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I've worked at a shop with 'unlimited time off'. Do you know how much time off I took in the 5 months I was there? 2 hours. That made me the slacker, as the onl
by nevinera 12y ago
I've worked at a shop with 'unlimited time off'. Do you know how much time off I took in the 5 months I was there? 2 hours. That made me the slacker, as the only non-management developer to take any at all.
Focusing on 'what needs to be accomplished' is a great idea, in theory. But in practice, only management has any reasonable way to compare how much people are actually getting done. Those being managed cannot take any time off without at every step wondering 'Am I taking too much time off? Did I get everything done they wanted done?'
I have no doubt that it's possible to create a culture in which unlimited vacation time can work well, but the rule is not the solution, and the culture would work with or without it.
- vincentkriek 12y agoThat's my big beef with "unlimited" time off. I think it will pressure people in taking as less time off than the rest to not look like you are slacking. I have 5 weeks off a year, and any days I don't use expire (most of them, I can take one week to next year). I can't have them paid out, unless I have a big deadline and can prove I wasn't able to take time off. This way everybody takes up (more) than enough holidays.