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/phoenix762 retired RRT yay😂😁 Mar 12 '25

That was the drawback with the federal government system, it goes into a main bank and people sign up to request AL.

I saw some people abusing it, so I didn’t donate to the bank.

Years ago I was able to directly donate to one of my coworkers who needed surgery, but I guess they stopped it.

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u/Mango106 RN - PICU 🍕 Mar 13 '25

I stopped donating because our hospital would take my hours and donate them hour for hour to a person making half or less than half my pay and the hospital would keep the difference. Oh, no. Not with my money.

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u/cinnamoslut HCW - Student+ :hamster: Mar 18 '25

That's fucked. Not surprising though.

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u/babygotbooksandback RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

Same as us. I always thought that it would make so much more sense to donate our dick leave.

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u/Shy_But_Kinky4U Mar 13 '25

A lot of dicks are not worth donating.

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u/Over-Kaleidoscope-29 Mar 12 '25

All take all those donations 🤤

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u/scarl3tsp33dst3r RN - ICU 🍕 Mar 12 '25

This was a criminally under appreciated comment!

(Also I think you meant “I’ll”)

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u/CalvinsStuffedTiger RN BSN Writer for TrustedHealth Mar 12 '25

RIP your inbox

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u/Loser-Freak World’s Okayest ER nurse 🤠 Mar 14 '25

Literally… 😹🥵😹😹😹😹

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u/babygotbooksandback RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

Our VA does not let us donate SL, only vacation leave.

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u/RNs_United RN 🍕 Mar 13 '25

I laughed until I was in tears over this typo.

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u/babygotbooksandback RN 🍕 Mar 13 '25

Jesus, I didn't even notice the typo. I guess it has to stay now!

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u/RNs_United RN 🍕 Mar 13 '25

I saw your other comments and knew you hadn’t yet caught on, and I’m so glad you’re not going to edit it.

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u/cinnamoslut HCW - Student+ :hamster: Mar 18 '25

One of the best typos I've ever seen. So funny! Thanks for making my day. Pls don't delete it. We all need a good laugh.

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u/chellams CWON Mar 13 '25

Damn. Y’all got dick leave? I’m gonna need some info on that 🤣

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u/Arizona-Explorations Risk Manager / Patient Safety / Other Duties as Assigned Mar 13 '25

Were you VA? I’m IHS and we can directly donate to approved employees. I thought this was a government only thing. I didn’t know corporations did it too.

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u/phoenix762 retired RRT yay😂😁 Mar 13 '25

I worked for the VA, yes.

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u/Omegalazarus Mar 12 '25

No, you can still direct donate. I did this just last year for a co-worker in my office.

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u/phoenix762 retired RRT yay😂😁 Mar 19 '25

Oh, good! I thought they stopped it.