This is usually how PTO in minimum wage jobs works. “Hey boss can I use a PTO day? I’m sick.” “Just find someone to cover your shift.” Of course nobody volunteers so you go in sick or get fired.
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Zetta@mander.xyz 2 months agoHe had paid time off, not a lot I’m sure even after 30 years the cap is probably low. Either way he still should have utilized those days while sick.
Nommer@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
shrugs@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As a european i think its fucking disgusting that sick days in america are substracted from vacation days. Don’t you deserve any vacation because you happen to be sick more often then someone else?
Here in germany, if I geht sick during a vacation, i’ll call work and get back all the vacation days that I happened to be sick, because everyone should use his vacation days to regenerate and relax, not to lie in bed being sick.
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sometimes they are separate allotments. My work combined them at one point, which means they would get more vacation time than before as long as they don’t get sick.
Of course that’s still encouraging people to work while sick.
MonkRome@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve gone 5 years I’m a row without getting sick. I met this electrician that claimed he didn’t get sick for the last 30 years. We don’t actually know how many times this dude was sick.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe he was Unbreakable
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t think Burger King offers PTO, unless you’re a full-time manager.
VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It depends which state, many have a legal requirement to give sickpay
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s great!
Zetta@mander.xyz 2 months ago
In my state you get paid dick days, it’s the law
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That is a great law!
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Having paid time off on paper doesn’t mean you have it in practice, as anyone who’s worked food service can tell you. Blaming the guy who had to stay in a low wage job for decades for his kids’ health insurance instead of the corporation that fosters an environment where people are discouraged from or punished for calling out is missing the forest for the trees.