The Economic Times

Employee planned vacation 6 months earlier, HR rejected it later. He then teaches them a lesson about office rules

A Reddit post about an employees denied vacation request has triggered debate online after the worker claimed the leave had effectively been approved months earlier under company policy. The employee said HR never responded within the stated approval window but later rejected the trip after new management took over. Despite being told they had exceeded their PTO limit, the worker decided to go ahead with the vacation, arguing the company was applying policies unfairly and contributing to severe workplace stress.