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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by darkerside on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:09PM (#28556825)
Doesn't sound like he had much PTO anyway. Why wouldn't he just take leave? If he wanted to take PTO and then dip into leave when it runs out, there may be legal reasons you can't do that.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by itsdrewmiller on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:58PM (#28557493)
Sounds like he had unlimited PTO and had hardly used any of it to me.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by greg5green on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:21PM (#28558508)
They did take leave -- evidenced by the language about not being able to extend the leave by using PTO in the email from their manager.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by darkerside on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:39PM (#28560626)
Exactly. He's basically arguing over a few dollars (PTO vs leave), and I'm guessing it's not because he needs the money.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by awa on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:22PM (#28558519)
Because PTO needs to be approved by the manager which they weren't ready to do.
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