Worker Refuses To Donate Vacation Days To A Colleague With A Sick Daughter, Gets Hate From Entire Office, Wonders If He’s A Jerk

Exactly my point

Same in Poland and probably most of EU

I totally agree. Still even some German companies tried to implement this "great" idea during the first lockdown as in, "You can now donate your overtime to a co-worker with children, so that they can care for them at home." As if that would solve the problem.

Some employers are better than others. My employer gives us unlimited sick leave, I'm sure there's some unspoken limit though. The point though is that we shouldn't have to live by the good graces and generosity of our employers or our coworkers. There should be protection in place

Wow!! That's amazing!

The main issue is that the company can give her unlimited time off, switch her to part time, or she can sign up and use FMLA (family and medical leave act) which would ensure she can have up to 12 weeks of time off a year and still keep her job....but none of that would be paid leave. That's the big problem. The not being paid part. They can make arrangements for her to take more leave than normal, companies do that all the time, but they aren't going to give her money for it. By asking for donated days, she is essentially requesting she get the salary her coworkers would have received for those off days. There are ways for her to get the time off, but not for her to get the time off and still receive wages for it. She is basically asking her coworkers to give her a day's wage, which is quite a lot, but they aren't realizing since she frames it as a request for a "day off".

There is a system, it's called FMLA, among others. The problem here is, she's a parent with bad planning and just "expects" everyone else to chip in to help her out. She is literally asking everyone to donate money to her, money they earned. Which if fine, but saying "no" should be equally fine. I have 4 kids, and working around a shedule to do a doctor's visit, school thing, or whatever is one thing. Literally asking for the equivalent of cash is another becuase my lack of planning. Make arrangements, save you PTO, have a GD emergency fund so you can take FMLA unpaid if needed. If your kid has these issues, you should of been preparing for this, this isn't sudden.Be freaking responsible for your children, choose to save for these unpaid days instead of the nails/hair/new iphone, nice car payment..... There are MANY options avaliable to her in the U.S, she is just a leech, and too lazy to exercise those options.

The OP is saying it’s psoriasis but could be something like psoriatic arthritis which is a pretty serious condition similar to rheumatoid arthritis. So the time off may be warranted. That being said the mother and coworkers are definitely out of line.

The problem is that the bosses tried to play the workers against each other by publishing the PTO data (would be illegal in Europe) rather than deal with the issue themselves.

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No company will offer unlimited paid leave. If they did their business wouldn't last very long.