I don't think it would happen very much, but I think it would happen if someone has some difficult situation (illness, family turmoil, death in the family, that sort of thing) and runs out of PTO.
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Gudanov - Dec 04, 2007 12:56:13 pm PST #5558 of 10001
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Jessica - Dec 04, 2007 12:56:42 pm PST #5559 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wouldn't donate my own PTO, but I would happily accept gifts of such from others.
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Ginger - Dec 04, 2007 12:59:34 pm PST #5560 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In cases where the person who gets the PTO is dealing with a severe illness or the illness of a child, companies have seen a pretty significant amount of time donations.
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2007 1:02:29 pm PST #5561 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In cases where the person who gets the PTO is dealing with a severe illness or the illness of a child, companies have seen a pretty significant amount of time donations.
Oh, that makes sense.
I was just afraid this would be one of those features that we spend a bunch of time developing and then the client never really uses it. (Not that it really matters to us, as we bill by the hour anyway.)
askye - Dec 04, 2007 1:04:47 pm PST #5562 of 10001
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Where I temp there's an option like that, where an employee with extra time can give it to someone who needs it but doesn't have enough time. But it can only be given to someone who's eligible to earn leave (and not temp employees).
I've seen it happen a few times, mostly for sickness but also twice for time off to deal with the birth of a child ( once for a mother and once for a father).
Susan W. - Dec 04, 2007 1:05:30 pm PST #5563 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
We have it here, and it's usually used in the cases Ginger describes. I've never managed to accumulate enough leave to be eligible to donate (you have to have something like 200 hours or more), but I'll do so if I ever reach that point. It just seems like the decent thing to do.
Ginger - Dec 04, 2007 1:06:37 pm PST #5564 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
At my last job, I didn't ever have time to take all my vacation and I was getting to the use it or lose point. I'd have gladly donated that time.
aurelia - Dec 04, 2007 1:21:40 pm PST #5565 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My dad has often given away time he wasn't going to use.
Glamcookie - Dec 04, 2007 1:28:26 pm PST #5566 of 10001
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Strega - Dec 04, 2007 1:34:58 pm PST #5567 of 10001
I would love it if my company did PTO and/or allowed donations. Because I have 300+ hours of sick leave, and that's just silly.