<story><title>BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all laid-off U.S. staffers</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/27/buzzfeed-employees-demand-it-pay-out-earned-pto-to-all-laid-off-u-s-staffers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Pinbenterjamin</author><text>I agree with the idea that all accrued PTO should be paid out, if the release of the employee was the decision of the company.&lt;p&gt;I also would like to add, that Buzzfeed did not simply throw these people out the door and into poverty, they did provide severance and benefits through April, which should be plenty of time to find another source of income (hopefully).&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;BuzzFeed’s laid-off employees received a severance of a minimum 10 weeks pay, and benefits through April. Taylor’s response to the petition’s organizers said the company wants to meet with staff to discuss the issue&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ohyes</author><text>Pto is part of your compensation.&lt;p&gt;It goes on the books as a liability, which is why a lot of companies are doing ‘unlimited vacation’ now. (And why others don’t want to roll vacation from one year to the next). If they don’t owe you a certain amount of vacation, they don’t have to pay it out when you quit.&lt;p&gt;But if they do owe it, they do have to pay you.</text></comment>
<story><title>BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all laid-off U.S. staffers</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/27/buzzfeed-employees-demand-it-pay-out-earned-pto-to-all-laid-off-u-s-staffers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Pinbenterjamin</author><text>I agree with the idea that all accrued PTO should be paid out, if the release of the employee was the decision of the company.&lt;p&gt;I also would like to add, that Buzzfeed did not simply throw these people out the door and into poverty, they did provide severance and benefits through April, which should be plenty of time to find another source of income (hopefully).&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;BuzzFeed’s laid-off employees received a severance of a minimum 10 weeks pay, and benefits through April. Taylor’s response to the petition’s organizers said the company wants to meet with staff to discuss the issue&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dudul</author><text>Useful precision yes.  10 weeks is a very generous severance package, especially if it includes continuation of benefits.&lt;p&gt;They may have been clumsy there.  They could have avoided this bad PR by just paying the PTO and giving 5 weeks of severance or something like that.</text></comment>