Had my vacation approved back in January/February timeframe, so I bought tickets and booked hotel. (Spent close to 3k for tickets and hotel, but really, that's irrelevant for the story, as it's the principle here). I had scheduled two extra days on either side of my trip to give me time to pack and recover, and to burn up some vacation time because I kept running up to the limit. I checked in on my computer the first day of vacation to find my manager scheduled a meeting for me that day. Umm no I'm on vacation. Checked in the next day to find an email saying “since you didn't show up to the meeting, I'm cancelling your vacation,” and she did, in fact, retroactively cancel my time off. So I replied to the email basically saying, “this was pre-approved and I'm not accessible during this time, bye.” And of course, resubmitted my time. I assume she's trying to force a situation of job abandonment. How is this shit legal?
Bit of backstory: she's been out for my blood ever since I reported her for some stuff, and HR is in line with her retaliation. Can't say too much for another couple of weeks, but can follow up if interest demands.