Minor improvement I heard of was implemented. A company let employees use sick time for doctors visits, because it is preemptive to employees getting sick and actually resulted in less employees on lengthy sick leave. For example finding cancer before it turns into a major issue, because employees don’t have to weigh PTO time off for childcare or selfcare.

There are steps companies can do to improve their employees lives. One miniscule pool of PTO as a catch all doesn’t cut it anymore. There is too much demand on our time outside of work.