Originally Posted by
casapasqual
what kind of fantasyland are you living in? there is this sense of entitlement, a feeling that the world owes you everything. whatever happened to taking some responsibility for ones own poor planning? the author of the post was a bit sketchy on the details but from what i can tell, he/she/shim is dreaming.
and if someone came to me with that proposal, i would tell them, "sure, here's your $800 for your Emirates ticket, but you won't be getting the $2,000 holiday bonus ever again" and i would encourage them to resign at once.
If you were my boss, and showed such blatant disregard for work-life balance then you know what? I would resign immediately. There are too many employers who realize that unhappy employees are unproductive to bother working for someone like that...