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Job lowering PTO immediately after hiring me.

I just started my first job out of college, and have been very excited about moving to a new city and my coworkers are great, very nice people. I like this job, but about 3 weeks after starting, everyone in the company got an email indicating that they were reducing our PTO days from 14 to 11 and adding a few holiday days at Christmas. The result is a wash on number of days off but has the effect of reducing our flexibility about when we are allowed to take our PTO. Hence I (and most people I’ve spoken to) are not really jazzed about it. My job offer and employment agreement both guarantee 14 days PTO a year, without any clause outlining the circumstances under which they can change it. Should I ask that (at least for me) that they match the PTO and holiday policies of the job…


I just started my first job out of college, and have been very excited about moving to a new city and my coworkers are great, very nice people. I like this job, but about 3 weeks after starting, everyone in the company got an email indicating that they were reducing our PTO days from 14 to 11 and adding a few holiday days at Christmas. The result is a wash on number of days off but has the effect of reducing our flexibility about when we are allowed to take our PTO. Hence I (and most people I’ve spoken to) are not really jazzed about it. My job offer and employment agreement both guarantee 14 days PTO a year, without any clause outlining the circumstances under which they can change it. Should I ask that (at least for me) that they match the PTO and holiday policies of the job offer/contract, or is the risk not worth the reward? Employment is at will, so my understanding is that I have no leverage. Since I’m new and it’s my first job, I’m scared to rock the boat or get on anyone’s bad side and I haven’t said anything about it yet. What do you think?

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