'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go': Manager approves then revokes employee's PTO due to family emergency, employee stands up to manager

Managing a team is just as much about protecting your employees as it is about ensuring that they are following the rules. People seem to forget this all the time, as pressure from higher-ups can sometimes promote other ideas. Then, of course, there is the power of the big ego. Never underestimate a manager's ego guiding their form of leadership and disciplinary action. When ego governs a manager's decision-making skills, that manager is far less likely to take care of the people of their team.

Here, we have an employee who requested two weeks off for their mother's funeral because they had to do the bulk of the work to prepare for the celebration of her life. Their manager approved the PTO request and then sneakily and quietly revoked it days before those two weeks were set to begin. Well, that set the Redditor off, as they refused to let their manager ignore the truth of the matter, which was that their PTO request had been fully approved. 

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