They told me that I could cash out my PTO once a year at any time. I have saved up a little over 90 hours of PTO this year, and planned to cash it out for my Christmas shopping. I was really excited about my financial decision to use this PTO money to have an awesome Christmas this year.
I just called payroll to cash it out and she said she would send me the forms, then she called me back 5 minutes later and told me that she reread the policy and I cannot cash out my PTO because the company requires I keep 80 hrs of PTO “in the bank” just in case. I asked her why that did not have to do with my LTI insurance and sick time hours. I pay extra to have the companies buy up insurance things too. I have all that crap. LTI, disability, STI. I work in healthcare for pete sake.
And if you think I’m going to get approved to take my PTO before the end of the year I’d like you to call my HR and advocate for me lol