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I'll add "flexible"/"untracked"/"open" PTO to the list too I find myself having to scour the internet for what that even means. Turns out for some companies it

I'll add "flexible"/"untracked"/"open" PTO to the list too I find myself having to scour the internet for what that even means. Turns out for some companies it's a hard limit of 20. For others it's OK if you take off 40 days. Most of the time it appears to mean around 4 weeks or 20 days - which is not great. I have been fortunate enough to enjoy > 28 days PTO for the last 5 years of my career at 2 separate companies. It has been life changing. I will never, ever, again go back to accured, or highly limited, PTO - and I encourage anyone who will listen to try to do the same.

scarface74 7y ago
In our world with the flexibility most of us have, you can do a lot without using your PTO. One of my coworkers went to India for three weeks and only took about a week off. The rest of the time he worked remotely and put himself on the same schedule as our team based in there. I’ve hardly ever needed to take PTO because of sickness. Most of the time I can work from home if I am contagious or catch up later. I relocated out of town for a whole summer, stayed with my parents and worked remotely when we were literally between homes - our lease was up, we were waiting for a house to be built, and my wife doesn’t work during the summer (she works in education.)
- whycombagator 7y ago
  > One of my coworkers went to India for three weeks and only took about a week off. Sounds less than ideal. I feel bad that he wasn't able to take all 3 weeks off and fully enjoy his time there. > I’ve hardly ever needed to take PTO because of sickness. Most of the time I can work from home if I am contagious or catch up later. Sounds like a great place/way to work > I relocated out of town for a whole summer, stayed with my parents and worked remotely when we were literally between homes - our lease was up, we were waiting for a house to be built, and my wife doesn’t work during the summer (she works in education.) Sounds stressful
  - scarface74 7y ago
    Sounds less than ideal. I feel bad that he wasn't able to take all 3 weeks off and fully enjoy his time there. If he is anything like me, it gives you a good excuse to spend some time with your family and spend some time away from your family without having to be on all the time. Sounds like a great place/way to work I can’t telk if you’re being sarcastic. But, I have cold induced asthma. I can go weeks after I’m over my cold and still coughing. But even if that’s not the case, there are plenty of times I feel good enough to work or even work out (at home) but want to be considerate enough not to be around other people. Sounds stressful Why would that be stressful? At the time, my parents house was larger than mine and they had two spare bedrooms - one for my wife and I, one for me and they had a separate office I could set up in. The alternative, was staying in an extended stay (not bad, just small) - which we did while school was in session.

scarface74 7y ago

In our world with the flexibility most of us have, you can do a lot without using your PTO. One of my coworkers went to India for three weeks and only took about a week off. The rest of the time he worked remotely and put himself on the same schedule as our team based in there. I’ve hardly ever needed to take PTO because of sickness. Most of the time I can work from home if I am contagious or catch up later. I relocated out of town for a whole summer, stayed with my parents and worked remotely when we were literally between homes - our lease was up, we were waiting for a house to be built, and my wife doesn’t work during the summer (she works in education.)

whycombagator 7y ago
> One of my coworkers went to India for three weeks and only took about a week off. Sounds less than ideal. I feel bad that he wasn't able to take all 3 weeks off and fully enjoy his time there. > I’ve hardly ever needed to take PTO because of sickness. Most of the time I can work from home if I am contagious or catch up later. Sounds like a great place/way to work > I relocated out of town for a whole summer, stayed with my parents and worked remotely when we were literally between homes - our lease was up, we were waiting for a house to be built, and my wife doesn’t work during the summer (she works in education.) Sounds stressful
- scarface74 7y ago
  Sounds less than ideal. I feel bad that he wasn't able to take all 3 weeks off and fully enjoy his time there. If he is anything like me, it gives you a good excuse to spend some time with your family and spend some time away from your family without having to be on all the time. Sounds like a great place/way to work I can’t telk if you’re being sarcastic. But, I have cold induced asthma. I can go weeks after I’m over my cold and still coughing. But even if that’s not the case, there are plenty of times I feel good enough to work or even work out (at home) but want to be considerate enough not to be around other people. Sounds stressful Why would that be stressful? At the time, my parents house was larger than mine and they had two spare bedrooms - one for my wife and I, one for me and they had a separate office I could set up in. The alternative, was staying in an extended stay (not bad, just small) - which we did while school was in session.