Boss Denies Worker’s Time Off Request Even Though He Knew About It Before Hiring Her, Is Still Shocked When She Quits

It’s one thing if your boss denies your PTO for, what he may claim is a good reason. It’s the busy season, or “you didn’t give me enough heads up.” Questionable, but still relatable and at least semi-defensible.

But what about vacations you negotiate as part of the terms of your employment before you even take the job? Surely no boss would have the gall to later renege on that, right?

Reader, you are incorrect.

u/Artistic-Comment20 told a story in Reddit’s Am I The A—hole recently, informing readers that he works for a big company that just hired a new person who he refers to as “Lacey.”