19-year-old employee gets called to boss's office and told off for refusing to come in on a day off, employee holds his ground: ‘Why should I be expected to come in?’

If you don't come in to work on your day off, are you really a good employee?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, you don't have to give in to your boss's every whim and demand to be considered a good employee. Being a "team player" doesn't mean you have to sacrifice your entire personal life for the job, and if your boss expects you to do just that, the best thing for you to do is simply ignore them.

The young employee in the story below currently works at an electronics store as he decides what it is he wants to do in life. He has Tuesdays off every week, and in the four months he has been working at that store, his boss has called three times asking him to come in on his day off.

Every single time the boss called, the 19-year-old employee told him he had plans and couldn't come in, and it seemed like the boss was fine with it. However, the last time it happened, the employee was called in to the boss's office the next day for a reprimand. The boss lectured that if this employee wanted to succeed in life, he must be a team player, which apparently means he should come in on his day off when he is asked. Then, the boss went on to say that he himself has missed birthdays, vacations, and all sorts of other plans because he was oh-so-needed at work.

Safe to say, the employee was not impressed with this lecture, but he didn't want to argue with the boss. Keep scrolling to read the rest of the story…

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Told my boss I couldn't come in on my day off, got lectured today for "not being a team player"

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Your workplace will always try to take more of you than what you are willing to give, and it is up to you to set boundaries and ensure you don't lose yourself and your personal life for the sake of your job.
That is the general advice the comments below gave this young employee, and we couldn't agree more. You don't have to give in to your boss's demands to be a good employee; you simply have to learn to say ‘no’ without ending up getting fired.
Easy peasy, right?
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