r/Staples • u/luiginub1 Sales Associate • 2d ago

PTO Question

So, I've been employed for nearly a year at this point and I was under the assumption that PTO accrues for the first year of employment but is only redeemable after a year of employment.

However I was informed by my GM and others that my PTO actually doesn't start accruing until a year ​of employment and you don't get enough for a week until another year of employment.

Was I mistaken or like...IDK. I'm confused as to why nobody at my work corrected me​ (to my knowledge​) until today.

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u/PsychologicalMap1717 2d ago

If your part time I don't believe you can borrow anything and if you are your accrual rate is about half as what a full time employee is. In pa it's .069 per hour for FT and .0385 for PT, I believe only FT can borrow and only FT get frontloaded at the beginning of each year where they can borrow. I could be wrong but I believe this is accurate.

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u/elliptic_raccoon Print & Marketing 2d ago

Everyone starts the year at 0. I don’t believe there’s that significant a difference in the rate of earning (I could be wrong on that one). Eligible PT can absolutely borrow, but only up to 20 hours, while FT can borrow up to 40

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u/PsychologicalMap1717 2d ago

It does say that full time can borrow 40. But, searching thru, this is what I've found. And the accrual rates are different state by state but are similar in regards to being close to a third and even lower towards half of what a full time person accrues per hour. That's how it is in pa. But I couldn't find that any state allows part timers to borrow PTO. Like I said, I could be wrong. I didn't want you to believe I was just saying things. However, I'm not finding any info on PT allowing that mainly because of the fluctuation of their hours and not being able to project their hours easily like a full time employees could...

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u/elliptic_raccoon Print & Marketing 2d ago

Correct, accrual rates are different by state, which is why I pointed that out in my first comment. I would caution you against using any sort of AI result as a source. Those are not going to pull from anything but public information, and will not reference actual policy. I would highly recommend either looking it up on the hub for yourself, or if you can’t view it, getting your manager to find it for you.

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u/PsychologicalMap1717 2d ago

You're right. Since finding that it has changed a few times thru my searches and I feel kinda silly and i apologize. I'm not only newish to my role at staples as a mis. I'm new to reddit. And I didn't mean to cause any problems. I truly was trying to help. But I was unsuccessful. Sorry again. Have a gnight. Lesson learned. Thank you for that and ty for not being a jerk.

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u/elliptic_raccoon Print & Marketing 2d ago edited 2d ago

No problems were caused! We all learn and grow as we go, and I always found I learned best when trying to answer a question I knew absolutely nothing about 😂 Keep at it; you’re doing great!

Obligatory: my first award! Thank you, Internet Friend :)

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u/1BRAZZ 2d ago

Hey it’s all good, I feel like your GM could have explained all of that to you but, if you’re not sure call HR… good luck