I was told (and saw a post here) that PTO counts as a day in the office. But what about holidays? When I asked about it, I was told no it doesn't. But I didn't choose this holiday PTO? So why can't it count?
Which one is it? Make it make sense!
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as evident by all the rto posts when it comes to rto your mileage may vary, every team/lob is doing it different. it would be nice if hr published a basic set of expectations/rules
Ha! When I pro-actively asked my manager this she said "You'll still have to be in the office 3 days a week regardless of PTO days used". All the other team members were quietly under the radar WFH. I resigned. Yeah, it's all about WHO asks- if you are the hub lab-rat, tough luck. Go and work for a company where the same rules apply to all across the Board- that is real inclusion and fairness.
Holidays count as a day in office, same as PTO. At least in my LOB.
Team members - er, I mean employees, we hate calling ourselves team members because the only valid teams are sports teams, a wise man told us - ARE penalized with less flexibility and choice if a holiday doesn't count as an office day. In that case, "employees" choose from 3 of 4 remaining days to be in the office, instead of 3 of 5 days for a non-holiday week. Naysayers will see it as, you already got a day off so what else do you entitled people want, but that is less flexibility to choose when to schedule your commutes and office shenanigans. Holidays are still time-off, but they put more pressure on the rest of the week and reduce employee choices.
My management chain has said that holidays count as in-office days. It might be a business-by-business decision but that’s what we were told.
@fop+1gSvFLb5 sounds like the same thing OP is saying. Still counts as PTO
"Make it make sense". Priceless. You must be relatively new. WF does not practice, "make it make sense".
Is this in writing somewhere?
Because those days are for everyone, set by the company. The idea was to not penalize you if you wanted PTO on a day you'd normally be in. Not give you free passes for days that you wouldn't be in.