I'm so fed up right now. I literally only asked for one week off, and I have over 100 hours of PTO and have not asked for PTO since working here. I never thought this would be an issue since I work at a pretty large hospital system and ER, and I feel like that's the whole point of those who are on call or picking up shifts. We're shortstaffed most days, missing one person wont really cause that much of a change. I know this happened with at least two other coworkers as well, even though we just had another coworker come back from two weeks PTO. So why even give us PTO if we can't even use it?? Why dangle all this time in front of us then deny it as soon as we try? I love my job, but I need to prioritize my family. I feel sort of helpless at this point, and it's pissing me tf off. I'm probably just super emotional because I found out in the middle of my 12 hour shift, but I'm so upset I won't be able to visit my family like I planned. I'm just sick of it.