I’m curious what people’s thoughts are on the concept of asking workers to donate their PTO to co-workers in need. I work at a school, and we have a first-year teacher whose father passed away overseas. People sincerely asked what they could do to help, and my director’s first response was that we could donate our PTO to her because she hasn’t accrued a lot. To me, this just spoke to how unsupportive the work environment is- that work cannot pay you during a grieving period unless you have enough PTO. I know this is a reality, but the messaging still felt tone deaf to me somehow.