We’ve heard of managers reneging on vacation approval, but this is just cruel. When u/vanluvsyou requested two weeks off so that she could arrange and attend her mom’s funeral, the request was approved by her manager. A month later, OP’s manager called her into the office to inform her that she had to cancel the time off because they were «understaffed.» As you can imagine, OP was furious and pushed back, which the boss didn’t like. The heated conversation ended with OP’s manager basically denying that she’d even approved the time off and then threatening to fire her if she didn’t miss her mother’s funeral. Did this manager have to undergo some sort of training program that transformed her into a heartless robot? Seriously, where’s the compassion?