Company Imposes Strict Leave Policy, Bars Employees From Taking Sick Days During Holiday Season. Check Viral Post

The matter came to light when a user on the social media platform, Reddit, shared how a company put in place a strict no-leave policy for its employees

Users questioned how appropriate this stance from the company was for its employees.

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A company’s leave policy during the holiday season has become a hot topic of conversation on social media. The matter came to light when a user on the social media platform, Reddit, shared how a company put in place a strict no-leave policy for its employees.

The post shared by the user included a photo of a notice by the company that said, “From November 25th, until December 31st, there is a blackout on vacation days, time off, and there will be no exceptions for calling off, taking sick days… we will need all hands-on deck.”

The post ignited a widespread discussion about workplace exploitation. The user shared the post with a caption revealing their frustration and said, “Why does corporate think this is ok?

God forbid I get sick. Company doesn’t give a s–t.”

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Users questioned how appropriate this stance from the company was for its employees. One of the users commented sarcastically that if an employee has to die, they have to inform management 3 days in advance.

Another user noted that the company probably believes that Christmas is for everyone except employees. One of the individuals said, “I know a guy who owns a company and they don't let anyone off during the summer. The staff are overworked, underpaid… then he complains that ‘nobody wants to work.”

While some individuals shared their experience of working with a good manager and tried to spread some optimism regarding the workplace culture. One user commented, “I remember working at Walmart during college and I had to get eye surgery a couple days before Christmas. My boss (the one who manages the store) said I could still work even after my surgery because it was required for us to work the holidays. I told her I can’t because I would be blind and on high dose pain killers because of what the surgery consisted of. The guy who was my department manager told me to not worry about it because he would not schedule me and if they did he would make sure it was taken care of and he would fight the store manager on it. Loved my department manager. He called me the day after to check in on me and wished me a merry Christmas.”