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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by reaperducer on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:46PM (#31169746)
Me a few months ago: "I need to take a PTO day tomorrow."

Boss: "What for?"

Me: "It's P."

She never asked again.

Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by mnw21cam on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:07PM (#31170084)
Please Turn Over?

(I'm guessing you mean Private Time Off?)

Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by welfare on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @02:39PM (#31171389)
It means Personal Time Off, essentially any time an employee has a paid day off work. (There's also unpaid PTO)

Basically paternity / maternity leave, sick leave, vacation, jury duty, bank holiday, or whatever else is in the company's PTO policy...

Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by scoot on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:01PM (#31169974)
"P."?
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by vaidhy on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:07PM (#31170089)
Personal as in PTO is personal time off
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by jakeva on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:11PM (#31170158)
Where I work the P in PTO means "paid"
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by xeromal on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @02:50PM (#31171527)
Pretty sure it's Paid Time Off at least here in the US
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by dragonwriter on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:42PM (#31173545)
Both terms are used with identical meaning referring to shared leave pool instead of separate vacation and sick leave (“annual leave” is sometimes used for this purpose, but sometimes, e.g. federal service, equivalent to “vacation”); IME (which may not be representative) paid is somewhat more common than personal for the shared leave pool.

Confusingly, paid time off (with the same abbreviation) is also sometimes used in the more obvious sense encompassing all or most paid leave (including some or all of things like bereavement, company/public holidays, paid time for administrative shutdowns, etc.)

(All of this is in the U.S.)

Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by reaperducer on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:31PM (#31173454)
No, it is "Personal." To differentiate from other types of paid days off that we get. (Bereavement, religious holidays, etc...)

And I'm also in the U.S.

Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by xeromal on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:54PM (#31173662)
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by reaperducer on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @06:05PM (#31173742)
Citing Wikipedia doesn't negate the fact that my company calls it "Personal." And since I wrote the original comment, I'm probably more familiar with my company's terminology than Wikipedia.
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by xeromal on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @06:19PM (#31173880)
Ah, just making sure you meant your company and not the US. Glad we reached an agreement.
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by typon on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:23PM (#31170324)
I read that as "period". My female coworkers always have to make excuses when they're having cramps - outright saying "i have period cramps" is still a little awkward when you're talking to a male manager
Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by dkrest on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:28PM (#31173426)
I assume it's the Pi day.