Workplace drama can easily outdo any TV series—especially when holiday schedules turn into a real rivalry. One woman took to Reddit after being pushed to work on Christmas simply because her coworkers had kids and she didn’t. But instead of swallowing it quietly, she came up with a response her entitled employers never saw coming. Dive in to see how it all played out.
The OP turned to Reddit to vent about her workplace scandal.
The OP wrote, “I am an ICU nurse, and for the last six years I have worked every Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year’s. It was no big deal to work all these holidays because I do not have an immediate family (widowed 5 years ago and no children due to infertility issues).
My parents and siblings have jobs in retail and public safety, which require them to work the holidays as well, so we traditionally celebrate the holidays several days after the actual holiday.”
The woman had a planned and approved holiday, but her plans were ruined.
The woman shared, “This year my parents retired and wanted to take a family trip to Europe because we have many relatives in Europe, and they wanted to go to the European Christmas Markets. In July of this year I requested the week of Christmas off, and it was approved. My brother and sister, as well as their spouses, also got the time off from their jobs since it was requested so early. We are heading to Europe for Christmas!
Fast forward to the last week of October: my boss calls me in the office to tell me that she has to take away my Christmas vacation because a co-worker had a baby a few months ago, and she needs the time off to celebrate the baby’s first Christmas (this same co-worker had a baby last year and had this baby 10 months after the other one). The co-worker did not work any holidays last year and is not scheduled to work any this year (made boss aware of this point).”
The OP worked every holiday, but even this didn’t save her from being treated unfairly.
The woman wrote, “I argued that my vacation request was approved back in July, and I made plans based on that request being approved. Also, that I had worked the last six Christmas holidays and would be working Thanksgiving and New Year. She stated that the priority for holiday vacations was given to those who had families.