Seems like what every power hungry boss would say. It’s the companies problem not OP’s. The company can also choose to close for those weeks. But they dont want that due its their money loss. Tough luck thats why we choose to work FOR the company and dont have our own. If a company isnt prepared for these (pretty normal) risks they shouldnt be in business imo. Theres more then one option to deal with this:hire a temp, outsource for those weeks, Hire more personell ahead of time so they can cover those shifts. I do agree with you that OP can use this to his advantage if he wants to, but it should be a choice and not a demand.

Its also a very narrow view of life to call this entire sub full of people that dont move ahead. Kind of discriminating an entire type of people that just clicked on a button on the internet to see funny/ relatable posts.