Meanwhile, my company halved our sick time a couple of years ago, and just last week announced that they were eliminating dedicated sick time entirely starting the first of next year. Want to take a sick day? Spend your “paid time off” (a.k.a., vacation days) to do it.
Insert a, “I’d love to use my sick time, IF I HAD ANY” meme here.
Every company I've worked for in the last 20 years or so have combined sick time and vacation time into a single "paid time off" bucket.
I strongly prefer that, honestly. It means that I don't have to categorize the reasons why I'm taking the time off because it doesn't matter. It's all just time off.
The key to remember is that it means that PTO is not "vacation time". It's a paid time off allowance that can certainly be used for vacation, but can also be used for other things.
JohnFen|1 year ago
I strongly prefer that, honestly. It means that I don't have to categorize the reasons why I'm taking the time off because it doesn't matter. It's all just time off.
The key to remember is that it means that PTO is not "vacation time". It's a paid time off allowance that can certainly be used for vacation, but can also be used for other things.
AndrewDucker|1 year ago
kcplate|1 year ago
Same, but I have only used 2.5 PTO days as sick time in probably the last 20ish years. Two of those were due to Covid in January.
So for me, it just means more vacation time. If it was categorized separately I’d lose (historically speaking).