r/unpopularopinion • u/MichiganCarNut • 20h ago
Unlimited vacations (responsible vacations) is a terrible work benefit for many
My wife and son both have unlimited vacations for their work (not same company). They both brag about it as if it's a great benefit. My wife hasn't taken more than 10 days off in recent years because she thinks it will look bad (she previously got 4 weeks before the switch to unlimited). And when she does, she's still checking emails and attending meetings. My son, who's only been with the company for about 8 months, asked for 1 friday off recently and was grilled by his manager.... he was asked if he was on track to meet all deadlines and his manager reviewed the statuses of all his tasks before approving the day off. They both still like the idea of being able to take more if they need to. lol
I'd much rather know specifically how many paid days I get per year, and just use them up without having to worry about who's analyzing it. Incidentally, I'm self-employed so paid vacations is foreign to me altogether
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u/Islander255 20h ago
The sneakiest, scammiest part of unlimited PTO is that they don't have to do any vacation payout when you leave staff. When I do PTO payouts on payroll, outgoing staff are normally getting anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending on how many vacation days they still had left.
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u/OblivionJunkie 20h ago
Mine are limited and the company isn't required to (aka wont) pay out upon end of employment. Worst of both worlds!
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u/cheapseats91 10h ago
Part of that is state law. In California an employer is required to pay out any accrued PTO. If your employer offers sick/vacation instead of PTO then they have to pay out the vacation (but not sick) at separation
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u/Boom9001 6h ago
Mine aren't payed out and it's use it or lose it, I'd still want this system over unlimited PTO.
Unlimited PTO is not unlimited PTO. We will punish/fire you if you use your PTO. Generally you can only take as much as you'd get in accrued PTO without causing a problem. The issue is they get to treat PTO is a kindness they can decline or discourage rather than something you deserve.
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u/adbachman 15h ago
I got almost 10k leaving a job that had meticulously tracked PTO.
Was easy to rack up during COVID, and helped me very clearly understand why corporations do "unlimited" leave.
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u/rockstopper03 12h ago
When I got laid off previously, the 6 weeks of my accrued pto being paid out on top of my 14 weeks of severance (7 years x 2 weeks) for a total of 20 weeks payout really helped cushion my job transition and search for a new job.
I got really lucky because my company hr handbook says they'll only pay out acrued pto upon seperation in a few select states that require it by law.
Luckily I was based out of our CA office so it was one of few states.
Would have been a real gut punch being laid off and losing my 6 weeks of saved up pto without compensation if I'd been working in another state with my same company.
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u/K3TtLek0Rn 19h ago
This is a big one. My company is making the tension to unlimited time off this upcoming year and they told everyone to use up all of their time before then. We were given like 3 months notice and some of our people have like 500 hours or more of PTO. I’m sure some of them were hoping to get their saved time as a payout bonus when retiring or whatever. It almost seemed illegal because a lot of people aren’t able to take that much time off before they switch. They’d have to take like 3 straight months of work off to zero out.
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u/Squire-Rabbit 9h ago
When my company transitioned, we were promised payouts of our remaining PTO on separation exactly as you described. But this was announced right up front, when the new policy was explained. Either you should be very worried or your HR folks are total idiots.
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u/Sammys_Zombie 12h ago
Yup. When I retire they’re going to have to cut me a check for 1,352 hours, the maximum sick time, vacation, holiday, and comp time accrual. At my current rate that’s just a little under 100k.
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u/bangzilla 8h ago
What company allows you to accrue that much? Huge financial liability for them.
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u/Sammys_Zombie 8h ago
I work for a municipality. Firefighters can accrue even more than us, an additional 480 hours.
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u/PollutionDouble229 8h ago
Paying out vacation time isn’t required by law in all states anyway. Unlimited vacation is an incredible benefit, I use it to my advantage and take 5-6 weeks a year and set boundaries that my time off is true time off and don’t work at all. Feeling guilted into taking meetings and checking email sounds like a personal issue with boundary setting. My boss supports me in taking time, and truly taking it.
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u/RazberryRanger 13h ago
Legislation for this BS should be 2080 hours of paid time off is required to be paid out against any unused hours every year.
That would end this nonsense real quick.
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u/DevelopmentJumpy5218 12h ago
That's 260 days of vacation a year
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u/RazberryRanger 12h ago
It's the number of working hours in a year.
Ever want to know how much a $ per hour is annually, multiply it by 2080.
And yes. If it's truly unlimited, it should be equal to the number of working days in a year.
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u/crunchy_toe 8h ago
Sorry, that seems asinine and an over correction.
It should be a standard amount of PTO in a year, let's say 30 days per year.
Something like that should be a starting point for anything else (+10% per unused pto per year or something).
Tbh, the only way to have a truly fair system is for it to be tracked one way or the other. Whether there is a cap or not is different.
But a whole year just because it is unlimited is crazy IMO.
Edit: even with unlimited PTO there isn't, or shouldn't be, an expectation that someone will take a whole year off.
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u/RazberryRanger 5h ago
That's the entire point. It's as absurd as the idea of unlimited PTO.
Kind of like when lawmakers introduce ridiculous bills to make a point about the asinine things occurring.
But to my point, sabbaticals exist, and a year sabbatical for a tenured employee is not unheard of.
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u/OtherlandGirl 11h ago
In my state that isn’t legally required and most companies opt out of paying that out. I’ll take my unlimited PTO.
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u/icantevenbeliev3 10h ago
Most companies do not pay out your vacation. If you get it, enjoy it because that is def not the norm.
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u/Vives_solo_una_vez 11h ago
Only works in a state that forces employers to do this. The state I'm in doesn't require employees to pay out or roll over pto so it's always use it or lose it.
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u/browncoatfever 8h ago
That's definitely not a thing where I live. If I had PTO left over and I was leaving, all I'd get was a pat on the back out the door. Maybe individual companies are different, but in Tennessee it's not a law that you have to do that and never has been as far as I know.
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u/Pierson230 20h ago
I feel like most people recognize this now, my perception has been that "Unlimited Vacations" was a scam from the jump
Odd that you are so close to a couple of people who don't see it
Having a fixed amount of PTO generates pressure to use the PTO, causing people to actually try to take time off in today's nonstop connected white collar world.
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u/Admirable-Athlete-50 16h ago
I had a job with unlimited vacation and it was pretty great. I think I had around twelve weeks per year each year I worked there.
It helps that Sweden has a legal minimum of five weeks so I knew it could never be less than that, only more. If there wasn’t a legal minimum the contract should state the minimum weeks they need to give you.
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u/Wise_Yogurt1 9h ago
My boss in the US has unlimited vacations. She takes a couple months off per year and uses more of it on her organization stuff.
It helps that she’s the smartest person I’ve ever met, very hard working, and the hospital would crumble to pieces without her. There’s a betting pool for how long it takes her to become CEO of the hospital chain
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u/Ciprich 20h ago
Unlimited vacations? Sign me up?
Feeling guilty for taking time off? Couldn’t be me.
Responding to email while on vacation? That’s what auto reply is for. Someone else’s problem.
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u/maricc 19h ago
Maybe but realistically, you would just get fired after behaving like that enough
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u/SingularityNow 12h ago
I've had unlimited vacation in each of my three jobs across the last 12 years. I haven't taken less than 5 weeks off (sometimes more) each year since then. Do your work, be reasonable with how you tend your time, have honest conversations with your employer, and don't work for shitty people.
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u/BravoMaxi 12h ago
Same. Never took less than 25 days a year on unlimited PTO. But I do agree, it’s designed to put that onus on “you” to schedule stuff and actually take the time off. I’ve also been asked if it’s possible to move stuff around to accommodate for release dates on projects. But those were conversations that I had on an ongoing basis with my lead in my 1:1 so nothing was ever a surprise. And as a leader myself I asked in every single 1:1 what time-off my direct report had on the books. That way I could normalize the idea of taking time off and remind them it was a priority and a perk that they should take. Some did. Some played the guilty route and took less time off.
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u/Ciprich 19h ago
Behaving like what?
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u/maricc 19h ago
Taking a ton of vacation and completely disappearing
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u/Ciprich 19h ago
No I won’t. Lol.
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u/chain_letter 16h ago
You likely would get fired for overusing unlimited vacation, that's why it's a scam. They're lying about what the benefit is, they'll lie about the reason they're firing you too.
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u/Ciprich 16h ago
How is it a scam if the requests have to be approved?
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u/chain_letter 16h ago
look at your sentence lol.
the benefits package says "unlimited pto" but in reality the limit is "vibes", that's a bait and switch, a fraud, a scam.
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u/Ciprich 16h ago
“Unlimited pto” not “take pto whenever you feel like it”
Those are not the same
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u/redditmethisonesir 15h ago
So you’re saying it had a limit then….. limited as to when it can be taken, and able to be refused, is not unlimited
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u/crunchy_toe 8h ago
You are arguing with fear mongers lol. There are plenty of companies and teams that don't abuse unlimited PTO. And if you get one that does then move on or stand your ground. It's even better for high performers as you know your worth.
Someone feeling anxious or not comfortable taking PTO is a personal boundaries problem in many cases. One that you rightfully don't seem to have.
I've seen people have the same boundary problems with limited PTO, so yeah, sometimes it really is just a personal problem.
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u/Lula_Lane_176 19h ago
If you worked for me you would
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u/DriftinFool 18h ago
Then maybe you shouldn't have an unlimited vacation policy, since the only reason companies implement them is to screw employees over. It keeps people from getting paid for unused vacation and studies shows people take less time off when they don't have a specific amount of days because they are scared of asshole managers like you punishing them for taking what they were promised upon hiring.
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u/Lula_Lane_176 18h ago
Listen up buttercup, I do not offer an unlimited PTO plan to my employees because I think they too easily become exactly this problem. I encourage my employees to take their earned PTO (4 weeks per year) and I pay them for what’s left if they don’t. So how embarrassing for you to make such a basic assumption just because you’re mad about what I said, typical Reddit 🙄🙄🙄. I also gave them all a Christmas bonus equivalent to 10-15% of their salary. Make $75K? You got $7,500 minimum bonus. Not many small businesses do that (25 employees). So don’t call me an asshole manager because I take great care of my employees lol. and they are extremely cultivated by yours truly. None of them would EVER say “not my problem”.
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u/DriftinFool 18h ago
Then why are you arguing with someone about using their unlimited PTO in a thread about...wait for it....unlimited PTO, saying you would fire them, when you don't even have unlimited PTO, so they would never be in that situation if they worked for you.
This is like the woman who gets pissed at her man because of something that happened in one her dreams. Are you just looking for something to be shitty about? Because that's how you come across.
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u/Lula_Lane_176 17h ago
I was arguing the fact that they would disappear and say “not my problem”. Attitudes like that don’t hack it in my place. And yes, would be fired
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u/BeardedDragon1917 17h ago
So you would offer unlimited PTO, but punish people for using it and expect your employees to continue working on vacation?
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u/PollutionDouble229 8h ago
Completely agree. I have unlimited PTO and set boundaries. My boss and HR team agree that I’m setting a good example for the team by refusing to work on my time off. I don’t need my team seeing me work on vacation, setting an expectation that they should too. No, time off is your time off. I get my work done, prepare my team and make a backfill plan and guess what? It’s always fine. Feeling guilty in a personal issue that people need to work through on their own. Enjoy your time off, we work to live, we don’t live to work.
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u/TGWsharky 9h ago
Keep in mind, PTO still has to be approved by the manager. And since it's "unlimited", they don't actually have to approve anything. Whereas with a set amount, they legally have to provide that to you as it is part of your benefits package. Unlimited PTO really is a shit wrapped in gold foil.
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u/ABDLTA 13h ago
And you're nolonger with the company....
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u/Ciprich 13h ago
That makes zero sense.
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u/ABDLTA 13h ago
Well thats how corporate America works lol
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u/Ciprich 13h ago
Based on personal experience?
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u/ABDLTA 13h ago
Yeah, i can only speak for the company I work for but the idea is "there is no limit to your days off but you need to be reasonable it"
So it kinda sucks because reasonable is not defined.... so it's up to each department head and their team
So the end game is people taking less time off much like the OP says in his statement
Most managers will warn you if your time off is "excessive" but yeah doing what you suggest would get you fired rather rapidly at most places I've worked
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u/MonsteraBigTits 18h ago
dont even put auto reply on, just ghost your email and forgettaboutitt
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u/nefarious_planet 20h ago
That was always the point of “unlimited” PTO policies, to sow uncertainty about how much PTO you’re actually supposed to take and result in people taking less overall and feeling funny about doing so. Most people recognize this now, it’s weird that companies don’t realize the jig is up.
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u/khurt007 20h ago
This is incorrect. The point of unlimited PTO has always been that the company doesn’t need to carry a liability on their balance sheet to pay out accrued PTO. It’s a convenient feature for companies that people also happen to take less because there isn’t a clear benchmark for what is reasonable.
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u/PollutionDouble229 8h ago
This is not required by law in all states, so not all people get a payout anyway. I’ve been laid off before and have not been paid out for accrued PTO, so I love unlimited PTO and I take full advantage of it. My leaders are supportive and I’ve never had an issue taking 5-6 weeks a year. Way better than the 21 days I had before the policy went into effect.
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u/SteakBurrito5 18h ago
I don’t think this is an unpopular opinion. unlimited PTO sounded great when companies first started doing it, now most people see it’s a scam.
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u/WaitForSingleObject 16h ago
It really depends on the company. I have unlimited PTO and I average 30-45 days a year.
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u/Theegeek 13h ago
Yup I agree with you. It definitely depends on the company and their culture.
I average 5-6 weeks of PTO per year with my company, no questions on why or when. I can even put it in the morning of and they have no issue with it.
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u/tums_festival47 11h ago
My old manager basically asked me to take vacation days at certain times of the year. The idea was to take into account critical delivery dates (I.e. not flying off to Hawaii right before and after a software release).
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u/Squire-Rabbit 8h ago
My company claimed they moved to unlimited PTO to eliminate tracking overhead and to cap PTO payout liability. (PTO balances at the time of transition were supposed to be paid out on separation, but were actually given out to every current employee a couple of weeks ago, early.) There was a lot of skepticism at the time, but years later, all indications are that these really were the motivations. I'm sure some bosses could be giving their people a hard time, but I've heard no complaints about the new system from any of my co-workers. It's been working great for me.
It can be implemented in a way that sucks for workers or a way in which almost everyone wins--or any way in between.
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u/Total_Literature_809 19h ago
Here in Brazil we have 30 days of mandatory vacations a year. When you book it, your employer pays you the wage of the period + 1/3 of it. It’s great.
A dear friend of mine has unlimited vacations and took 60 days this year. With the legislation in place, all was well and she was not insecure about it one single day
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u/jwrig 14h ago
It depends on the company on how it's implemented. I have unlimited PTO in my current role and I don't have limits. I know others who are unofficially limited to x days per year depending on length of time in the company.
The primary reason has little to do with how much people dont use it, but keeping the expense of unused pto on the books for those who pay it out.
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u/No-Brief2279 20h ago
I agree, it’s a stupid policy because it creates a ton of uncertainty. Just have a stated policy that is extremely generous; unlimited is an all around bad idea
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u/Nail_Biterr 19h ago
I think that's kind of the set up. most places with limited PTO will pay you out for the time you don't use if/when you leave the company. by making it unlimited, they don't have anything to really pay out... and most people probably don't take more than 10 days a year anyway.
I get a generous amount of time, and I struggle to use it all by the end of the year. I had to burn a bunch of days, because I'd 'lose' some of them if I didn't burn them before the year was out.
(I don't get paid out for Sick Time, and have about 100 of those in the 'bank' as they roll over every year)
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u/BlackBurtGenki 15h ago
My company front loads PTO at the beginning of the year so you are not accruing days and therefore doesn’t need to pay out when you leave.
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u/RazberryRanger 13h ago
My first company that offered this, I had a first time easy to manipulate manager.
I convinced her to let me use it to take every Friday off since it was unlimited. The deal was as long as I kept hitting my numbers I was allowed. Just don't tell anyone about it.
Lasted for a few months before people realized I was never at Friday meetings. When it got rescinded I started looking for a new job and doubled my salary.
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u/edwadokun 17h ago edited 17h ago
Your wife and son fell for the scam
In some states, companies are obligated to pay out accrued PTO. If you accrue none, then you get nothing. Unlimited PTO bypasses that as you technically accrue nothing.
Unlimited PTO also gives companies the power to control when they can take time off because it's no longer a right to PTO but a privilege. People who accrue PTO could take any amount of time off they have accrued. So if you have a month, then take a month. It's your right to do so. You can't have the same liberty under unlimited PTO unless your org is actually that lenient on the policy.
Statistically, companies with unlimited PTO have people taking less PTO and working longer.
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u/noronto 19h ago
I have 4 weeks paid at 2% and then I also get 3 weeks paid at 60%. It is fantastic.
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u/RickRudeAwakening 15h ago
Maybe I’m reading this wrong or unfamiliar, but what does 4 weeks paid at 2% mean exactly?
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u/noronto 15h ago
Two percent of my previous years earnings paid per week.
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u/RickRudeAwakening 15h ago
Interesting, I’ve never heard of that type of setup. Are you commission based or does your salary potentially differ up and down per year?
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u/degenerate1337trades 17h ago
I mean I have limited time that’s hard to actually take, so it’s not like unlimited is much different except for the fact that you get paid out with limited
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u/i-am-a-passenger 16h ago
Yeah I am much happier with my compulsory 34 (+ bank holidays) paid days off each year thanks.
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u/ScientistScary1414 11h ago
This is a very popular opinion on Reddit where everyone hates employers
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u/newenglandcoyote 10h ago
Eh depends on the company. Had a coworker at my last unlimited PTO gig who took off every single Friday and no one cared. I prefer unlimited because I don’t have to plan ahead on my vacations, 2 weeks notice is enough. Never had any issues and I have taken more than 4 weeks/year at my companies
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u/Nick_Furious2370 10h ago
It's mainly a scam if you just don't use it.
This year alone I took way more PTO days than the amount that were given to us before my company went unlimited PTO.
However, as somebody who is thinking about leaving my current company in the beginning of the year, the payout will be missed.
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u/karer3is 18h ago
Agreed. It's much easier to "shut off" when you know that you only get limited time off and it makes it much easier to push back against a boss that tries to reach out when you're away
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u/escopaul 14h ago
OP, from an American perspective at least this is probably a popular opinion. Good post though.
I have unlimited PTO and take 3-4 weeks off per year. I feel my company is really cool about time off but I still find unlimited PTO to be a scam.
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u/smokervoice 13h ago
CEO wages have gotten incredibly high lately. I think we have a labor shortage for CEOs and we should have H1Bs for CEOs only.
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u/HyrulesKnight 20h ago
Like a lot of things I think it depends on the company.
My company has had open PTO for close to 10 years at this point and it works for me. I have been taking 15-25 days off a year every year. And there is no fuss, I put in a request and it gets approved.
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u/NetJnkie 11h ago
Love my unlimited PTO. I actually use it. In the middle of two weeks off for Christmas/NY right now.
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u/Cost_Additional 10h ago
They do it because people don't take much vacation and are worried like your wife. Also they don't have to pay any "banked" time when people leave.
"Be who you can afford to be"
If you're good and have confidence it is nice to be able to take 4-7 weeks.
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u/lametown_poopypants 10h ago
I have unlimited PTO and spend more time encouraging people to take time off than insisting they don’t.
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u/dogemaster00 9h ago
I think that with unlimited, it’s much easier to get 1-2 days off (long weekends, etc) and much harder to get longer vacations that are 2+ weeks
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u/Csherman92 9h ago
My husband’s former company offered unlimited pro, and it was awesome. He took at least 4 weeks a year. His company didn’t give him shit about using it either.
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u/marshal231 8h ago
Its the difference between “i might as well use them since i have them” and “i can always take next week off, but they need me here at the moment”
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u/ZippyTheRat 8h ago
1 day a month for mental health, 1 week in March, 2 weeks in the summer, 2 weeks at the end of the year… plus random days here and there. I probably take 35-40 days off a year. Give me unlimited and I’m using it.
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u/Mysterious_Ad_8105 7h ago
This isn’t an unpopular opinion. It’s the mainstream opinion on unlimited vacation policies.
With that said, I’ll just note that while unlimited vacation policies typically lead to employees taking fewer vacation days, it can differ greatly from company to company. My wife works at a company with unlimited vacation and many employees there routinely take about 8 weeks off for vacation per year (in addition to getting holidays off). That’s not at all typical, but if you’re at one of those places, then I can see why you’d like the unlimited vacation policy.
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u/Fuzmil95 6h ago
These comments make me appreciate my boss even more. I’m in the unlimited PTO gang and this year I probably took around 7 weeks. I had just taken two full weeks and went to Thailand in November and he still strongly encouraged me to take this whole week of Christmas off to go be with my family. Not a bad deal at all if you’re lucky enough to work for someone that emphasizes work/life balance
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u/Millsinabox 5h ago
My wife has unlimited leave in the UK. She has no guilt and this year has taken over 50days off, she loves it
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u/Mediocre-Sundom 5h ago
It's weird that people fall for this "unlimited vacations" scam and that's it's even "unpopular" to state that it's a scam. Which it blatantly is.
If you can't just never show up to work and still get paid, it's not unlimited. If you have to constantly think how "responsible" it is to take your vacations and when - it's not unlimited. If the system is designed to make you feel bad about taking your vacations - it's not unlimited. It's just that the limits are made intentionally unclear to let your employer exploit you more.
It reminds me of those "unlimited" data plans that mobile carriers sell. "You get unlimited data... but if you use too much of it, then we will slow transfer speeds down to a crawl". Well, then it's not unlimited, you scummy assholes.
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u/marshman82 2h ago
It works out great for me. I get 5 weeks paid that I'm encouraged to take but I can take as much extra off as I like. I normally just take an unpaid day off if I'm taking a random day and save my paid days for when I actually go on holiday. As long as I show up and get it done when I'm there I have free reign.
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u/No_Seaworthiness_200 15h ago edited 14h ago
Yep it's always been a scam. Companies are well aware that employees take fewer days on average in these systems. It's all about guilt and control.
Companies think they're so sly with this shit, but I never ever apply to any company with this policy. It's an enormous red flag in a company.
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u/WestCoastTrawler 14h ago
My company has “unlimited” PTO but if you actually want to take any more than 3 weeks off a year you have to get approval from the CEO. Lol. Unlimited my ass.
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u/justicecactus 18h ago
I agree. I'm a government employee, and the rules for PTO are incredibly clear. Everyone is on the same page -- my coworkers and supervisors know NOT to contact me during PTO. Because the rules are so clear, it's easy for me to calculate when I can take time off and for how long. This allows me to request PTO well in advance, making everyone's lives easier.
My husband, on the other hand, has "unlimited" PTO, and it's a mess. His boss contacts him when he's on vacation all the time. My husband doesn't always know when he's "allowed" to take time off because last minute projects might suddenly materialize. His boss is wishy washy about getting back to vacation requests in a timely manner. It's really annoying to plan vacations around this.
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u/MotanulScotishFold 13h ago
If it's unlimited vacations. What stops me of never working again but being every day in vacation?
If a company fires me because of that I can sue them because it break the contract of unlimited vacation, right?
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u/countthembeans 12h ago
I’m pretty sure the fact there is 0 production so whatever metrics you are measured on would make it case to terminate based upon performance
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u/Zestyclose-Feeling 16h ago
I give 3 weeks to my employees. In the last 6 years I don't think a single person has used close to all of it. I haven't declined a single request either. So yeah it is worthless to the employee.
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u/relaxin_chillaxin 15h ago
Why has no one used all their vacation time in 6 years? Are you one of those employers who makes people feel guilt for not being there because you "need" them? Thats insane people wouldnt want time off.
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u/bstrobel64 10h ago
It also varies greatly based on your industry. Seems like most of reddit doesn't work on year+ long deadlines and does more day-to-day work so they just need to meet quotas. I'm a construction superintendent and there's times (months on end) where taking PTO even if I have it will just make life more difficult when I come back. Once that project is done it's a lot easier to relax when I know there won't be a shit show to come back to. My company is also not a babysitter so as long as my shit is taken care of no one knows or cares if I leave a few hours early for a few days a week.
We get 3 weeks paid vacation/year until we've worked there for 7 and then it bumps up to 4 and I'm at about 3.5 years. I've taken over 4 weeks this year because we roll over until it maxes and I don't have much reason to take time off unless the wife wants to. So I started this year with my 120 and still have over 40 left with 4 and change weeks taken off.
The unlimited thing really only works for the employee if you like taking a lot of time off every year and no one actually gives you shit for it.
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u/kama94 9h ago
Yeah, I have seen a video about this topic in Germany. Employees with unlimited vacations took less vacations on average than the obligatory minimum 24?days a year. They didn't have to worry about getting fired either. Their reasons were: Don't want to leave the team hanging, no one else is taking a lot of time off etc.
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u/CanadianSugarDaddy 8h ago
My work has a policy that you start with 2 weeks PTO (and 2 weeks paid sick days) and every 5 years you're there you get an extra week. The HR even starts hunting people down near the end of every year and makes sure you use your leftover time. If you have leftover time they'll just tell you not to show up at certain times if you don't schedule the time off. Honestly an amazing company! Every time I hear about "unlimited time off" I scoff, because I'm good with the deal I got
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u/Haunting-Royal2593 13h ago
Generally it’s pretty awful all around . Either it’s “unlimited” and you get punished for using it . Or you earn it based on the hours you work . Work a year and get five paid days off lol
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