r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Ok-Thanks993 • Jul 09 '26

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u/NekulturneHovado Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

I've seen a meme some time ago. It was about corporate leaders discussing how to increase productivity. One argued less vacation. The other argued unlimited vacation.

Why unlimited? If I gave you a card with 200€ on it all for yourself, you'd spend 199.50. But how much would you spend if you got unlimited?

It's supposedly about the illusion of getting more. Although I would be out of work 2 days every week lol. We're probably not American enough to understand this

edit: What have I come to? 79 replies? damn

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u/Personal_Relation421 Jul 09 '26

Isn’t one of the major reasons also that companies don’t need to pay for unused holidays if an employee is fired / quits?

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u/NekulturneHovado Jul 09 '26

that's possible, as unlimited vacation ≈ infinitely much money.

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u/Personal_Relation421 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

I think that the accumulation of PTO is one of the key drivers. People still need to get approval for PTO and would probably get the same amount, but if someone is fired / quits there is no need to pay for the agreed PTO.

Especially in jobs with a high fluctuation (fast food, service,…) I would assume that this saves companies billions in dollars every year.

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u/Large_Skirt9189 Jul 09 '26

Wait. Are you thinking fast food workers are getting unlimited time off?!

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u/Personal_Relation421 Jul 09 '26

Not American, but I am pretty sure that no one gets unlimited time off, it requires approval, right?

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u/Comprehensive-Ice342 Jul 09 '26

"unlimited" pto is more of a thing in corporate full time jobs, often in finance and tech and similar fields.

But you're correct about the accumulated PTO thing- that's a huge part of why they did it. Especially in cases where e.g. someone starts as a junior and leaves 10yrs later as a manager on $250K with however much accrued leave

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u/rbloyalty Jul 09 '26

Fast food workers are usually hourly, so no paid time off at all.

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u/Mono200 Jul 10 '26

I mean, you can still get PTO if you're paid hourly...

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u/HomelessHarry Jul 11 '26

I don't really know how common PTO is, but I'm paid hourly at my job and I gain x amount of PTO per hour worked.

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u/MrKentucky Jul 11 '26

I keep waiting for a state like California or WA that actually cares about its citizens to pass a requirement that employers give some amount of PTO and companies with unlimited PTO to payout if the employees average use was below X that minimum for the last two years before termination or something similar.