'Time off and extra cash!': Long-standing employee uses their absentee boss's negligence to score a free 2-week vacation and still get paid PTO

PTO is sacred in the U S of A. 

Lost in the endless wash of vacation requests, paid leave, and maternity time, many hardworking employees don't even take their PTO, knowing the workplace would crumble in their absence. But rarely, and occasionally in the workingman's favor, PTO can be used against our negligent bosses, especially the ones who are never around.

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  • Bosses who are absent don't get to make the hard calls in the office anymore. If you're not around or not even present except during the occasional company meeting, how is your workforce supposed to respect your leadership? In a bad boss's absence, the hard workers of the world might just take advantage of the holes in the system, especially if that means cashing in on PTO they already used.

    This long-standing employee was nearing the end of an 8-year contract with a company. Tired of the endless bureaucracy and living up his boss's slack, he decided to take a 2-week vacation that ended up costing him almost nothing because of a system glitch with HR.

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    A few years ago my job was on a 8 year contract that was nearing its end. I was looking at redundancy and rather than apply for another job I worked out
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    I was financially better off waiting for HRs axe to fall and take the payoff. My boss however made other plans, started taking time off and
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    then left. Admin tasks were being ignored and gradually the offices were becoming empty as people left. I had a lot of annual leave
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    entitlement banked and decided to book a holiday as redundancy was likely still months away and I used the HR system to book 2 weeks. I informed anyone who would listen, put in the calendar
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    etc. of course as my boss was now absent, nobody actually approved my leave in the system. I enjoyed my time off and came back to work and all was ok.
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    As we approached the final weeks of the contract I had to tidy up loose ends and asked HR about final payments including any unused holiday entitlement.
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    What I got back was a snide dig about how I hadn't properly managed my account as I had unapproved leave requests open that needed to be closed. This was the request for the leave I'd already taken...
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    So I did what I was told and cancelled the request, adding another 10 days back into my banked leave allowance, which the HR dept then had to pay me for during redundancy. Thank you very much for the time off and the extra cash.
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    Remove unapproved leave from the system S I think it's safe to post this now as the relevant company no longer exists.
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    Illuminatus-Prime Another snafu by HR. Perfect MalComp, too.
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    curtitch I know you said the response was snide, but there's also a chance HR knew what they were doing and wanted to give you that bump.
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    Some HR folks are absolutely willing to use the company's policies against it, especially if they don't make sense or, in this case, the company was shuttering.
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    Limakuk⚫ HR knows more about the salary system and the company going down than anyone else. Besides, they can approve it afterwards, no need to make you remove the request.
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    They were just being bros making sure you get a little bit more money.
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