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You generally have to offer the same benefits to everyone in a company (at least in MA). The easiest way to do that is to offer "PTO" as a bucket to everyone. T
by ed312 7y ago
You generally have to offer the same benefits to everyone in a company (at least in MA). The easiest way to do that is to offer "PTO" as a bucket to everyone. The new "cool" way to do it is to have "unlimited PTO" ... which I have pretty mixed feelings about.
- PhoenixReborn 7y agoUnlimited PTO means you're at the mercy of the company, pretty much. I am lucky to work for a company with unlimited PTO where most people take 4-6 weeks off per year. Other places are far less lucky.
- roland35 7y agoIt would be nice to have a written expectation, but that kind of defeats the purpose!
- lkschubert8 7y agoI work for a place that has "unlimited PTO" and must say I'm not a fan. You have employees like me who fear taking off too much getting yelled at by HR to take more time off (but how much more??). And on the flipside the higher ups make snide remarks about people who take 20+ days off. From my understanding unlimited is code for in the high teens.
- eb0la 7y agoI wonder if you have operations in Europe. Standard here in Spain is 30 days off (including weekends and bank holidays). Most companies just offer 22 working days. I worked for one that offered 24.
- lkschubert8 7y agoNo we are just a local office in the US.
- theli0nheart 7y agoI don't work for a company with an unlimited time off policy, but I've read (and agree) that the best middle ground is unlimited PTO with an enforced minimum.