Unlimited vacations (responsible vacations) is a terrible work benefit for many

[u/MichiganCarNut]

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

[u/Ciprich]

How is it a scam if the requests have to be approved?

[u/chain_letter → u/Ciprich]

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.

[u/Ciprich → u/chain_letter]

“Unlimited pto” not “take pto whenever you feel like it”

Those are not the same

[u/redditmethisonesir → u/Ciprich]

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

[u/Ciprich → u/redditmethisonesir]

No… do you know how pto packages work?

[u/redditmethisonesir → u/Ciprich]

With an alarming amount of detail, across many continents, yes