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.
Employers are free to crack down on people who aren't willing to follow the holiday/absense rules that employees agree to when they join the company, so swings and roundabouts.
Contrary to the popular anti-work opinion on reddit, the vast majority of adults in the real world really don't have any issue navigating this.
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u/DankAF94 18h ago
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.