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I'm not sure about 'reinvented'. The jury is still out on 'unlimited vacation' - i'd much prefer a generous but structured policy. In the case of "Maria" the
by siliconc0w 10y ago
I'm not sure about 'reinvented'. The jury is still out on 'unlimited vacation' - i'd much prefer a generous but structured policy. In the case of "Maria" the QA Engineer I think it's better to give her a plan to grow her skill-set if she is smart and hardworking instead of firing her. Simple policies like how much to spend on a meal aren't expensive to implement and make things clear and understood. Whether you codify it or not there is, eventually, going to be an informal policy - might as well write that shit down instead of leaving it ambiguous.
- zyxley 10y ago> I'd much prefer a generous but structured policy. Same here. If I have X weeks of paid vacation, I know I can take X weeks of vacation. If I have 'unlimited vacation', I know I can take... some amount, I guess... but I have to constantly vigilant to the whims of HR and management to keep from taking 'too much'.
- lmm 10y agoI like having unpaid holiday as an option, I think that's something a lot more companies should be doing. That way the company's interests are a lot more aligned with mine regarding how much holiday I take.
- inthewoods 10y agoUnlimited vacation, to me, is all about off-loading company liability. The company doesn't have to accrue for vacation days, and employees take roughly the same amount of vacation. It helps with hiring senior people who are coming from large companies where they had been for a while and had accumulated a large amount of vacation benefit.
- overcast 10y agoIt turns out, that employees actually end up taking much less time off because of the guilt culture it creates.