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Ah, unlimited vacation. A competition to see who can take the least vacation! It should be called undefined vacation, because there's clearly a limit, unless t

Ah, unlimited vacation. A competition to see who can take the least vacation! It should be called undefined vacation, because there's clearly a limit, unless taking half of the year off is fine.

dexterdog 11y ago
I never got less vacation days than the time we switched to unlimited vacation. God, I hate CEOs that keep up on the latest bro management books and blogs.
- S_A_P 11y ago
  I think it's really dependent on the management. I worked at an "unlimited vacation" job and Felton shame taking 4-6 weeks off per year. There was motivators for not taking vacation- profit sharing was dependent on your utilization rate. I happen to have a good reason to take the time (my kids holiday schedule) so I didn't mind giving up extra money for time. I never was approached about my vacation time and felt that I used it responsibly. I can see how some environments could push that into a don't take vacation culture though.
  - ajslater 11y ago
    I always take 6 or more weeks per year. Usually I have unlimited vacation. The few times I've been acquired by megacorps with ancient vacation policies I either "forget" to file for vacation and so does my boss, or I take unpaid time off.
  - cballard 11y ago
    If this is what you want, why not offer 6 weeks of PTO and a firm policy? It removes the ambiguity.
morgante 11y ago
> Ah, unlimited vacation. A competition to see who can take the least vacation! That definitely hasn't been the case for me. I've had unlimited vacation and take off 4 weeks a year + assorted random days off (2/month). I would never work somewhere with constrained vacation. Having to file paperwork for a random day showing family around town is ridiculous. That being said, I think "untracked" is the best definition. It's obviously not unlimited, but there's also no hard limit. And the limit depends on behavior (leaving for 6 weeks is frowned upon, but 3 random days off every month is fine).
- maccard 11y ago
  I'm from the U.K. - everyone here is entitled to that number of holidays
  - morgante 11y ago
    I understand that your requirement is 28 days. [1] I've taken as many as 44 days off, which is a lot more. [1] https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/entitlement https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/entitlement

Ah, unlimited vacation. A competition to see who can take the least vacation! It should be called undefined vacation, because there's clearly a limit, unless taking half of the year off is fine.

dexterdog 11y ago

I never got less vacation days than the time we switched to unlimited vacation. God, I hate CEOs that keep up on the latest bro management books and blogs.

S_A_P 11y ago
I think it's really dependent on the management. I worked at an "unlimited vacation" job and Felton shame taking 4-6 weeks off per year. There was motivators for not taking vacation- profit sharing was dependent on your utilization rate. I happen to have a good reason to take the time (my kids holiday schedule) so I didn't mind giving up extra money for time. I never was approached about my vacation time and felt that I used it responsibly. I can see how some environments could push that into a don't take vacation culture though.
- ajslater 11y ago
  I always take 6 or more weeks per year. Usually I have unlimited vacation. The few times I've been acquired by megacorps with ancient vacation policies I either "forget" to file for vacation and so does my boss, or I take unpaid time off.
- cballard 11y ago
  If this is what you want, why not offer 6 weeks of PTO and a firm policy? It removes the ambiguity.

morgante 11y ago

> Ah, unlimited vacation. A competition to see who can take the least vacation! That definitely hasn't been the case for me. I've had unlimited vacation and take off 4 weeks a year + assorted random days off (2/month). I would never work somewhere with constrained vacation. Having to file paperwork for a random day showing family around town is ridiculous. That being said, I think "untracked" is the best definition. It's obviously not unlimited, but there's also no hard limit. And the limit depends on behavior (leaving for 6 weeks is frowned upon, but 3 random days off every month is fine).

maccard 11y ago
I'm from the U.K. - everyone here is entitled to that number of holidays
- morgante 11y ago
  I understand that your requirement is 28 days. [1] I've taken as many as 44 days off, which is a lot more. [1] https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/entitlement https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/entitlement