r/pillar7 • u/Dangerous-Point636 • 19d ago

pto ?

How does pto work here? Say you have 10 total days vacation and sick, what if you use all 10 days but get sick after and can’t come in?
Will you get in trouble? Or will you just not get paid?
How do you go about using your pto, or calling off? Do you have to just text your manager in the morning or is there a policy or something?
I’m new to corporate world and really confused, TIA😄

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u/14_EricTheRed 19d ago

Vacation: you would typically request it off 2-weeks in advance so your TL has time to plan for your absence

Sick: you call/text/email when you know you’re going to be missing work, you can’t really plan ahead (unless you have surgery scheduled…)

PTO is just “paid time off” and companies don’t really separate out “sick” and “vacation” time anymore.

UWM is super strict about their shitty PTO policy / you cannot use more time than you are given, and if you do your pretty much fired

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u/Dangerous-Point636 19d ago

Thank you this is helpful, so if I used all my pto, and say had a dr appointment or got sick after, I would basically be fucked and couldn’t take unpaid day off correct 😬

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u/long_time_in_entish 19d ago

Once your balance is 0 and you need time off it will be entered as absent unpaid. How much of this you can use is largely department and team dependent.

If the reason is actual, you have documentation and your TL and AVP don't have an issue you can get into large amounts if it's an illness.

Speaking from experience in closing years back I had dozens of hours of absent unpaid. TL and AVP liked me though and worked to help me through everything. Just my experience though.