Originally Posted by Milezsmilez

Were you warned after you made your vacation without pay request? If the email your manager sent you after the warning was essentially following the policy, then, they likely claimed you broke a policy and were warned (in writing) which is pretty solid misconduct. Unless the policy explicitly states that management MUST approve vacation without pay, it's ultimately up to management to say yes/no and it sounds like your said no, but you disregarded it and went anyways, is that accurate? NOTE: It's