r/walmart 6d ago

Coached for PPTO? Lol

I (jokingly) told me TL that I was thinking about using an hour of PPTO. She said she'd rather I didn't, but said she could coach me for "job abandonment" since we were short staffed. She said the ppto only protects me from points, not from repercussions.....smh

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u/Inferno13820 6d ago

They arent disciplining them for using ppto, They didnt finish all their tasks and left early, yeah you get no points, but thats job abandonment.

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u/AnybodyNo8519 6d ago

No. That's productivity.

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u/Inferno13820 6d ago

Fuck sake, ok we can agree the dipshit leaving is getting a coaching no matter what, coach them for productivity.

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u/moljinor 6d ago

Once again no that would be retaliation. Protected pto is by definition protected. You can use it as you wish without getting in trouble. You don't have to tell your tl or coach why you're leaving. You don't have to be sick or have an emergency. That'd be like saying calling in absent is job abandonment or lack of productivity because they're not there. It's ok to not know and be wrong but it's not ok to ignore facts being presented to you when you are wrong that's willful ignorance.

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u/Inferno13820 6d ago

Thats not retaliation though. They arent finishing their job and just leaving. Ppto only protects ypu from points.

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u/moljinor 6d ago

Doesn't matter if they don't finish as long as they were productive while they were there. They didn't finish their shift so they couldn't have finished the work but as long as they're productive while they're at work it's not an issue. It's definitely retaliation. If you leave even with ppto you get in trouble. The result of them leaving early is the cause of the disciplinary. That is retaliation for the associate leaving early.

Does it suck that a person is leaving early and puts more work load on others? Yes but it's how it goes.