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> With “unlimited time off” becoming more common I wonder how that’s accounted for over time. "unlimited time off" means it's not accounted for at all. You ba
by pengaru 4y ago
> With “unlimited time off” becoming more common I wonder how that’s accounted for over time.
"unlimited time off" means it's not accounted for at all. You basically play unaccounted hooky at will and whether you get away with it depends on how cooperative your team/management is.
Finance is totally oblivious because it's not a "benefit" part of your compensation package anymore. HR only hears about it when you didn't get away with it and management is building a case for firing you.
- dunham 4y agoAnd they don't have liabilities on the books for accrued PTO.
- no_wizard 4y agoI didn't mean books accounting, i meant in studies like these and others. Since the guidelines become murky, how do you really account for how much workers are taking off more broadly? It leads to an obfuscation of the data over time, I think.
- pengaru 4y agoThey're one in the same though. If the time off isn't on the books, it's definitely not making it into any study's datasets no doubt sourced indirectly from those books via some employment-related TLA... Understanding the inherently undocumented ad-hoc nature of the "unlimited time off" scam makes it pretty obvious IMO.