HELP ME PLEASE! My manager won't give me a holiday for Diwali 😔

We just received a message on our company (Graphy by Unacademy) from our business head that, we should not come to him asking for 6-7 leave for Diwali. These are the employees who want to go back to there home town for the featival. Additionally he said that it is an optional holiday and we can ask for 2-3 days work from home max not more that that, and we should understand our business’s needs and remain focused on it. What should I do now I have to prioritise my family and going to my home town, like this I will have pressure from both ends, please pass on any advice.

Is it a good time to fight your manager or go against his/her decision in terms of the job market. Is there any other solution?

Happy almost Halloween! What have been your most horrific experiences at work? I’ll go first. My manager went on a week long holiday, all the while not replying to texts or calls and came back and yelled at me for going on without his approval :__

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My manager called me in the meeting and said that from now onwards all 7 days are working because we are behind tasks. ( These tasks are irrelevant to me as these are not related to any customer development, he just wants to see how the data adds up ) Honestly I think it was the diwali week where people took things lightly and not that we are behind deadlines. He asked me to be available 24x7 this Friday to Sunday but I had already planned the weekend off with family and pre intimated this 10 days in advance. Now I'm getting calls that 'x' task was not done and 'y' customer is complaining etc. ( which is not the case ) On this break, I've finally made up my mind to quit. The mental pressure is not worth it. WHAT is a good way to put it across to the leadership??

Everyone I asks says it’s not worth it but not a single soul I know has returned and each and everyone now own a house there after 6-7 years. So can’t trust the feedback.

I am working at an European company. Previously my manager was non Indian. Some re org happened, and I got an Indian manager. Man, I cannot tell you how many times I thought of resigning in the last 3 months. I think it’s in the genes. For instance, I informed that I would be on leave on 26th dec, given that 23, 24 are sat and sun and 25 is Christmas. They asked me if I can be on on call till 25th, as I’m only on leave on 26th Like wtf, who thinks this way!!

I have put down my papers. My LWD will be on 10th of Jan. I am trying to convince my manager that since I will not be part of my current team after this PI (Program Increment) which will end on 6th December, I can't really contribute that much to a new team in a month of time. All I am asking is to reduce the NP by 10 days since we have an annual shutdown from 25th dec. But the manager is not understanding. What should I do l?

Director of the firm is threatening that if I take a leave, he will ruin my career. TLDR: Due to some family commitments, I applied for a 4 day leave and my director rejected, I have to go bc it's really important and I conveyed the same to him. He said that if I take the leave, he will fire me and ensure that there are strong negative remarks citing that I'm an indisciplined employee ruining my future employability prospectus. So I work in this startup and it's been close to a year. Due to certain reasons I was working from home in the month of November (this was discussed with the management and they granted the same). In December, due to certain reasons, I had to take two days due to medical reasons (we don't have a sick leave policy so I had to use my PLs). This commitment is extremely important for my family and hence I need to be present, due to the job I have barely gotten the time to attend any family events bc of their work culture and their you-cannot-use-your-leaves-if-the-reason-is-not-serious. After I applied for the leaves, I went ahead and spoke to my manager for the same to which she said she doesn't have any issue but the leaves are always approved by the director (I think this is micromanagement). I went ahead and then spoke to the director since I had to make reservations for the same and my director straight up rejected my request. I mentioned the reason in quite detail and to which the management mentioned that they will think about it. A couple of days later, I went to meet the upper management for the same and the final decision was that they cannot sanction leaves bc I was wfh the entire November and I took a couple of days off in December (The leaves I'm asking here are the ones which one can take in a calendar year, I didn't ask for anything above what has been mentioned). I further mentioned that it's really important for me to be there and I will have to go to which my director mentioned that if I go, the management will fire me o