I started a job this year as a Food service director for a school district. The intention was to line my schedule up with my kids so we could avoid sending them to camps and what not. In the interview process I asked how PTO worked and was told that we do not earn PTO but rather we were off when the school was off and the only expectation was that deadlines were met and that a pulse was kept on the district when on break.
Over thanksgiving break I was barraged with emails/calls and was asked to list what I was accomplishing while school was on break so it can be reported to the svp. I ended up working several days over that “break”. It is now the start of Christmas break and I find my schedule already filling up without notice and I may only have 2 or 3 days without any obligations. I checked our employee manual and it makes no mention of how time off works so I guess i am at their mercy. Does anyone out there have any experience with this kind of situation?