Just curious, how many days of PTO do you all typically take in a year? I know we have to get another approval for above 15 days.
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Help me understand.
This site is mostly bashing Gainwell for how terrible the organization is and how terrible the leaders are. Yet people choose to stay working for Gainwell. And people choose to start working for Gainwell.
Why?
Repeated message is anything over 15 is a gift. News alert: giving us something we already had isn’t a gift They also repeatedly bring up the issue of optics of taking more than 15, even though only those in your chain of command and HR would know how many of your days were vacation vs. sick, so no real issue there except the one they create. The handbook also refers to a 25-day policy, even though we’re told 15 is an unofficial limit. I told my supe I will continue to ask for time off until someone says no, and I won’t apologize for it.
Almost 2 years without taking any time off, but when you try to take 3-5 days, not even 10, there’s so much resistance.
What’s the plan? Burn out the employee, replace it with a new one when he leaves the company, and repeat?
This is what happens when a bunch of managers from banking think they can manage this place. It's a cr-p shoot. Mgmt above my HR manager do not care a bit about anyone but their own career.
It's like we're all baseball trading cards. Worker bee = expendable.
Unlimited PTO is a smoke and mirrors game. You get flagged taking more than 15 days. Those with seniority get reported to the top when20 days or more are requested.
Time off is frowned upon at this company. And if you do take 2 weeks off it takes you a month to recover what's changed.
Unlimited == none guaranteed. And none carried as a liability on their books. And no payout if unused. It is just an accounting/HR trick.