Owner wants to change PTO Structure
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Owner wants to change PTO Structure
I'm a manager at a Private Practice in Healthcare. The work here isn't challenging so much so that the owner of the company makes navigating him, his moods, and his shifting priorities difficult. He is a good person and I care about him. He hyperfocuses on the most inane things though and keeping staff has been problematic due to his interactions with them. I believe in the work we do here and truly care about the staff and I have gone head-to-head with this owner to create a better culture here where people actually want to stay. He has slip ups from time to time but it isn't nearly as bad as it has been. I'm still vigilant for trouble though and really work to avoid any backslides that put the business in jeopardy. We came very close to the whole team looking for other jobs and lost key clinical personnel because of interactions and unstable expectations. I do not want to give an inch to have the practice be so vulnerable again.
I know that some people, probably most people would tell me that a job like this isn't worth it and it shouldn't be my place to keep the owner in line with his day to day interactions with staff but it's a choice I made. I believe in this place and I want it to succeed.
With that being said, the owner is now interested in trying to change the PTO structure for new employees that would come in here and honestly, the idea of that is exhausting. It's already hard enough to draw in new talent and find good hires to fill rolls. His idea to offer potential team members less is going to make a challenging recruitment and retainment situation more difficult.
How would you go about getting in front of that and helping him let go of the idea?
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