She is not entitled to the PTO that he earned. We’ve all heard stories of teachers or nurses coming together to donate their sick days or paid time off to a coworker dealing with an illness, a family loss, or another tragedy that prevents them from working. While some see this story as a testament to coworkers’ …
Seguir leyendo Employee refuses to donate his PTO hours to a coworker who he barely knows: ‘Amy said that not donating is really selfish’
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Company only allows PTO on ‘sick days,’ forcing employees to lie about their time off: ‘That’s basically no PTO with extra steps’
Sometimes you have no choice but to lie. Honesty is usually the best policy, but there’s not always room for it. You’ve probably told a lie at some point and felt like it was your only option. Sometimes we tell lies to spare each other’s feelings. We know that the truth would hurt them, so …
Seguir leyendo Company only allows PTO on ‘sick days,’ forcing employees to lie about their time off: ‘That’s basically no PTO with extra steps’
Boss schedules a meeting at 6:30 AM on employee’s first day of work after 2 weeks off, reschedules meeting for next week at 6:29 AM: ‘They’re 3 hours ahead of me, so it’s a comfortable 9:30 AM their time.’
They should at least have the decency to cancel the meeting more than a minute before it was scheduled. It’s not always easy to schedule meetings when half of your team is halfway across the world. If you have a meeting with participants on three different continents, one of the participants might have to …
Seguir leyendo Boss schedules a meeting at 6:30 AM on employee’s first day of work after 2 weeks off, reschedules meeting for next week at 6:29 AM: ‘They’re 3 hours ahead of me, so it’s a comfortable 9:30 AM their time.’
Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: ‘I muted both, marked them as read, and didn’t reply’
When you’re off, you’re off. This is the philosophy that most of us subscribe to when it comes to working. We work so hard and so often that we relish the times when we don’t. We work hard for our paid time off, and we expect not to be bothered while using it. But this …
Seguir leyendo Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: ‘I muted both, marked them as read, and didn’t reply’
Loyal employee is denied PTO request for their birthday, rewards it instead to employee who asked for it verbally because it’s ‘tradition’: ‘She had multiple weekends off […] but my request was denied’
Nobody likes to have their requests denied. Especially if you’re already making plans. If you put in the time and effort and demonstrate the ability to plan enough to submit a PTO request before you need it, then those requests should always be honored. It’s what PTO is for after all. And in most cases, …
Seguir leyendo Loyal employee is denied PTO request for their birthday, rewards it instead to employee who asked for it verbally because it’s ‘tradition’: ‘She had multiple weekends off […] but my request was denied’
Employee leaves office at 5 PM instead of staying late after his boss denies his PTO requests, gets reprimanded for not being a team player: ‘I’ve been here 4 years and never called out once.’
They take his work for granted every day. Every office has a distinct culture and set of expectations for its employees. Some employers believe that if their employees don’t show up early and leave late every day, they are violating an unwritten rule that requires both. Employees can disagree with such a policy all they …
Seguir leyendo Employee leaves office at 5 PM instead of staying late after his boss denies his PTO requests, gets reprimanded for not being a team player: ‘I’ve been here 4 years and never called out once.’
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 …
Seguir leyendo 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’
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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25 Memes for Employees Cashing in Their PTO at the Beach
Is there anything better than that feeling of finally cashing in your hard-earned PTO and escaping to the beach? You finally convinced yourself you deserved it (though it didn’t take much convincing), and you worked up the nerves to request a few days off from work. The only thing that’s standing between you and the …
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‘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’