'Were being taken advantage of': Boss refuses to pay employee for requested vacation days but closes restaurant for his own vacation

The hypocritical relationship that bad bosses tend to have with PTO is increasingly infuriating. If your boss is entitled to take their paid vacation time whenever they want, employees should be entitled to that same freedom. There will always be loopholes and exceptions to this based on the line of work, but generally speaking, those exceptions must be expressly written and made clear in one's contract before an employee signs on to a job. Otherwise, it's just plain old shady.   This Redditor has unfortunately experienced that level of shadiness firsthand at the local restaurant where they work. Essentially, their boss has implemented a practice in the last couple of years where he will close the restaurant entirely for the vacation week of his choice and give all his employees their mandated PTO during that week. Now, he does not run this week by his employees in advance. There's no poll or discussion among everyone about what will be the most convenient. There's just the boss's decision, which of course,  prioritizes his best interests above everyone else's. The Redditor expressly asked their boss if their PTO could be applied to a different vacation week, but he kept dancing around the issue. Eventually, he just refused to do it. That kind of avoidant behavior is further proof that this dude is not just a selfish guy; he's just a straight-up awful employer.   Keep scrolling below for the original post and for the best reactions in the comments section. When you're finished, check out this post about an employee who was shamed for leaving early.