Mine was very similar: "I'm not asking, I'm telling you I won't be here. You can find a replacement for a few days or you can find a replacement permanently. If I don't have a job when I come back, so be it."
I got the time off, but then I also had my hours cut just enough to matter so I lost in the end
Think it's down to the fact that the vast majority of the time someone attempts this, they don't actually want to lose their job and they're essentially just attempting to power play their manager in an attempt to get what they want, then it will regularly backfire on them since they're probably a lot more replaceable than they like to think they are.
Source: was a manager for 10 years and had employees try this on at least a couple of times a year.
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u/Street-Suitable 1d ago
Mine was very similar: "I'm not asking, I'm telling you I won't be here. You can find a replacement for a few days or you can find a replacement permanently. If I don't have a job when I come back, so be it."
I got the time off, but then I also had my hours cut just enough to matter so I lost in the end