r/unpopularopinion • u/MichiganCarNut • 1d 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/Ciprich 1d 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/ABDLTA 1d ago

And you're nolonger with the company....

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u/Ciprich 1d ago

That makes zero sense.

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u/ABDLTA 1d ago

Well thats how corporate America works lol

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u/Ciprich 1d ago

Based on personal experience?

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u/ABDLTA 1d 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/Ciprich 1d ago

Yeah… that goes without saying. You aren’t the only person that works there.