Do some people really ONLY use their PTO/sick time?
I requested some days off and my manager reminded me, “You don’t have any paid time left.” I’m aware. But my life doesn’t revolve around my job.
They didn’t deny my time off, but it just made me wonder, “What do other people do?”

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Some companies would construe “taking unpaid time off” as “blowing off work.” You can arrange a sabbatical, or FMLA leave, or some other federally protected unpaid time off. But you just not showing up and saying “it’s OK, just don’t pay me for today“ isn’t how companies like to operate. Sounds like a great way to get fired.

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What country are you based in? In the states the problem we have is people not using all of their pto

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