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re: How much PTO does your employer let you roll over?

Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:17 pm to
Posted by Johnny Roastbeef
Somewhere in Bartow County
Member since Sep 2018
2003 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:17 pm to
None. You either use your PTO or lose it. We get 40 hours per year.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51721 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:19 pm to
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None. You either use your PTO or lose it. We get 40 hours per year.

Damn. 5 days sucks man. Is it a small family business or something? I always figured 10 days was pretty much the minimum for most full time employees.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
102533 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:22 pm to
Yeah, 5 days is terrible. I wouldn't take a new job with less than 15 starting, unless it was a complete flex schedule.
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7590 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:24 pm to
Use it or lose it for me
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Member since Feb 2018
51721 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:26 pm to
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Yeah, 5 days is terrible. I wouldn't take a new job with less than 15 starting, unless it was a complete flex schedule.

Or the pay would have to be phenomenal. Even then I wouldn't want to do that for more than a year or two.

I think two weeks would be the bare minimum. My wife only gets 10 vacation days but it's loosely enforced. It kind of sucks because I get a lot more than her and end up just burning a lot of mine doing nothing.
Posted by Nobs
Houston
Member since Dec 2010
377 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:28 pm to
Up to 100% but it must be used in the follow year or it's lost.
Posted by Johnny Roastbeef
Somewhere in Bartow County
Member since Sep 2018
2003 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:31 pm to
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Is it a small family business or something


No it’s a regional company (we’re all over the southeast) but we do over a billion dollars a year in revenue. We used to only have 3 days of PTO but they bumped up to 5 days about a year ago. I guess everyone started complaining
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
18176 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:32 pm to
Zero, and we have to use PTO for sick days.


Highway robbery
This post was edited on 12/9/19 at 5:38 pm
Posted by td1
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
3077 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:46 pm to
It all rolls over with no limit.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51721 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:48 pm to
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We used to only have 3 days of PTO but they bumped up to 5 days about a year ago. I guess everyone started complaining

That's almost unheard of. I think the least I've ever had right out of college was 12 vacation days and 10 sick days.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
40152 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 5:48 pm to
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“Unlimited PTO” is a trend even for big companies. First off they don’t have to carry the liability on their books. As “working hours” get blurred, employees require flexibility. Employers don’t care when the work is done, just that it’s done.


I believe studies also show workers take less time off, which benefits the company.

There's a psychology to it.
Posted by Johnny Roastbeef
Somewhere in Bartow County
Member since Sep 2018
2003 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 6:06 pm to
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That's almost unheard of. I think the least I've ever had right out of college was 12 vacation days and 10 sick days.


I know right. And you don’t earn vacation after 1 year either. I started nearly 6 years ago in April and all I had starting out were only 3 days and that had to last me until January.

My 1st job out of college I think I started with 40 hours of PTO and you would accrue 4 hours every month. I can’t remember what the cap was but I wish it was the same over here
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
13389 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 6:16 pm to
I Checked this morning and I have used 85 hours and have 76.9 left (and counting). Can only roll over 40. I get 168 total hours each year.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
22860 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 6:24 pm to
80 hours. 81-120 gets you half a paycheck. Anything over 120 is lost.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
69187 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 6:36 pm to
I get 20 days per year and can roll 5 of those days over. I usually don’t though. I’ve got two days left for this year and I’ll burn those the Thursday & Friday after Christmas.
Posted by bamabkj
Member since Dec 2015
725 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 7:38 pm to
Can Roll over as much as you want a year. They set a limit on what you can have in reserves PTO. Equates to 6 weeks pay. After that you have to use it or lose it. Can cash out at retirement for nice extra check.

One of the reasons I took my job. I don't make as much as I could. But 3 years in I get 4 weeks vacation and 4 sick leave. You can also keep 40 hours of sick leave in reserve.

Accumulate it weekly so it never runs out either.
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
25154 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 8:02 pm to
6 days. But the next year I’d be maxed unless I used all of next year and some of the 6.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14339 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 8:14 pm to
I dont get to roll any over I have 160 hours vacay and 40 hours sick per year. They actually let me use it so I dont stress about it rolling over
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
165259 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 8:18 pm to
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I currently have 117 hours (and adding), but we can only roll 40 hours to next year.

There aren’t many workdays left in the year.

Is it based on calendar year or your anniversary date though?

I've had companies with the same policy but let's say you hired in on June 5th, that would be the drop dead date you had to use it or lose it.
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
12933 posts
Posted on 12/9/19 at 8:19 pm to
Roll over 240. Hit that this year, so I'll probably have about 20 days a year to use or lose unless I drop below that for some reason.
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