Kpmg bereavement policy is absolute shit. I should not have to take PTO for this.

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Can you take unpaid vacation, or go negative? Would literally never cancel a holiday vacation because of a PTO policy (good thing we don’t have one)

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I saved up pto to take off for the upcoming holidays and now have to cancel that because I won't have enough pto days after this death. Shared leave doesn't kick in until after I've already drained all my pto.

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OP, sorry for your loss. I am in a similar boat but the Partners I work with have been very understanding.
Our PTO is generous comparatively so it does compensate for sickness/bereavements.
There is also shared time off.

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Yes unpaid vacation is an option but still. Companies should be providing something...

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I’m sorry for your loss, OP. And I’m sorry your company doesn’t have better policies in place - you shouldn’t have to take PTO for this. I didn’t realize how important bereavement policies were in my contract until I went thru a similar situation in October. Wishing you the best

I’ve gone negative on PTO hours before. It’s not a huge deal. You can go up to 80 hours negative.

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