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+1 IMO these policies should be banned at the Federal level. I worked at a company with such a policy previously, I ended up only taking 3 weeks of vacation ov
by lumost 4y ago
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IMO these policies should be banned at the Federal level. I worked at a company with such a policy previously, I ended up only taking 3 weeks of vacation over the course of a 2 year stint. As it turned out, other coworkers would take 6+ weeks per year. There was no canonical guidance on appropriate PTO.
In a large company, this will translate to some managers granting excess PTO for retention purposes - and other managers burning people out. It's also an effective ward against parents and others with responsibilities which do not align with whatever the delivery of the month is.
- mmiyer 4y agoI think we first mandatory PTO at the federal level before we can ban "unlimited" PTO.
- Someone1234 4y agoWe can do both at the same time.
- SpicyLemonZest 4y agoI'm sympathetic to your frustration, but this seems like an argument you could make about all kinds of things. If you work at a company with unlimited snacks, some people will munch all day and get most of their calories for free, while parents and people on diets have to eat elsewhere and will only have snacks once in a while. If you work at a company with unlimited breaks, some people will take 10 breaks a day while others will be pressured by their manager to take only 1 or 2. It can't be the solution to say companies have to strictly regiment every employee interaction so they can make sure it's fair.
- lumost 4y agoYou can have minimums and optional maximums. We have minimum breaks in most states, companies should be obliged to have a specific minimum in their PTO - otherwise it can easily be false advertising.