A woman requested a 10-day leave from work for a family vacation, submitting it three weeks in advance. However, her boss rejected the request. Unhappy with the decision, her father stepped in, reaching out to the boss to seek clarification and hoping they would reconsider the decision. Read on to find out what happened next.
“Local Pizza joint denied my 16 yo daughter vacation with 3 weeks notice and tried to force her to quit, I text the boss…,” reads the caption to the screenshots shared on Instagram’s Threads.
The woman’s father initiated a conversation with her boss, questioning why they were “requesting her resignation when she’s not trying to quit”. The boss explained that since her leave request was not approved, it automatically warrants “voluntary resignation”. They added, “We’ve enjoyed her having with us and we will be sorry to see her go.”
In response, the father expressed his disappointment that a “10-day long family vacation can’t be approved with 3.5 weeks notice”. He also mentioned that his daughter was willing to work extra hours before and after her trip to ease the workload on her colleagues, hoping the boss would “reconsider” the decision.
The boss acknowledged her offer but pointed out that working extra wouldn’t resolve the issue of her being off for 14 days.
“I understand that you know she has no choice in the situation and could allow her to go and come back but won’t. You have all the power here and you’re choosing to go this route,” the father conveyed his frustration.
The boss responded, praising the woman’s work and expressing confusion over what the father hoped to gain by “pressuring” them.
The father retorted, “You’re forcing a kid to resign for a vacation she has no control over and I’m making this hard? She’ll find another job for sure,” adding that he is not worried about her losing the job.
“You need to stop. I am not forcing anyone to do anything and I’m done with this conversation,” the boss ended the conversation.
Take a look at the screenshots below:
Here’s how people reacted to this conversation between the boss and the father:
“I got fired for this as a teenager in 2008. Got a new job right after my trip. You don’t want to work for someone like that anyways,” said an individual.
Another added, “People take off unpaid all of the time. She is 16. She also can’t know at the time of employment that vacations will be planned. Zero regard for life happening and this owner/manager sounds like they are stressed out and have no regard for their employees, as people. This is a pizza place probably paying less than minimum wage as well. And then employers wonder why employees aren’t going out of their way to do 200%. Sighing my head.”
“Always file a wrongful termination claim for shittiness like this, even in at-will states. Most businesses have D&O policies insuring them from this and their lawyers will usually force the business to pay out the deductible as a settlement rather than fight it in court which costs the insurance company/business more money. Then she can simply get her new job after she gets back,” suggested a third.
A fourth posted, “I’m on the kid’s side here. She’s a child lmao and the manager is doing way too much! Clearly this manager isn’t well equipped to run his store with a full staff. It’s clear as day because having one person down is putting them in a ‘bind’. Sounds like a personal problem for the manager and not her. She gave almost a full month’s notice for him to prepare. Maybe if he did his job better he would have a full staff to accommodate vacations like this one. She’s not asking for a lot.”
“You are 100% in the wrong. I’m amazed her boss even spoke to you… you aren’t his employee. And 3 weeks isn’t that much notice to take 2 weeks off. So yeah…the problem isn’t the boss in this,” wrote a fifth.
A sixth joined, “3 weeks notice? Yeah, schedules typically come out for a month. So no you did not give enough heads up. Are you sure you are an adult who has had a job before?”
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