Years ago I saw an executive call up a senior IT manager who was on vacation with his family and instruct him to cut it short and return immediately. Imagine how livid he and his family would have been.
I get that people can be “senior” and in charge of important things, etc. but at a certain point if “leaders” do these things they are simply being terrible people and not really “handling” unexpected problems well.
And this is why it's so important to be financially independent. If you have money saved up in this situation you can politely tell your boss, that you won't be coming back from vacation period, and the only remaining question is whether you come back at all after your vacation. He might throw a hissy fit and try to make your life difficult, but you can always walk away if you have enough savings.
Not sure why anyone that is financially independent would take an office job with a crappy manager to begin with. But surely it would be better system if your country had laws that regulates this, instead of every individual needing to save up a million bucks as ”fuck you money”.
I get that people can be “senior” and in charge of important things, etc. but at a certain point if “leaders” do these things they are simply being terrible people and not really “handling” unexpected problems well.