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I haven't heard of that before. The ex-business-manager part of me absolutely freaks out when considering the logistics of it. How do they manage deadlines and

• skimbrel 15y ago
  It definitely doesn't mean employees get to unilaterally declare when they're taking time off, if that's what you're wondering. I still have to go through the discussion with my manager about "No huge milestones coming up then, right? Your team and customers are okay with this?", but it removes the friction of "Well, you haven't actually earned five full days of PTO, so you'll have to take one unpaid or we have to do the paperwork to treat this as an advance..." that can make arranging vacations awkward.
  • geekam 15y ago
    But in cases where you earn days of PTO, aren't you allowed to take them anytime you want, because you earned them?
    • skimbrel 15y ago
      In theory, yes. But can you name a place you've worked where this was actually the case? If push came to shove I could probably take vacation even if my manager didn't think it was a good time, citing mental health/family issues/whatever. But that would involve spending the same amount of goodwill as declaring "I've already earned this PTO so I'm using it whether you want me to or not", and I would be hesitant to do either of those if I had even the slightest bit of respect for my company or co-workers. And if I didn't have that respect for the job, why would I be working there in the first place?