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Same experience for me. Sad that corporate culture is so thoroughly fucked at so many companies, but the closer you get to HR, the more likely you are to hit so

by rphlx 16y ago

Same experience for me. Sad that corporate culture is so thoroughly fucked at so many companies, but the closer you get to HR, the more likely you are to hit some power tripping asshole that gets off on creating and enforcing arbitrary policies that treat high-talent and low-talent individuals alike. In this world, you learn to get what you can, however you can, with as few people aware/involved as possible.

byoung2 16y ago
creating and enforcing arbitrary policies It's actually not an arbitrary policy to limit vacation time. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires companies to report accrued but untaken vacation time as a liability on their balance sheets. Since companies are required to pay out vacation time upon termination, and some states don't allow caps on accrued vacation, bumping you from 2 weeks to 4 weeks now could be risky. What if you never use the 2 extra weeks? Fast forward 20 years to your retirement, and they could be forced to pay you 40 weeks pay in a lump sum.