this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
223 points (97.0% liked)

Asklemmy

43811 readers
882 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The unwritten rule of unlimited PTO is like 2 weeks max but you're gonna get the side eye if you even take that much. It's just a scam because most people use less when it's 'unlimited' and because depending on local laws they may have to pay you out for it in the event of separation of employment if it's accrued.

[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a company that truly does mean unlimited PTO (with some rules of like okay come on don't take 2 months off in a row or something crazy regularly), but I admit that is not the norm

[โ€“] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you work for a unicorn!

[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Oh I do, and it's failing! Because of course it is! I expect them to be out of business within the year. (Currently job hunting and no matter what it's going to be a step backwards back into corpo America)

[โ€“] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear that. The biggest downside of unlimited PTO is that you aren't owed any PTO. So if you quit or they go out of business, you don't get anything paid out like you normally would.

[โ€“] xkforce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Tbf if they go out of business youre probably not seeing any of that anyway

[โ€“] HerrLewakaas@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

You mind sharing what they do? It's a bummer they're failing, there need to be more companies that try new things like unlimited pto. I'd love to just go on a hike spontaneously without having to feel bad

[โ€“] jaden@partizle.com 2 points 1 year ago

I would have liked it to be written! I may have dodged a bullet.