A TikToker recently shared a story of how an employee reacted to their annual leave being canceled at the last minute.
Michael Sanz is known for his videos about stories his viewers send him about their work environment, whether low-paid or, in this case, where a boss decided to cancel an employee's vacation.
According to text messages shown in the clip, someone had resigned and more help was needed until another hire could be sorted out. The boss informed the employee that his leave, which was scheduled for next week, would be delayed by a few months and also informed Human Resources of the news.
Between reading and reading messages, Sanz intervenes with his own opinions and explains how unfair it seems to him to cancel the sick leave period without any type of conversation.
The employee responded with frustration that HR received the news before they did. The leave was for his brother's wedding, which was entered into the system seven months in advance. “I can help more until I leave, but I can't change my vacation dates,” the employee's message ends.
Her boss then offered to reduce her leave period to fly only round-trip for the wedding and “then take three days over the weekend instead of three weeks.”
The employee clarified once again that he would not be changing their commute at all and suggested perhaps hiring one or two temporary employees while they are on leave.
“Dude, I can't stress you enough, your license is cancelled, we just can't do it. “I’m sorry,” the boss’s last message read.
This seemed to be the final straw for the employee who responded that he was unsure about returning to work. They decided to start their leave immediately after sending the message to think about whether they wanted to stay with the company and would forward all messages from their boss to Human Resources.
“As a boss, you can't just cancel your team's leave, especially when it's booked so far in advance,” Sanz captioned his TikTok that received nearly a million views.
Many people ended up taking to the comments to talk about what they would have done if they were in the situation themselves.
“The answer should have been. 'You will need to find 2 new employees. Greetings from Bali,” read one comment.
Another commenter agreed, writing: “I would have responded: Hi Nick, take this as my resignation. He would not even have engaged in conversation with the boss.”
“Quick fix: The boss has to tell Jenny not to quit because they're too busy and need time to find a replacement,” a third commenter joked.
Other commenters ended up talking about their own experiences leaving their own jobs.
“The owner of the company I work for constantly texts me on weekends and holidays, I understand that, but the guy doesn't work and I do,” one person wrote in the comments section.
Another story said: “A new company bought the company I used to work for and they eliminated all of our PTO and I had a trip planned and they told me I couldn't go. I leave.”
