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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Traditional_Set_858 on 2025-06-19 11:34:53+00:00.

Now i understand that for a lot of places this is the norm but my past jobs I had were luckily flexible and I could just make the time up or use PTO if I didn’t want to make up the time. I get for some jobs it’s simply not possible to make time up but for my current job it definitely is but my department simply makes you take PTO anyways to make they’re sufficiently staffed (even though they never are even with this rule in place).

It just bothers me that my colleague on my team who has fmla literally calls off work like every 4 days or so (not even exaggerating) and that’s allowed (because they have to) but for some reason I can’t make up an hour or two for a necessary appointment when I’ve shown to be a dependable employee who always shows up and does my work well and efficiently.

If anyone wonders why I took this job if I don’t like it it’s because HR told us we could make up time (within reason) without having to use PTO even though it’s not that way for every department. My one colleague who has a multitude of health issues and ADA just recently had to cancel her pre approved pre planned vacation because they wouldn’t let her take unpaid time off for something medically necessary that disability would compensate her for hence why she didn’t need to be paid for her few days away.

My department probably wonders why there’s such high turnover (my team is the most well staffed and that’s because it’s the most bareable job in the department) and while the pay is definitely a factor I know the fact that we can’t leave for even an hour without having to take PTO is a also a factor in why people leave.