Employee quits job after being denied time off for the holidays, only for HR to extend their notice period by 30 days without warning: ‘HR can shout all they want’

The thing about contracts is that they are a two-way street and are binding to everyone who signs them, no matter what.

When employees sign a contract with a workplace, it's easy to forget that the workplace is obligated to follow every rule in that contract, just like the employee. Sure, they are the side that pays, and it might feel like they have the upper hand, but that is exactly what a contract is for–to protect either side.

When a company decides to deny its employees any time off, for whatever reason, it is risking their employees' loyalty. If someone feels like they are being treated wrongfully within a workplace, they have every right to turn in their notice whenever they want.

Which is exactly what the employees below did. The company denied their time off for the holidays, claiming no one gets a vacation until their work is complete. So two of the employees decided to look for other jobs and handed in their 30-day notice period, per their contract.

Add us on Google

Advertisement

However, HR decided to disregard these contracts and informed the soon-to-be ex-employees that they must work for another 30 days before they are “permitted” to leave.
Since the contract is a two-way street, the employees owe the company nothing. Read below how that went down…
01

via charliepix

^{Image is representative only and does not depict the actual subjects of the story.}
Advertisement
02
management denies basic leave and then acts shocked when people quit

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
03

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
04

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
05

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
06

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
07

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
08

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
09

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
10

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
11

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
12

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
13

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
14

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
15

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
16

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
17

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
18

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
19

via chaliepix

^{Image is representative only and does not depict the actual subjects of the story.}
20

via Cassierae87
Advertisement
21

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
22

via ElTupacabraXXX
23

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
24

via Mehhucklebear
25

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
26

via daytonakarl
Advertisement
27

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
28

via NewHumbug
29

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
Advertisement
30

via gold-magikarp
31

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
32

via jaylerd
Advertisement
33

via Fantastic-Nerve7068
34

via quast_64
35

via Fantastic-Nerve7068

Stay up to date by following us on Facebook!

Tags

notice boss workplace-stories employee hr manager job tales-from-the-workplace time off overworked-employees workplace company quitting

Scroll Down For The Next Article

Also From FAIL Blog

21 Camping Memes for Moms Who are Mama Bears

21 Camping Memes for Moms Who are Mama Bears

Next Article