Timeline for Is it a red flag for a company to have "unlimited paid time off"?
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| May 25, 2022 at 14:59 | comment | added | Josh | @Rich I don't actually track it, because the number of days isn't a meaningful metric to me -- the throughput of work completed is what I track. I would guess 20-30 days per year, but that is a guess. | |
| May 24, 2022 at 1:39 | comment | added | Josh | @MichaelJ. to me that’s a problem with limited PTO. I personally don’t like people earning more time off like that. Being new or more junior doesn’t somehow mean one needs less personal time | |
| May 24, 2022 at 1:34 | comment | added | user30748 | Your answer has made me realize there is seemingly another "drawback" to unlimited PTO - a person just hired is theoretically getting the same amount of PTO as someone who has worked there for 10 or 20 years. Have you experienced any hard feelings among employees with such tenures about this? | |
| May 23, 2022 at 13:37 | comment | added | Josh | Spoke to one of my team members, and the feedback provided was "this is the first place I've worked where unlimited PTO does not feel like a trap", so, clearly it's not often good. But I hope that my experience shows that it's not always bad, either. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 13:36 | history | edited | Josh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 23, 2022 at 0:44 | comment | added | Josh | Difficult to say because of the pandemic — for example, I canceled a planned week vacation due to COVID. I took about 20 days off, which was 6 more than I got when I had tracked PTO. I would guess that average PTO is 20-30 days per year, but I don’t have hard data | |
| May 23, 2022 at 0:22 | comment | added | FreeMan | Excellent question - What was the average number of PTO days/year based on experience/longevity with the company? Were people never turned down because they didn't ask for much? Were people taking 20-30 or more days per year or only 5-10 because they were self-conscious and self-monitoring. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 0:16 | comment | added | SeanJ | So... In conclusion.... easier for managers.... Question, what was the average employee vacation days per year? | |
| May 22, 2022 at 15:17 | history | answered | Josh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |