Had a friend of mine give her kidney to her childhood bestie – against the odds, happened to be a match – and during her recovery ran out of all her forms of PTO.
Another leader and I in this massive global nonprofit offered to give her our PTO, to ensure a proper recovery for her, such that she could follow doctor's guidance to a tee.
HR: “That's not allowed.”
Us: “Not allowed, as in you have a policy already for this unique circumstance, or there's no policy?”
HR: “There's no policy.”
Us: “Cool, here's an opportunity to craft one that allows staff to exhibit empathy for each other.”
HR: “No.”
Both that other leader and I left this nonprofit, and, shortly thereafter, the head of HR there also left and went back to her BANKING career, where she said she had more flexibility to support staff in moments like this…
Smdh