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> As an example they will finally increase vacation from 15days to 20days on April 1st this year. That change is for junior employees. It's still overdue, but

> As an example they will finally increase vacation from 15days to 20days on April 1st this year. That change is for junior employees. It's still overdue, but vacation bumps up to 25 days per year after you have some tenure, and has done for more than a decade. I'm not saying that 25 days is anything to write home about -- I've heard of places that give 30, or unlimited -- but 25 is not bad.

AnonymousC1421 5y ago
Lets put the numbers out there objectively for others reading this. Previously after 4 years you got 20 days per year. Then you got 25 at year 6+.
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- colonelxc 5y ago
  This might just be an impreciseness of language, but it's actually 20 days after you've been there 3 years, and 25 after you've been there for 5. So if you're saying 'year six' starts the day after you've been there for 5 full years, then yes, we are saying the same thing. (Source: have been at Google almost 8 years, and went through both of those bumps)
  - asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
    It's been a long time since I went through these bumps, but I had thought that in your third year you got 20 days? Is that not right? So odd to make you wait for three years for your first increase and then only two for your next one.
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- UncleMeat 5y ago
  You are off by a year. They were at 3 and 5 years, not 4 and 6.
skeeter2020 5y ago
unlimited vacation is typically advertised as this amazing perk but in reality cheaper than many alternatives: * you carry no vacation liability on the books year-to-year * if you don't encourage people to take it, or provide slack when they can take time off they use less vacation
- unethical_ban 5y ago
  Yep. Went from a job that has 40+ days of PTO *starting* for all employees, tech and non-tech. Now I'm a consultant making 40-70% more depending on RSU math, with "unlimited time off" but as a consultant I certainly feel less comfortable taking a two week vacation on a whim like I did before.

AnonymousC1421 5y ago

Lets put the numbers out there objectively for others reading this. Previously after 4 years you got 20 days per year. Then you got 25 at year 6+.

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colonelxc 5y ago
This might just be an impreciseness of language, but it's actually 20 days after you've been there 3 years, and 25 after you've been there for 5. So if you're saying 'year six' starts the day after you've been there for 5 full years, then yes, we are saying the same thing. (Source: have been at Google almost 8 years, and went through both of those bumps)
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
  It's been a long time since I went through these bumps, but I had thought that in your third year you got 20 days? Is that not right? So odd to make you wait for three years for your first increase and then only two for your next one.
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UncleMeat 5y ago
You are off by a year. They were at 3 and 5 years, not 4 and 6.

skeeter2020 5y ago

unlimited vacation is typically advertised as this amazing perk but in reality cheaper than many alternatives: * you carry no vacation liability on the books year-to-year * if you don't encourage people to take it, or provide slack when they can take time off they use less vacation

unethical_ban 5y ago
Yep. Went from a job that has 40+ days of PTO *starting* for all employees, tech and non-tech. Now I'm a consultant making 40-70% more depending on RSU math, with "unlimited time off" but as a consultant I certainly feel less comfortable taking a two week vacation on a whim like I did before.