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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Glittering_Growth246 on 2024-05-02 04:08:29.

I was in a supervisory role as a charge nurse. I’d worked in this position for about three years. I had great reviews and earned consistent raises and performance bonuses. I approached my managers and requested that they agree to a flexible schedule if I worked on my masters degree. I wasn’t asking for time off I just wanted them to adjust my schedule when it came time for my practical rotations. They agreed as they wouldn’t be losing any productivity and would be gaining a nurse practitioner for the system.

About a year I started the program it became apparent I was going to need to divorce my wife. We’d been married for many years. It was quite a blow. I called the employee assistance program and got some therapy that was very helpful. My managers also suggested I apply for FMLA (family medical leave act) leave due to their concern for my mental health. I was very grateful.

I had been working for this system for a number of years and had many, many hours of PTO (paid time off) saved up. But I figured the FMLA leave would be a smart thing to be approved for in case court times were scheduled when I was working. I was approved for up to forty hours per week for a year.

About a year into my masters program it became necessary for me to step down from my role as a charge and take a staff nurse position. My main manager was livid. She took it very personally and stopped talking to me and greeting me. I was very hurt initially.

As my practical rotations were about to start I reminded my managers of their promise to be flexible with my schedule. They denied my requests for flexibility and began to schedule me almost entirely for the times I would request off. At first I was frustrated and very hurt that they did this. But I remembered that I was approved for FMLA leave. FMLA is a special form of leave and cannot be denied. As my managers were not keeping their promises it was with great satisfaction I began to call off every morning I needed to for my rotations. I didn’t give them any advanced notice because I was not required to. It was with even greater satisfaction I learned my managers began to have to cover my shifts themselves on occasion. As I had PTO hours saved up I still got paid as well. I finished all of my rotations in this manner and took a job at a different system after I graduated.

I worked at the new system for a few years before I was hired back at my old system as a provider. I loved seeing the look on my old manager’s face when I took my first shift at her hospital as a provider and not under her chain of command.

TL;DR don’t keep your promise of a flexible schedule? Fine. You’ll pay me anyway and have to cover some of my shifts yourself because I was approved for FMLA at your own recommendation.

Edit: four > for