My brother died. Well not biological, but my cousin but since his parents died he lived with mine. He was my brother he was who i looked up to. My boss hated me (and i have no idea why; i’m still at the same company with a new boss and i’m universally loved), so this is probably why it happened, her hating me. I told her that my cousin died an unexpected death. For bereavement , since it wasn’t a parent or immediate family it was to my bosses discretion to give me up to 5 days . I was given no time, she disliked me so much she choose to not give me any time.
It’s okay, I used my PTO for my cousin’s funeral so i took 2 days of my PTO no big deal but still it felt wrong. I also always will remember this. No company cares about you, they’re not family, and if your boss is bad and they don’t care about your life it’s even worse. what’s the worst part is she’s now cfo. if you’re ruthless you get rewarded.
That being said, everu day I go to work for the last 6 years, I don’t give it my all. All they had to do was care. Give me a couple days off to mourn. If you’re a boss and don’t give time off for bereavement you’re causing more damage than good.