can i get fired for this?...?

Question

my dad said we were going to a family vacation and so i requested about 2 wks off works, but shorten it out to a week , so at work they thought i was off to a family vacation somewhere , but then we didn't go anywhere, and i could have been at work instead, i called my work to let them know i was back from my "vacation" and i didn't let them know i ended not going anywhere, i just told them i had a bad time, it is not my fault we had a family vacation planned out and it didn't work out, so can i get fired for that?

i returned to work on time !!! but the days i took off for my vacation m i could have been at work for,

they are in desperate need for hostesses and i am a host at a restaurant so.. what do you think

i have typos in there, but you undertsand what i am trying to say

Answer 1

Plans change. They are not entitled to know your every move. That is why the call it personal time. They can not fire you for not going on a specific trip.

Answer 2

You were entitled to a vacation; you requested and were granted the time off (2 weeks, shortened to 1 week), and although you didn't go anywhere, you were still on "authorized vacation" and unless you work for Eboneezer Scrooge, there is no grounds for termination.

Had you requested 1 week and taken off 2, then you could face discharge for "job abandonment".

Answer 3

If your time off was approved, I see no reason why they would fire you. I don't think it was wise to pretend you went on vacation. Better to have said nothing and returned to work when you were due back.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, you can be fired for anything, even if the boss doesn't like you. I know its ridiculous but alot of states don't have right to work laws, making it easy for people to fire others for stupid reasons.

Answer 5

probably not, maybe if you would have come in a week later yeah but not a week earlier