PTO Balances be Damned

If you ask me, I will tell you that I believe employees need and deserve flexible schedules. Employees should not have to choose between their families and their jobs. Companies with enlightened policies around PTO, attendance, and flex scheduling will attract and retain the best and brightest talent. Furthermore, organizations that honor their human capital in this manner are the ones that will succeed into the future. This I believe.

Yet, as a manager with a big workload I find myself wondering why employees can’t get to work on time and just do their jobs. Every single day it is something.…