thinking that this is unacceptable? I set a meeting with her supervisor during my vacation time because I'm just appalled.
  • tldr: My supervisor has been a problem since she started- dumping responsibilities on me, sending paranoid emails, and giving zero context in meetings or questions.
  • Our company promotes flexibility, and I've had medical issues requiring time off. After taking my first actual vacation, she told me not to take off Tuesday-Thursday, even for medical reasons. When I
  • asked if I should postpone treatment for her convenience, she said, "Yes, we all have to make sacrifices"-despite taking two weeks off for her own medical trip. Am I crazy, or is this completely unacceptable?
  • Edit - I commented this under another post but I'm the only person experiencing this issue as far as I know. I've only taken three full days off work, and a few remote days. I have a coworker who just took two weeks off to go
  • on vacation to iceland, and my bosses boss is on vacation every other month to go run ultra marathons across the world. The director of HR just got her role accommodated to focus on her family giving us more work. Flexibility is a BIG part of the company.
  • meintheback HR needs to educate any employee that supervises employees to avoid being sued. You have a legitimate gripe with the company and being that you've looped her manager in on this nonsense and they haven't stepped in to correct her is a pretty good thing for you. You could sue the company for violating your rights. I don't advocate people suing anyone but if the shoe fits...
  • starrycacti What??! No you are not crazy and yes this is unacceptable. Hopefully her boss will be supportive. If not, I'd start looking around. Unless there's more to the story, this is totally unacceptable
  • snorkels00 You are not off your rocker at all. Meet with HR too. They shouldn't have hired her it sounds like

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