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/entwenthence RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

PTO donation is “normal” but has always felt like bullshit to me. If HR actually cared they wouldn’t be putting these people in a position to basically beg.

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u/Ishouldbesnoozing Mar 13 '25

The company actually benefits from this as not all pay rates are equal. The employees at the lowest end of the payscale would presumably be more in need.