Can someone explain how PTO works in house? I have only ever worked at a firm, starting my first in house position end of this month. I’m used to just blocking off time on my calendar if I have an appointment (like the rare occasion I have a dental appointment, well child checkup, etc) and then going. Do I really need to take PTO for these things? I’ll be working remotely 3-4 days a week for reference and I’m talking about days when I’m remote.

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No, do not take PTO for appointments. Unless your gone for 2+ hours I wouldn’t even say anything. Just be available when needed, get your work done and keep business folk happy, and people don’t really care how you manage your time (my experience).

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Agree with AC1. Only take PTO if you want to completely check out for a whole day or more. I don’t even take PTO when I go to events at my kids’ school and will be out an entire morning. I just check things afterwards. If I’m bored or something urgent is happening, then maybe I’ll check my phone a couple times while I’m gone. On those days, I might need to make up some hours later in the day, depending on what’s happening, but even that isn’t a given.

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Ok great!! Thank you

A lot of in house jobs have use it or lose it sick days that you can use if you want to take a half day for an appointment, too. But it depends on the job; my first 2 in house jobs were very “Butts in seats, ask the GC for permission to leave at 5 instead of 6 for an appointment” and my current job is very self managed / based on my meeting schedule and no one really cares where I otherwise am.

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