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#2 is why all the 'trendy' companies are starting to give out "unlimited PTO".
by PenguinCoder 9y ago
#2 is why all the 'trendy' companies are starting to give out "unlimited PTO".
- el_benhameen 9y agoYeah, I've wondered (figured) if that's part of the motivation. That and they can just shame people into taking none. Not a fan unless the company is super trustworthy, which is hard to gauge.
- mackey 9y agoTotally, even within the same company it can vary. I worked some place where engineering was really good about encouraging people to take time off and lots of upper management set a good example with unlimited PTO. However, I had heard that sales and consulting weren't as encouraged.
- saryant 9y agoIt can work well, but I think it comes down more to the your manager/org than the overall company (assuming we're talking about a large enough company for there to be disparate orgs). We have unlimited PTO and I think I took 7-8ish weeks last year—including spending pretty much all of November in New Zealand. Nobody had an issue with it. OTOH, I know of people in the company who struggle to take more than two weeks. During my last job search I would point-blank ask the hiring manager how much PTO they and their reports took in the last year.
- woolvalley 9y agoIt's undefined vacation with manager approval, who internally enforces a hard limit set by HR.
- itsdevlin 9y agoAdditionally, it removes a large liability on the balance sheet and makes accounting a fair bit easier.
- borplk 9y agoIf they don't force a minimum number of days to be taken per year it often turns into a guilt-tripping fest.