re: Observations of PTO usage between Older Workers v. Younger workers

I manage 3 teams so get a little bit of it all, but two guys just kill me.

One guy, 72 years old, refuses to take time off. He's on FTO, meaning he has unlimited days off. He feels bad even going to a doc appt. I don't even bother trying to encourage him to take time off....he lives to work and has that old school work ethic.

Another guy, on a counted PTO, took every Friday off from middle of October to the end of the year. Younger dude. There are only 3 people on his team and they require 2 to operate. So this dude absolutely fricked his teammates over. Had to talk to him about using his PTO more wisely next year...to which I just got an "ok".

I have one guy, on FTO, who took 41 days this year. He's going to get a talking to during his review. That's way too many. Rest assured, he'll have excuses...he constantly dodges work. He's in his 50's.