I’m a salaried employee, who works in an office setting. In total, I accrue about 8 days of PTO per year. I also get 6 paid holidays (no sick days).
I’ve taken PTO 3 times this past year – and each time, I’ve been told by my boss that I’ll need to “work extra hours” before/after my scheduled PTO to make up for it. This isn’t flex time; I’ve had these days taken from my PTO bank.
One on of these occasions, I had July 4th off (a Tuesday) and took PTO the previous day (the Monday). My boss told me that “since I was missing Monday and Tuesday, I’d need to work extra hours the rest of the week.” Tuesday was literally a holiday! Our office was closed! I was more than capable of getting my work done that W-F, without additional hours put in.
If it matters, my boss has taken off far more days than I have this year, and I’ve never seen him work extra hours to make up for it (our company prohibits any remote work). I’m super frustrated by this. Is this typical? It would be one thing if he just reminded me to get my work done, but no – he explicitly states that I must work extra hours.