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Americans view vacations as speed runs because we get no guaranteed vacation time, and two weeks is considered the standard. When you consider that one week of
by wing-_-nuts 5y ago
Americans view vacations as speed runs because we get no guaranteed vacation time, and two weeks is considered the standard. When you consider that one week of that typically gets taken up by family visits, the urge to do as much as possible in what little time we have is understandable, even if misguided.
I've been writing software for 15 years and I currently have 15 days of PTO. I hate the hectic rush that passes for travel. I look forward to the day I can retire and slow travel, spending a month at each destination.
- cpfohl 5y agoYou need to renegotiate your time off or find a different employer… As a related side note: unlimited time off gets a well deserved bad reputation, but there are plenty of real examples. A great indicator that it’s real is a minimum policy.
- vmception 5y agoI like unlimited time off because its available instantly, whereas fixed time off accrues slowly per pay period and I am always chomping off small pieces of it or in the negative. The people disliking unlimited PTO are too intimidated to take it. Most people have no leverage or need the job, so that's real, for them. I prefer unlimited and I'm never at a company long enough for accruals to add up 3-4 years in.
- wing-_-nuts 5y agoWell, that's my employer's policy. My manager and director are chill people, and generally don't track pto too closely, but I could easily see another manager being much more 'by the book'
- orwin 5y agoI complained two hours ago to my brother that i only had 40 days (8 weeks) and not 52 and that the 20k pay increase is not worth if i don't have vacation to spend the extra money. I hope you have unpaid overtime and make enough to be able to take some.
- pastage 5y agoI want more free time, I think I work too much with 35 paid vaction days per year. I do not want to live for retirement.