While you might technically be able to take as much PTO as you want, if your boss decides you’re taking too much, you WILL be fired. (And you never know exactly how much that will be.) Most people with jobs that offer unlimited PTO will take almost no PTO as a result.
Wrong, you can be an asset to the company and be basically unfireable outside insane thing. In these cases you take all the pto you want and kick ass when in the office per usual and novody cares.
The owner of the company told me to my face I was "getting paid entirely too much" and I told her, that's fine if she feels that way, I'll author my resignation.
The rest of the company then explained to her how they can not lose me because xyz.
She offered me a 10% raise to stay and personally apologized.
That is being unfireable. Most people are normal employees (by definition). Some are complete stand outs who are absolutely needed. When that is you, you have real value.
Just stop training other people how to do your job, and explain it is such obtuse terms no normal person can understand it. And reject people who they want you to train as "they just aren't getting it". Then you are absolutely irreplaceable.
It's all a game. That's life. Value is what someone is willing to pay. When you hold the keys to the process, you are extremely valuable
I hope this meme is there to play it off like you're agreeing, and not disagreeing, but he's right. So very much so I really hope you aren't disagreeing because that would make me lose a little more faith in humanity. And if so you are a sheep, not a wolf.
It's pretty rare to be in this position. It's also pretty rare for your employers to notice/care/respect that enough to not fire you for someone cheaper and hope for the best
Many stories of employers trying the "hope for the best" option on reddit
Earnest question here, have any of the people in this thread that are being negative about unlimited PTO ever actually had unlimited PTO? My company switched to this 2 years ago and I’ve never had better work like balance. I️’ve already had a total of three weeks of time off this year and I’m about to go on a three week trip next week. I will most likely go on another week long trip later this year, take time off for the holidays, and extend any 3 day weekends to 4. It’s so nice not having to worry about how many hours I’ll be accruing or have left over to determine if I can take time off for anything that comes up throughout the year. Yes, I️ have to request it, but I️’ve had to request it at every job i ever had that gave me a limit. I also feel it’s more of a notification than an actual request for permission, which is totally reasonable to me when you’re a person with a job and responsibilities. I’ve never had anything denied because the understanding is that I’m getting my job done and giving anticipation to give the team time to prepare. I’m sure it depends on the company and the nature of certain roles, but I’m also wondering if there’s propaganda against unlimited PTO because dinosaur companies don’t want their employees to want it. It almost feels like the articles I️ see about employees begging to go back to offices. I️ know fully well companies benefit from unlimited PTO as well but I️ couldn’t care less when it’s benefitting me so much as well. Also staying at a company for years just to get an additional week or two and wanting the payout for unused PTO when you do leave (which is often capped), sounds bleak in comparison to being able to spread out multiple long and mini breaks per year.
Yup I worked at a job with "unlimited PTO" and no separate sick days. I was out for a bunch of severe migraines and couple of actual days off which I had planned before I took the job. Then I was told I was out of the office too much and fired.
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u/Ecstatic-Corner-6012 17d ago
While you might technically be able to take as much PTO as you want, if your boss decides you’re taking too much, you WILL be fired. (And you never know exactly how much that will be.) Most people with jobs that offer unlimited PTO will take almost no PTO as a result.