Employee refuses to donate his PTO to a stranger in the office regardless of judgement from HR, colleagues, and his boss: 'I don't know Jennifer, maybe said hi twice'

A PTO shortage could be solved with the simple pen stroke of an empathetic boss.

Vacation time is a nebulous concept that companies haven't quite gotten right yet. Like the implied value of cash, PTO hours accumulate based on hours worked, but with its entire value being materialized by the office ladies in HR, couldn't a company just as easily conjure up a few more fake hours for an employee in need? You'd think, but the corporate world doesn't work like that. 

Instead, this employee was guilt-tripped by his entire office to help contribute PTO hours to a coworker in need. After an undisclosed life event, this coworker was in "desperate need" of 80 PTO hours that she didn't have accumulated. Instead of taking the time unpaid, HR insisted that she send out an email blast to the whole company, essentially begging them to donate their PTO. Strangely, the workforce pitched in to her made-up donation box, moving around PTO hours like they were pieces on a chessboard. The boss loved that he wasnt going to be losing any workers to wasteful vacations, but one employee saw right through the ruse. 

He refused to donate his PTO hours because, despite a surplus in his employee profile, he wanted to use those hard-earned hours for himself, not a coworker he's never even spoken to. Understandably, he was quite furious when his colleagues turned against him, calling him out in meetings and even scheduling a 1-on-1 meeting with the big boss, but he stood his ground. Hoping to shed light on a broken system, and to keep his hours for his next summer beach trip.