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It's not actually unlimited. In fact, by not providing a fixed amount, and calling it unlimited, it lets managers put peer pressure onto people into taking less
by chii 2y ago
It's not actually unlimited. In fact, by not providing a fixed amount, and calling it unlimited, it lets managers put peer pressure onto people into taking less vacations than if they'd made a fixed amount!
- zarzavat 2y agoIt should be called unknown vacation. There’s a limit, you just don’t know where it is. I assume if you took the UK legal minimum of 5.6 weeks for example, you would get fired.
- kcarter80 2y agoIt is unlimited if the employee is talented and good at advocating for themselves. It isn't if they are meek or mid. In general: it's good to let your employer know that you value your time. If you don't suck, they'll respect you more, not less.
- marpstar 2y agoTo add to that: it also can't be "banked" (and thereby paid out after departure). Companies give free PTO because real "paid time off" has to be tracked as a liability on their books; if you haven't "earned" anything and they don't "credit" you, you aren't "owed" you anything when you leave/are terminated.
- barbazoo 2y agoI’ve experienced unlimited PTO myself and have yet to see any kind of pressure. YMMV obviously but it’s not as universal as people say it is.
- withinboredom 2y agoAs have I. When I told my manager I wanted to use my unlimited paid time off to work half-days for the rest of the year ... the look I got was my answer. No.
- barbazoo 2y agoHave you tried making reasonable requests though and were they denied as well?
- tadfisher 2y agoWhere I work we call it "minimum vacation", so you're required to take at least that number of days off, but you can request as much as you like over that.