School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’

She didn’t even have a whole honeymoon. She only took one extra day off! PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off any days of the year they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve …
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Chief operating officer calls employee «unprofessional» for not answering the phone during PTO days: ‘Is this old school thinking?’

PTO days are precious. We look over them and protect them like they are eggs and we are the mama bird, building a nest so they may be safe. We store them up and save them for a special occasion. The more we have, the more secure we feel. And when we’re using them, we’re …
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Boss approves PTO day and then rejects it the day before employee’s planned absence: ‘Nobody wanted to cover for me so I was expected to come in’

Paid time off is one of the great things about working a salaried job. You can take a vacation and not worry about money you might be losing out on. This is important for your mental health as a worker. They say that the days before your vacation (when you’re anticipating it) are even better …
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‘Set boundaries quickly’: Boss continuously texts worker while they’re taking PTO despite worker leaving behind comprehensive documents

In the words of Rhett and Link, «Everything’s okay, ‘cause I’m on vacation.» Or so it should be. We all need time off every now and then so we don’t lose our minds. Rest is just as important, if not more important, than work. We need space and time to ourselves so we can feed …
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School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’

PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off whatever days in the year that they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve earned a 2-week vacation and take a 2-week vacation, the company should not …
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25+ Vacation Memes for Counting Down the Days Until Your Time Off

In the words of the inimitable Rhett and Link, «Everything’s okay, ‘cause I’m on vacation.» It’s a time for you to relax, unwind, and forget about those thousands of unread emails in your inbox. They’re not for right now. Right now is for a piña colada and a juicy novel. Or whatever your version of …
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Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: ‘That’s what people who are quitting do’

Some employers will always find any time off requested by their employees suspicious. After all, if they really loved their job, why would they decide not to work for two weeks out of 52? Wouldn’t they want to let their time off expire at the end of the year so that they can get even …
Seguir leyendo Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: ‘That’s what people who are quitting do’

‘Are you gonna have fun on your little bouncy castle?’: Adults debate whether or not taking your birthday off work is an ‘ick’

Birthdays are the one day a year when you should be allowed to do whatever you want. I’m not talking about Purge-style crimes against society, but I mean getting to spend the day however you want to. We don’t get to do that any other time of the year, so we should take advantage of it …
Seguir leyendo ‘Are you gonna have fun on your little bouncy castle?’: Adults debate whether or not taking your birthday off work is an ‘ick’

Company takes 6 PTO days away from employee for taking too many days off in 2023, despite the company not having PTO in 2023: ‘Is this LEGAL???’

PTO is a sacred thing. Companies usually give as little of it as they can, but once they give it, they seldom can take it away without a great deal of pushback. Some companies can take their employee’s PTO away retroactively, having it expire if they haven’t used it in a timely manner.  It might …
Seguir leyendo Company takes 6 PTO days away from employee for taking too many days off in 2023, despite the company not having PTO in 2023: ‘Is this LEGAL???’