Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : We have a company policy that for the first 6 months, we don't let you take any days off unless it's health related or a family emergency. We hired X about 3 months ago. Last month, he asked me for a week off (this past week) and I told him it was company policy and said no. He started to argue and I shut it down and said no is no, it's company policy and I wouldn't approve any leave. 

A little background, X is from India. Apparently, in India their graduation ceremony is in January and his was this week. A colleague of mine told me after X told him during lunch on Thursday. 

He never told me it was his graduation and I can't let him take a week off for something that isn't a family emergency. Am I the asshole here?