Boss demands insanely detailed leave requests before approving leave: 'If we're traveling he wants flight numbers and times'

It's only natural for your employer to be interested in what you spend your time doing while you're at work; after all, they're paying you for your time. Even then, there are reasonable limits to this, and some employers get carried away and happily track any and every bit of data possible to help them prove you're wasting time. It started with mouse trackers, which track the activity of the mouse and keyboard on your laptop; now, programs are even able to track where your eyes are on the screen thanks to constant video monitoring. Enthusiastic micromanagers may even keep track of how many times a day they use the bathroom and for how long. Before long, they'll be making you scan in to use the restroom, weighing you as you enter and exit to see if you've actually taken care of any "business."

Still, it stands to logical reasoning that your employer should not monitor your activities in your own time. Some try to do so anyway, attempting to monitor what employees are doing at home or attempting to block any leave requests they submit. 

This manager is a prime example, demanding that employees give intricate details about their plans when submitting requests for leave. Here's the thing about leave… you accrue and earn it, so you're entitled to take it—the whole point of the approval process isn't to monitor what workers are doing, but rather so that you know when workers are going to be gone.

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