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Time to move companies. This year my company gave us an extra week off in the summer (on top of no work Fridays, 10 holidays, one PTO day each pay period with y
by irrational 4y ago
Time to move companies. This year my company gave us an extra week off in the summer (on top of no work Fridays, 10 holidays, one PTO day each pay period with yearly rollovers, every 5 year sabbaticals, 1 month of Covid sick days, and 2 weeks off at the end of December).
- Gunnerhead 4y agoMay I ask where you work?
- kybishop 4y agoI've done freelancing before at 4 days a week and loved it, and have generally negotiated into 4 day workweeks at various startups. Give a shout-out to your company if they're hiring ;)
- toomuchtodo 4y agohttps://4dayweek.io/ https://4dayweek.io/ is a job board specifically for 4 day week jobs (no affiliation)
- irrational 4y agoI should have been more specific. We only get Fridays off during the summer (memorial to Labor Day).
- joshmanders 4y agoAlways move companies. There's always somewhere that'll do better for you. My company gave us more holidays off, decided to add extra days off before and after holidays that typically land on weekends, unlimited PTO and a policy of encouraging you to take time off not shame you for using 1 day for a doctors appointment, and surprisingly unlike literally everywhere else I worked, they gave me an 8% raise to account for inflation.
- tinbad 4y agoSerious question: what is this magical place you work at?
- joshmanders 4y agoI don't publicly disclose my employment despite being absolutely enthralled with how great they are, but if you DM me on twitter and mention this thread, if you're looking for a job, give me your resume and if we're looking for someone like you, I'll definitely let you know and see about getting you in.
- hackama 4y agoUnlimited PTO is not something I consider a positive.
- znpy 4y agoI always wondered how does unlimited PTO actually work. Like, in practice.
- pavel_lishin 4y agoIt varies hugely from company to company. In the bad case, your PTO rarely gets approved, and you never accumulate any to be paid out. Peer pressure is used to convince people to not take time off. In the good case, leaders lead by example by taking time off frequently, and encouraging their reports to do the same. PTO is approved more often than not. If people start "abusing" the privilege, they get spoken to personally, instead of the whole team/company being punished by changing the policy. I've worked at a place with unlimited PTO, and it was the latter case, and it was great. I never had to budget my time - I never had to worry that spending an extra day at the beach during the summer meant that I would have one less day to spend with my family in another state during the holidays. The time I took off seemed much more worthwhile than being paid out for 3 accrued days or whatever.
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- sp332 4y agoOr they could wait until December 23rd :)
- ilikehurdles 4y agoI know a few senior employees at Slack and they’re literally just waiting out their vesting period to leave the company. Golden Parachute is the only thing keeping them there.
- idkman123 4y agoLol it’s not easy as people make it seems.