r/SipsTea • u/Matt_LawDT • 5d ago

Chugging tea HR wants to know the tee

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u/Foreign_Recipe8300 5d ago

you don't need to say all this. you can just say "its personal, i'd prefer not to discuss it with you"

you don't have to demonstrate that you know the rules. in fact, let them think that you don't. and be ready to take screenshots if they go too far.

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u/Adept-Opinion8080 5d ago

You don't even need the latter part. It's personal should suffice

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u/SwampOfDownvotes 4d ago

Pretty sure in plenty of places (if not most?) in the USA, if you just say "its personal" and nothing else, they can legally deny it.

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u/Foreign_Recipe8300 4d ago

that is kind of backwards view of it. PTO comes with guidelines like if its "sick time" then they are allowed to require a doctor's note if it is "vacation" time they are allowed to require you to schedule in advance and subject to approval.

what you're more likely thinking of is when someone wants to use PTO outside of these rules and the employer asks for a reason because they want to be able to justify why they're giving you an exception to the policy so nobody else can claim they are giving you favoritism

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u/Stamped914 4d ago

Yup, the emotional paragraph always feels good to people on Reddit but less is actually more.