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We only have 3.?? hours every pay period of PTO until after 4 years with the company. I was off last week and for each day for PTO I indicated 7 hours per day. This will give me 1 extra day of PTO over the year at 7 hours pay. I do not know if that is allowed, they may require us to indicate 8 if we took the whole day off. Will see what happens about that. I wish I could put 6 hours per day, leaving me more hours of PTO.
We have 2 days paid sick time, which I have not taken in the 2 years I have been here, but thinking about it strongly even if I am not sick.
What happens after you take your sick time and all of your PTO? Are you not expected to take any more than that? Does anyone just take more time off without pay? Is that allowed?
Since working at home, I was with a company for 9 years and was up to 4 weeks PTO. The accounts were off-shored and I was let go. Since then I have quit 1 job and been with my current company for 2 years. I have not been with a company long enough to get past the 10 days PTO. Surely these companies must realize that those of us in the business for a very long time get burned out and need an extra day or two off. I would not even mind not being paid for it, I just do not want to jeopardize my job. I am not talking about an extra week, but maybe an extra 2-3 days over the year. What really is the norm with PTO and without?