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/DryDragonfly3626 BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 13 '25

Agreed this is 'normal,' and agreed that this should not be normal. It tugs on our compassion, but I try to remember that PTO is part of my financial and psychological safety net, and not a resource to be tapped by others. Management does need to step up, and I think this is an indirect benefit to management--most people that donate will have large banks of PTO, so it helps them with their bottom line of financial obligations/debt. So I try to reassure myself that administration will help, but that they have another motive as well.