TLDR will be at the end.
Since November I have been telling my supervisor about a planned family vacation that my Mother in Law booked for us to the UK that we are set to leave for on 7/13. I have been hounding his for a clear answer on whether I will be approved to go, despite not having enough PTO due to personal health issues and having a sick kid, since literally January. Yesterday I was pulled into my Clinical Directors office and told that the new company policy (my organization was bought out by a bigger organization on March 1st) does not allow unpaid leave for vacations and that if I wanted to go, I would have to resign my position and reapply when I got back. Effectively going a month without pay with mo guarantee that I will get my job back at the same rate of pay, and would lose my tenure and PTO accrual rate. Every Avenue I have tried to figure this out has failed and not I am here with the choice on going on the trip, or staying home to ensure that I am still getting paid and keeping my job. We can’t afford to go more than a week without me working. And right now I am fucking furious and feeling betrayed by a company that I have worked my ass off for. I am one of the top performing Caseworkers in my agency. I never am late at getting my paperwork in and have never went into over time. And I just feel fucking betrayed over this.
Quitting outright isn’t an option. We don’t have the savings and can’t live off one salary for more than a week. I just don’t know what to do. Rolling the dice on this just doesn’t feel right to me.
TLDR: work knew about a vacation back in December. We are due to leave in 2 and a half weeks and was told yesterday my leave is denied and I can only go if I resign and reapply for my position with no in worrying guarantee that I will get my job back at the same rate of pay.