Had an interview today that I feel okay to good-ish about. Was hoping to talk to the person I'd be working under but they were tied up on time sensitive stuff so I just talked to the HR person.
He was telling me that in addition to a very modest amount of conventional PTO, they give a paid weekday off every three weeks. It was spun like a good thing because the amount of total time off was more than the national average, but that's pretty dishonest right? PTO is conventionally understood to be time you can take off whenever for whatever reason, not fixed days off like holidays.
I generally like the vibe of the place but it's got weird things like that, plus not being open to hybrid because it doesn't align with their "values" and some Russel Brand quotes hung up on the walls
My job does something kind of similar, but it's every quarter you get 8 hours of PTO to use on top of normal PTO, and the normal PTO is pretty standard from my understanding. They also use it as a way to not acknowledge controversial federal holidays (like Columbus Day), but still give everyone the time off they would have gotten.
Is the "extra" PTO conditional on some administrative task? Last place I worked at had conditional "bonus" PTO that was just a legal way to make sure a portion of your PTO can't accrue and get paid out.
Not that the accounting trick part is a huge deal, time off is time off.
The "extra" just has to be requested with a separate button. It's probably used to curb PTO payouts, so I make sure to use it first.