Can’t stand the way work/life balance culture is in America. When you’re a fully grown adult, I shouldn’t be politely “asking” a manager for a day off and hoping they say yes. The whole thing brings back memories of being a kid and asking “Hey mom, can I go hang out with my friends?”. We should just be able to tell work we aren’t coming in on x day, and that’s that. They gotta deal with it.
What spurred this short rant, you might ask? Obviously boss is trying to deny my PTO request. This is for my partner’s graduation ceremony for his Master’s degree, quite literally a once in a lifetime thing. Fuck this. I work to live, not the other way around.