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Bereavement

This is a slightly older story, but thinking back on it, it seems very appropriate for this sub. I'd had an uncle pass away while I was working in a call center, and so I went through the company's process of requesting leave for bereavement (unpaid). I only requested 1 day off, so that I could attend the funeral. Days go by without any update on the status of my request. I asked both my manager and my supervisor, but they told me I would have an answer by the date in question. The morning of, I still have no answer, so I say fuck it and just go. Standing there, surrounded by family and friends crying, they decide its appropriate to start blowing up my phone demanding to know why I never showed up or even called in. Never have I quit a job so fucking fast. Good to…


This is a slightly older story, but thinking back on it, it seems very appropriate for this sub.

I'd had an uncle pass away while I was working in a call center, and so I went through the company's process of requesting leave for bereavement (unpaid). I only requested 1 day off, so that I could attend the funeral.

Days go by without any update on the status of my request. I asked both my manager and my supervisor, but they told me I would have an answer by the date in question.

The morning of, I still have no answer, so I say fuck it and just go. Standing there, surrounded by family and friends crying, they decide its appropriate to start blowing up my phone demanding to know why I never showed up or even called in.

Never have I quit a job so fucking fast. Good to see (a few years later) that they'd closed down.

Here's a retroactive fuck you for any employer who's pulled that kind of shit.

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