Boss Forced Employee To Take A Red-Eye Home, Employee Makes Them Regret It By Leaving The Next Day

Red-eye flights are rarely peaceful.

Red-eye flights, or late-night or early-morning flights that disrupt our sleep patterns, are frequently avoided by travellers. The lack of rest and uncomfortable seating can make for a difficult journey, leaving passengers exhausted upon arrival. Despite the convenience of arriving at their destination in the morning, many travellers dislike red-eye flights. The dim lighting and quiet atmosphere may aid some passengers’ sleep, but for others, the constant interruptions and inability to relax can result in a restless night.

That is why travellers should pack eye masks, neck pillows, and other essentials to make the journey as comfortable as possible. However, your higher-ups will often be unconcerned about this, and all that matters to them is how much money they can save. Even though, at the end of the day, the employee’s exhaustion may cost them much more, the following story is no different.

So scroll down to read the entire context for yourself.

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Higher-ups sadly never care about their employee’s well-being.

The place where OP works clearly isn’t great and has recently started tightening its budget.

OP’s work only allowed one night’s stay at a hotel, and OP was urged to take a red-eye flight home even though it was going to cost them more in the long run.

The OP explained that they would need to take a day off after the flight if they didn’t allow another night in the hotel, but the boss refused to back down.

Thus, OP did as they were instructed and couldn’t get a wink of sleep due to being seated close to the bathroom on the plane.

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When OP gets home, they basically spend the whole day sleeping, and they are welcomed to a mess at work the next day.

OP once again reminded their boss that it was entirely their fault, and thus they agreed not to force OP to take a red-eye flight again.

OP also shared another short story that made it clear how disjointed their workplace really is.

OP’s coworker had to spend 130 dollars for just the taxi, which could have been avoided if their workplace had listened.

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Making sure you aren’t only looking for short-term gains is a critical trait for any boss or manager. However, it appears that they frequently end up losing money in order to tighten their purse strings. If the boss had only listened to the OP, this situation would not have occurred in the first place. Not only that, but the extra side story reveals that nobody at OP’s workplace has much foresight, which often gets them into trouble.

A red-eye flight honestly sounds quite tiring.

Going to work the next day after a long flight sounds like hell to me.

Understandably, employees wouldn’t want to take red-eye flights.

I have also taken a red-eye flight, and it was truly horrible.

But at least this Redditor came out of the experience with a memorable story.

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Many companies place importance on very weird things.

It really should be as simple as that.

At least they didn’t make a huge fuss over the next day off thing.

A lot of the Redditors had fun stories to share about their similar experiences.

Spending a fun night in Vegas sounds like a great time to me.

They aren’t doing well when it comes to their budgeting.

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Have you ever had to take a red-eye flight? If so, was this due to your work? Let us know if you’ve had a similar experience in the comments section below, and don’t forget to share this story with your friends so they can add their thoughts as well.