My son put in his two week notice at his job yesterday. He has 120 hours of accrued PTO. Because he hasn’t worked there 5 years yet (he’s been there 3 years) he only gets 60 hours of PTO.

Title as is states. Employee policy manual states that “to promote employee longevity” PTO will only be paid at ½ of accrued hours if employee is separated between years 2-4 and 100% after day one of the 5th year of employment. Employee signed document stating that policy manual was reviewed and agreed upon for conditions of employment during first week of employment but this was buried in the employee manual. This was provided electronically in a .pdf file. Bottom line, make sure you read and understand what you’re signing up for. Good news is his salary increase and new benefits package move that make up for the lost PTO but still really crappy. We wouldn’t want to rip off corporate America now, would we?