47 - Fake PTO Balances + Candidate Traits You Can't Measure

On episode 47 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn and Jessica Lee come together to discuss Peloton, the top qualities people are looking for in a candidate, and PTO bank build ups during the COVID-era. 

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SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

1:30 - JLee is doing fantastic on this episode because Sex in the City is getting a reboot!

2:45 - JLee’s husband ordered balloons to celebrate her 100th Peloton ride and she told him the wrong day! It was only her 100th workout (not ride). 

3:30 - Tim has discovered that people are gaming their ride numbers on Peloton by doing more short rides instead of the longer rides. 

4:20 - First topic: Tim got an email from a PR firm advertising the “Top 10 most important qualities in a candidate”. This is a recent study from 2021. What do you think the top quality is?

5:30 - KD’s top quality he looks for is “kicking a**”. What’s the top quality you look for?

7:30 - JLee looks for good listeners as one of her top candidates in a new hire. She thinks one BS thing from the list is ‘sincerity’. She doesn’t really understand what it means. 

9:00 - #gsd.  Look it up.

9:45 - Gary V messaged JLee for mentioning him on the show. We’re ready for you to come on the pod Gary!

12:00 - Tim was on a CHRO digital forum recently and heard discussion from a panelist that a company found their PTO banks were rising astronomically. This not only became a people management issue but a financial issue for the company. Tim thinks that this is BS because people are just taking time off because of increased flexibility instead of taking PTO.

15:00 - JLee says that she’s saving her PTO for when she can take a real vacation and travel again. 

16:00 - KD thinks that the concern is BS and agrees with Tim. He thinks a major reason for this is the huge increase in downtime in 2020. 

18:00 - There is a concern that once the world has returned to some normalcy, that everyone will take their PTO and there will be no one working. JLee discusses some strategies that could be used to combat this issue, like cashing out PTO days. 

21:30 - Also on the CHRO digital forum, Tim learned that companies are saying they need to take and send data to hiring managers each month rather than quarterly or yearly. 

23:20 - Another finding from the forum is a PTO charity bank, where people can donate their PTO to help hourly workers who do not qualify. 

29:00 - Last topic: favorite TV/movie the crew has watched recently. JLee loved Bridgerton and KD hasn’t really been watching too much.