Devoted worker pushed to the brink after PTO revocation just weeks before long-awaited family vacation

To savor the fleeting periods of freedom between, you hustle throughout the year. It's a vacation here, a vacation there that helps us get through the trials of life. What would you do, then, if your manager abruptly declared that you were no longer qualified for vacation time after you had scheduled time off?

The story below is an account of frustrated employee. The original poster (OP) has been thinking about her family vacation for the last six months. But as the departure date drew nearer, issues began to arise. The manager of OP brought her in for a meeting just a few weeks before the vacation was scheduled to begin, apologizing that they were unable to approve the PTO. She was told that although she had first authorized her time off, she would now need to request that she report to work.

So, make sure to read the story below if you're curious about the details of the meeting where OP's PTO was denied, what happened next, and whether or not she took the vacation! When you're done, don't forget to read the story of the worker who quit the company without a word when he discovered that his micromanager was trying to prevent him from getting promoted!