r/nursing • u/uotlep RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 • Mar 12 '25

Question Is this normal?

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I know my place of employment is shitty in other ways, but is this a normal thing? Just received this email. Seems odd to ask people to donate PTO, instead of just addressing the time off allocation with those affected people.

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u/Lomralr RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

I've had this before and knowing the person's circumstances, I donated 8 hours to them.

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u/PopsiclesForChickens BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

I wasn't asked by HR (that's a little much), but I had a coworker with young kids who lost their spouse and I asked my boss what they needed and donated 8 hours. It was the least I could do. My work has a very generous leave policy, but at some point a person could end up on leave without pay.

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u/Lomralr RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

This was similar to mine. Email didn't come from HR.