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jeez, talk about this kind of stuff brings out the most reactionary people on HN. One advantage is that it's really easy to take a day or two off without think

jeez, talk about this kind of stuff brings out the most reactionary people on HN. One advantage is that it's really easy to take a day or two off without thinking about it. That was my experience, I live far from my family and unlimited PTO made it super easy to take a day off every few weeks to fly out for a visit. Another advantage/disadvantage is that it really brings out the culture. You'll learn extremely quickly how the company values work/life balance. It's either great or terrible ime. A huge disadvantage is that unlike veritable paid time off, if you are laid off, quit, etc, they don't have to pay you a dime.

BillyGoatGates 7y ago
I would love to know the name of this company that gives employees 5+ weeks off, including holidays.
- unlinked_dll 7y ago
  Welp it’s not around anymore hence the disadvantage of not getting money for unspent PTO
- photonios 7y ago
  Almost every company in Europe? I've got 26 days I can take whenever I want. That's excluding legal holidays. Some countries have a lower minimum, the country where I live the legal minimum is 21 (4.2 weeks), but 5+ weeks of paid holiday a year is quite common.
- dev_north_east 7y ago
  Well depends on the country more than company, doesn't it? I have 34 days PTO this year, which is not out of the norm for my peers and broadly in line with previous employers.
- zapperdapper 7y ago
  Yeah most companies in Europe I would say. Even in a non-unlimited PTO company you'd get at least 25 days (paid) typically plus 8 paid public holidays in addition. At some companies you can give up 'points' to get more paid time off. I think at Oracle UK I could get up to 46 paid days off by using up some perk points (actually not that many). Not sure if they still do that. The legal minimum in UK is 28 days paid leave for full-time workers, but that includes 8 days paid for public holidays.

BillyGoatGates 7y ago

I would love to know the name of this company that gives employees 5+ weeks off, including holidays.

unlinked_dll 7y ago
Welp it’s not around anymore hence the disadvantage of not getting money for unspent PTO
photonios 7y ago
Almost every company in Europe? I've got 26 days I can take whenever I want. That's excluding legal holidays. Some countries have a lower minimum, the country where I live the legal minimum is 21 (4.2 weeks), but 5+ weeks of paid holiday a year is quite common.
dev_north_east 7y ago
Well depends on the country more than company, doesn't it? I have 34 days PTO this year, which is not out of the norm for my peers and broadly in line with previous employers.
zapperdapper 7y ago
Yeah most companies in Europe I would say. Even in a non-unlimited PTO company you'd get at least 25 days (paid) typically plus 8 paid public holidays in addition. At some companies you can give up 'points' to get more paid time off. I think at Oracle UK I could get up to 46 paid days off by using up some perk points (actually not that many). Not sure if they still do that. The legal minimum in UK is 28 days paid leave for full-time workers, but that includes 8 days paid for public holidays.