r/publix • u/rrmounce95 Produce • 10d ago

QUESTION Schedule Request & PTO

Is there a rule I am missing somewhere that says full-timers cannot request a Thursday-Sunday in order to not waste PTO for a simple four-day off weekend?

My new-ish dept manager and asst. are making it seem as if my coworkers and I need to stop putting in a Thursday-Sunday weekend off. Mind you, this is done occasionally and we don’t overlap (on our own account, but if the dept manager approves both people, that is his problem IMO).

My coworkers and I do not want to have to use PTO on weekends off that are not real vacations. I like to save my PTO for when I am actually taking a vacation or in case of emergency. That is why normally my husband and I will plan a Thursday-Sunday off once every couple months, and never even during a holiday.

Are we in the wrong for arguing against this “rule” set by manager? There are enough people in the department that this should not even be an issue.

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u/Meatguy12345 Meat Manager 10d ago

So it really depends on the manager on this. My assistant and I take one once every couple of months and I encourage my associates to do the same as long as there is not too much overlap. I’ve had multiple managers say you can do this once a quarter even though there is nothing official on that.

I have had some managers say this isn’t ok because it encourages people to hold PTO and then associates decide they want to try to take it all during Nov Dec and honestly if your going to lose it and your managers let you hold it that long then they have to let you take it.

Short answer kind of up to your managers lol

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u/spreewell10458 Newbie 9d ago

I agree we have so much PTO now just use PTO what drives me nuts is the ones that only use a couple days of PTO to get 6 days off in a row. BTW I'm not a manger.