• venusaur@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s the sentiment for “unlimited PTO”. They give it to you, but you know they don’t really mean it.

    • SGG@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yep, companies give “unlimited PTO” because it’s a way to actually reduce the amount of PTO employees take.

      Give them 20 days PTO/year? They’ll take around 20 a year.

      Give them unlimited PTO? They need to justify every bit of PTO, so probably only get to take 4 or 5 for important days.

  • Obinice@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Don’t forget that your employer doesn’t give you your legally mandated annual leave, it’s one of your basic rights, like sick pay (applies to the UK, and hopefully a lot of other places).

    <3

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    2 months ago

    That sucks. I’ve managed at a couple places and the only time I’ve ever had scrutiny on employee PTO is when someone calls out “sick” right before/after a holiday (we know you’re hungover). And that was back in the day when I did retail.

    To the contrary, working at a small non-profit, they wanted us to pressure people to take their PTO so that they’d stay happy.

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    1 month ago

    in a lot of places where I live it your boss can make PTO mandatory to use because it you don’t use it they will legally owe you overtime, and obviously there usually don’t want to.