• Oneobi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve always found the term Paid Time Off as a degenerative term. Like they are doing you some kind of favour.

    It’s a holiday, please kill that PTO term.

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      1 year ago

      The pto thing is because most office/tech jobs let you take unpaid time off too. Just means you won’t make your full salary for the year based on the number of unpaid days you take.

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        1 year ago

        The fact that’s also a thing blows my mind.

        We don’t have that option here. Between the holidays and things like special leave, I’ve never been not paid for taking time off.

        You can take a years unpaid career break which is kinda cool as your job is guaranteed when you return.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah it’s pretty shit. Since some places they only offer 1 or 2 weeks vacation a year if you want a longer one you end up needing to take the unpaid time off.