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How do you successfully advocate for that? These experiences blow my mind - I have managed to take 4-5 weeks of PTO, total, over the course of a decade in my c
by fnimick 3y ago
How do you successfully advocate for that?
These experiences blow my mind - I have managed to take 4-5 weeks of PTO, total, over the course of a decade in my career at "unlimited PTO" startups due to pretty much always being mission critical, and even those took some real pushing.
- jgwil2 3y agoIf you're mission-critical then your company has a bus factor of 1, so you probably should make sure that other people know how to fill in for you. Then you can take PTO and tell people to look at it as a training exercise just in case you do get hit by that bus (or, you know, quit because you're burned out).
- bb88 3y agoTo me it's a simple argument. PTO has to be negotiated upon job start. If you say you're going to take 5 weeks of PTO every year, and that was negotiated during the offer phase, well they can't then say you can't take it. Particularly if you want to take December off, say to wind down and go on some ski vacations. What companies with "unlimited PTO" really mean, is that it's negotiable -- primarily in their favor.
- jejeyyy77 3y agoI just make sure to schedule the time off ahead of time during 1:1 with my managers. It is a part of my compensation package/job offer. Therefore I am entitled to it as much as I am entitled to my pay check.