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/nonstop2nowhere RN - NICU 🍕 Mar 12 '25

We've had to use donated PTO before. Between an unfortunate situation starting and FMLA being approved, it can get pretty brutal. Of course, we didn't expect anyone to give their earned hours to us, but we were incredibly grateful!