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Wall Street Journal complains about workers using their sick days
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American here. Have unlimited PTO. It’s definitely not the norm but it does exist. I came from a company with only 2 weeks paid time off (total).
Unfortunately a simple "unlimited PTO" policy is fake pro-employee policy.
It plays out in a way that actually ends up harming the employee.
Every "unlimited PTO" policy should be combined with a minimum PTO policy. If you're wondering if a company actually cares about its employees' mental health, that's how you know.
I’ve worked at a few places with “unlimited PTO” and I totally agree.
It sounds great in practice: “as long as your work is getting done, take as much PTO as you want!” In reality, it never works out that way because there’s never a “good” time to take a vacation; if you don’t have vacation days that you have to use, you won’t use them.
This isn't always the case, but it seems to be the majority of companies where it's used this way. My current job truly is unlimited PTO with an unwritten "TAKE YOUR GODDAMN TIME OFF" rule.
We had unlimited PTO at my old job and I thought it was awesome. I'd take day off when sick, whenever I needed a break or I would pad my "annual" time off to extend my break over one extra weekend. This felt pretty standard in both places I worked with this policy. There was no question asked and no direct human interaction to take off. If people didn't take advantage of that it is kinda on them imo. Not to remove anything from your point about forced PTO mixed-in.
Exactly, we don't have that problem where I work. Personally, I know I don't take enough time off, but that's my own fault. I also lost a lot of PTO over the years when I didn't take it.
Unlimited PTO is a curse. All it does is scare you into not* actually using it (especially in my line of work where you have a billable hour requirement and every day you take off is just one less day you have to hit your goal).
I think you mean "scare you into not actually using it"
Sorry, yes
I hear you and everyone who has said the same thing. But that’s just not the case with me or anyone at my company. My boss just came back from a month long vacation. I’ve already taken 3 weeks and plan to take plenty more. We’re asked to deliver on our projects and we get stuff done. I’m not afraid of taking advantage of what’s promised to me which is outlined in the contract I signed. Again, your miles may vary.
For us, if we're on vacation we won't get staffed on new matters so coming back from vacation, we're essentially spending 2-3 days either trying to get back into the matters we had to let go to go on vacation or searching for new matters. Or alternatively, we work on vacation to not miss a beat. It's not ideal haha.
You represent an extremely small portion of this country.
Most people have to still go to work sick, spreading diseases and wearing their body down at the same time
Your stock values depend on it.
The sad part is 2 weeks PTO / year is considered very generous in usa
In post-Soviet countries 4 weeks PTO/year is bare minimum required by law
what does 'post-soviet' have to do with country laws?
Because post-soviet countries tend to have strong labour laws because while they were soviet country they already had them.
i wonder from what statistic do you draw this from
"Unlimited" is for the employers' benefit, not the employees'.
How much PTO do you and your coworkers actually take? Most of my friends and former coworkers I’ve known with unlimited PTO end up taking less than I do.
For comparison, I am also American and don’t have unlimited PTO, but this year I’ll be taking off a total of 7 weeks, not including sick time or holidays, though two of those weeks are company chosen. My sick time is in a separate bucket and is something like 15-25 days per year.
Yep. I have 2 weeks PTO and one of those 2 weeks has to be used all together so you have a week off. That's the only way you can use one of those 2 weeks of PTO. 40 anytime hours and 40 hours you have to take all together. It's fucking stupid.