I'm at the last step before confirming my surgery date and made the mistake of mentioning to my boss that I'm aiming for January. She made a face and said “you know, when employees get surgery they try to do it over the Christmas break so they don't need time off for recovery”
I was a bit shocked she said this, so I reminded her I have over 320 hours of annual leave banked and should be able to take this time off. I would be giving her 3 months notice, and recovery should only be at maximum two weeks. Am I insane to be absolutely seething over this?
I never take annual leave because we are a small team (20) and I'm her executive assistant. It's been almost 4 years and the only time I have taken annual leave was 3 days for a wedding over a year ago. Now apparently I should spend my Christmas in pain recovering from surgery so I don't inconvenience her.