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What is T-Mobile's PTO policy?

For full-time employees, Paid Time Off generally accrues at:

  • 152 hours per year to start
  • 192 hours per year after the employee’s third anniversary
  • 232 hours per year after the employee’s seventh anniversary

For part-time employees, Paid Time Off generally accrues at:

  • 88 hours per year to start
  • 108 hours per year after the employee’s third anniversary
  • 128 hours per year after the employee’s seventh anniversary

Source:

T-Mobile 2025 Benefits Guide

What are some T-Mobile PTO strategies?

It may make sense to plan PTO:

  • Scheduling ahead prioritizes it!
  • Taking time off when others do as well could help PTO feel less like “get behind days.”
  • Paid Time Off is generally use it or lose it:
    • 80 hours can usually be rolled over to the next year.
    • However, that’s dropped to as low as 40 hours and grown to as much as 120 hours in the past.
  • Unused PTO is paid out to employees upon termination should they leave T-Mobile.
Schedule your paid time off as soon as possible.
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Two Options

There are essentially two options for scheduling Paid Time Off:

  1. Wait and see.
  2. Book it early.

Scheduling PTO early can:

  • call dibs,
  • lower costs,
  • include more people,
  • and lower the odds of donating it to stockholders.

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Kevin Estes is a financial planner helping T-Mobile employees and their families live great lives.

He worked in T-Mobile Financial Planning & Analysis for nine years. Kevin received a certificate in financial planning, passed the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ exam, and founded Scaled Financed in 2022.

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