Supervisor Gangs Up With Clique To Consistently Deny An Employee's Leave Request, But Wait Till You Hear What Happened When The CEO Found Out

Some workplaces turn a simple leave request into a full-blown power struggle.

In this story, a Redditor working in disability shared accommodation says a small clique kept gaming the system, while a supervisor repeatedly blocked time off and made leave harder to get. Things escalated when the acting supervisor started favoring friends, rejecting requests, and even making a CEO-approved holiday disappear from the calendar.

Then the CEO stepped in, and the whole situation started to unravel.

The Redditor was working in a disability shared accommodation, doing 57 hours a fortnight.

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Company policy requires that employees submit leave requests early to get them approved.

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The Redditor explained that there was an obvious clique among four staff members who found a way to cheat the system.

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That clique was already making things awkward.

The supervisor fell sick, and one of the clique members was appointed acting supervisor. From then on, things became worse.

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The acting supervisor, Karen, gave her friends the best shifts and favored them at every opportunity.

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The Redditor submitted a leave request, but it was rejected by Karen, who wanted to create space for her friends to go instead.

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Another request was sent in for June, and Karen rejected it again with the excuse that the Redditor was too slow, even though the leave calendar showed that no one was booked to go on leave.

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Then the excuses started piling up.

This drama with Karen and her clique denying leave requests is similar to the family vacation cancellation after a personal emergency.

The third rejection came in May, causing frustration for the Redditor, who was eager to spend time with his family.

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After explaining to the CEO that all leave requests had been rejected, he decided to lock in a date for the Redditor.

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The application was placed in Karen's pigeonhole, but out of suspicion, the Redditor made a photocopy as proof.

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Guess what? The Christmas leave that was approved by the CEO magically disappeared from the leave calendar.

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That is where the story really took a turn.

However, the Redditor went on leave, as he had a form with the CEO's signature. Nevertheless, Karen wasn't having any of that and reported him for skipping work.

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The CEO called a meeting between both parties, leading to an investigation that unraveled everything that was going on.

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Karen ended up losing her promotion (and subsequently her job), and the clique was dismantled.

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That fallout was hard to ignore.

The Redditor took time to clarify some areas of the story.

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Crazy things do happen at the office sometimes, and this is among the most ridiculous. Imagine not being able to spend time with your family for two whole years?

Thankfully, the CEO got wind of what was going on. Additionally, the incident triggered a change in policy to ensure that another Karen doesn't emerge again to make leave requests magically disappear from the calendar.

Have you ever experienced something similar in your workplace? We'd love to hear your story.

Some workplaces never learn until someone higher up steps in.

Wait until you read about the family who cancelled a vacation after a last-minute work emergency call.