[Svartalfiar]

The best boss I ever had was FAR ahead of his time [this was in 1990]:
"Don't drag your illness in to work. I don't want to catch what you have."

Yup, some of us are lucky. Most aren't. My old boss (before the lockdowns killed all our business, and he had to cut everyone) didn't track PTO. If you were sick and needed the day off, he preferred you stay home. If you needed it off for whatever, he was fine as long as you didn't abuse it, and we didn't have a big show you were needed on. Unfortunately, most companies don;t do that, especially as you get into bigger ones with more established policies and procedures and less personal the whole company is.

[kiryandil]

My boss had made himself indispensable [IT department head, and a great one], so he could go toe-to-toe with The Powers That Be.

Just talked with him today.

He can still break 80 at 75 years old.   

I love that guy.