For every workplace that genuinely respects work-life balance, there’s always another that treats it like a fantasy.
This Redditor ended up with a manager who belonged in the latter category. After working an entire weekend to fix an urgent issue, he asked for two extra days off as compensation. Instead, his boss told him to just leave early every Friday. So he did—exactly as instructed—and that’s when the trouble started.
What happened next was an awkward HR meeting that didn’t play out the way the manager expected. Read the full story below.
The manager told the employee to leave early on Fridays to make up for the weekend he worked
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But when he actually did it, the boss wasn’t happy at all
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Readers called out the manager’s behavior as completely unprofessional
At the same time, many were impressed with how HR handled the situation
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