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Re:BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all la... by duxup on Monday January 28, 2019 @10:37AM (#19018228)
Yeah everywhere I worked even HR said outright that they had to pay PTO.

Some companies I worked at did regular "shutdowns" to get PTO off the books as it showed as a sort of expense they would have to pay.

Maybe BuzzFeed was playing some weird word games and it wasn't PTO... but was?

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Re:BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all la... by tracker1 on Monday January 28, 2019 @12:33PM (#19019283)
A friend works for a company that does similar for holidays. You don't get regular holidays off on weekdays, you get them the last two weeks of the year. In order to minimize interruptions during the year. Most are encouraged to take all their vacation time during the same month in the summer time.
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