https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:15:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2332498 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:15:34 +0000 wheres_c 2332498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have unlimited PTO as long as it's approved by a manager....so it's a non issue </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2332410 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 07:50:07 +0000 blackbird 2332410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes with management approval </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2332339 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:36:31 +0000 PurplePeony 2332339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we can either request advance leave (basically borrowing from what we'll accrue in the future) or can choose to take the time unpaid with manager approval. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2332335 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:06:15 +0000 BSB 2332335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have PTO, we have just vacation. If we use up our vacation we can go negative (hours). If we are negative, we have to wait til we are positive again to take time off. So I could wait until I go positive and take vacation again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2332328 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:40:25 +0000 ChitownRo 2332328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. So annoying. 4 years ago when I started, I asked about unpaid vacation. My manager (some stupid MBA type) forwarded HR's response saying "your employee needs to manage her vacation time more effectively." I was pissed- it was just so rude. This was during a crisis time when like 7 of our 20Nurse Practitioners had quit bc of burnout. And they wondered why there was turnover in our department </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2332270 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:44:33 +0000 mrsjyw 2332270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, because our job load is dependent on clients, as long as we manage our work our team/boss/vp is pretty lenient on taking time off as needed. We end up working more hours anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2332269 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:42:49 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2332269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can take unpaid time off, or we can borrow vacation, but the borrowed time has to be approved by your VP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331900 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:58:21 +0000 Finfan 2331900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, subject to the same approval process as paid time off. We are open to the public so it would depend on how much staffing we have that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331832 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:17:11 +0000 Alivoo01 2331832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup. they just take it out of your future PTO earned. If you quit, they'll take it out of your last paycheck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331762 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:45:55 +0000 regberadaisy 2331762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I just started they let me take time off I hadn't accrued yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331748 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:40:48 +0000 LuLu Mom 2331748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It would have to be approved and for a valid reason. </p> <p>For instance, I had to take a day unpaid because my daughter was getting tests done at a Children's hospital, because I used all my PTO had to use a day unpaid and it had to be approved by both my manager and our HR manager (who questioned me pretty extensively which pissed me off.) I think anything else would have been rejected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331745 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:39:37 +0000 ms.line 2331745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but they let you buy an extra week of PTO each year. (I'm sure you can take unpaid leave for FMLA reasons.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331741 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:37:23 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2331741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My current job they do &amp; they rarely deny it (I'm taking 3.5 unpaid days at thanksgiving). When I taught in public school, PTO was very restricted &amp; unpaid wasn't a thing. If a teacher took unpaid time, they'd end up paying the district for their substitute teacher! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331738 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:36:23 +0000 snowjewelz 2331738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I first started at my job I was getting married, moving, then have 2 trips already planned. So I just wasn't paid for the days over what I would've had for PTO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331733 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:34:52 +0000 MaryM 2331733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on the type of time and the reason, and I believe it's at the discretion of your VP. </p> <p>Vacation you can take before you earn it for the year, but if you take more than you'd earn before the end of the fiscal year, you have to get permission to take unpaid time. </p> <p>For sick, if you institute FMLA, you can take unpaid time. But you then have to pay what the company pays toward your benefits (like insurance) in order to keep them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331730 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:32:41 +0000 Modern Daisy 2331730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but it has to be approved by your manager </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331720 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:23:52 +0000 Mamaof2 2331720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes but they also give you the option to take PTO and then pay back your time off as your accrue it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331717 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:22:15 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2331717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, if you are going through something like FMLA. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/work-pto-question#post-2331715 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:21:46 +0000 mediagirl 2331715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you use all of your PTO at work for whatever reason, does your company allow you to take scheduled unpaid time off? </p>