• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
CEO criticized after asking employees to donate paid holiday days to sick colleague instead of extending their leave

Home> News

Published 12:10 9 Feb 2023 GMT

CEO criticized after asking employees to donate paid holiday days to sick colleague instead of extending their leave

They asked employees if they would donate their annual leave to the colleague, but people think the CEO had some cheek

Jake Massey

Jake Massey

A CEO has come under fire after they encouraged employees to donate their own paid holiday days to a sick colleague.

In a memo circulated at an unnamed company, the president and CEO implored staff to hand over their PTO (paid time off) to a long-serving colleague who had been hospitalized for several months.

They added that the time out of work had heaped financial pressure on the employee and her family.

Advert

The memo was shared on Reddit with the caption: "I am at a loss for words. This is pathetic…"

The offending document reads: "We have a long-term employee of 17 years from our dietary department who has been in the hospital and rehab for several months.

"She has exhausted all her PTO days, and her benefits are running out. As you can imagine, this has been quite the drain on her family's income.

"If there is anyone who would like to donate one or more days of their PTO, please let [management] know in writing of your intent. Thank you for your consideration."

Advert

Not OK.
Reddit

Presumably, when the CEO wrote this memo, they assumed the response would be something along the lines of: "N'awww, what a sweet and thoughtful idea from our benevolent boss. I would love to hand over the paid rest I am legally entitled to."

However, if their employees are anything like the people of Reddit, their response would not have been anything like this.

Commenting on the viral post, one Reddit user wrote: "Translation: 'Dear Dunces, Allow me to guilt trip you into doing something that would be cheaper for me in the end'."

Advert

Another wrote: "This is manipulation and disgusting they would do that. 'It's a drain on their family's income'. It's not the worker's responsibility to pay other coworkers."

While a third added: "The audacity to say President and CEO at the end what a f***ing loser."

Depressingly, others shared tales of similarly greedy and out of touch bosses.

"My old company was like this," one Reddit user wrote.

Advert

"I managed the accounting department and as a manger they wanted to make me walk around and ask employees to donate time. I refused. I said people can give their time if they so choose but I'm not asking anyone to do this.

People were less than impressed, obviously.
Pexels/Joslyn Pickens

"Oh and when the CEO found out that you don't get paid when you are on leave for FMLA [Family and Medical Leave Act] she made a rule that the c-suite [executives] would get full pay anytime they went on FMLA but this policy was only for them. I don't work there anymore."

But if these tales of bad bosses are getting you down, fear not, someone chimed up with a story that shows that not all bosses are b******s.

Advert

"I had a boss once, big multi-million dollar company," they wrote. "Maybe 100-150 employees.

"One of the programmers lost his child to SIDS [sudden infant death syndrome]. Horrible.

"The boss' secretary was asking in a meeting what type of flowers the company should send. He basically said f**k that. Pay for everything. Funeral, everything. And when he feels OK to come back to work he can. No loss in pay. Was about two months I think he was out."

Featured Image Credit: Khvoinatska Tetiana / Alamy Stock Photo/Reddit

Topics: Reddit, Money, Viral

Jake Massey
Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

X

@jakesmassey

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
3 hours ago
  • 2 hours ago

    Everything we know so far after 'new Baba Vanga' predicts catastrophic event as tourists cancel trips

    Apparently tourism has taken a hit in Japan as a result of the worrying forecast for July

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Woman who thought she would die during shark attack describes the horrifying moments before she was bitten

    Actual nightmare material...

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Scientists discover sitting for hours actually shrinks the brain in disturbing new study

    You might want to get up and walk around to read this

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Woman who went viral for using 'clear phone' that left people shocked reveals what it really is

    She said that using the unusual device was 'empowering'

    News
  • CEO goes viral after sharing list of things he's 'sick' of hearing from employees
  • Mom criticized for daughter's 'stupid name' after asking for help over her being bullied
  • Woman's boyfriend sparks huge debate for asking her to cover the bills with her $4 million inheritance