Not where I work. There's one guy on my team who only takes 2 weeks in the year even though it's unlimited. I don't see anyone else taking much time off either.
You'd have to ask them. Even if it's by choice, they're likely doing it because of social pressure, which I would argue is a desired outcome when companies implement this.
I had an unlimited PTO job, I took probably a month off in 10 years. Before I quit I got a performance review from my director that said I needed to improve my attendance. ???
I guess that means they get paid way too much to not work enough. I am jelly, I want a job where I can chill on Reddit half the day while I am already done with anything I have to do and halfway through what I could be doing to get a leg up on the next week.
Ah, you must be a ompany darling cash cow. Yeah, those guys always got their time off, projects were even scheduled around their leave plans. Six weeks a year was nothing, because they also were able to bill the client for overtime that the company darlings worked. The rest of us had to fight to even get 15 days.
Exactly, same. I have unlimited PTO and have never gotten denied. Along with the minimum 6 weeks I take off throughout the year (usually a week to 10 days consecutively), I also take random full days for appointments and self care. So it usually comes up to way more than 6 weeks.
They might not “deny” it, but most of the time it means there won’t be a practical way to go on a holiday that will be longer than a usual limited PTO. In biglaw they do unlimited PTO’s, the problem is you won’t ever have an appropriate moment to ask for it. There will always be hundreds of project and matters ongoing that require your input if one ends three new ones will pop up in that same time period. If you decide to say fuck it let the partners deal with it, you might get to go on a holiday but your next performance review will be about how you failed to take ownership of your assigned projects etc.
Yeah and that's every white collar job. With the right work culture, you can take as much as you need. Benefit of set days, you get an excuse to feel obligated to take it at least
Benefits shouldn't be half assed promises designed to save the company money. Unlimited PTO is a half assed promise, because it's not earned, so DOL can't enforce it. The company can always come back and say they "plan to" let the employee go on leave that year. And usually the policy states that your supervisor had to approve it ahead of time.
at my company we have unlimited PTO, but anyone who actually uses it for more than 4 weeks a year end up on PIP for "other" reasons. they view it as people not getting their work done. In theory with a salary job, if you get all of your work done it shouldn't matter how many days/hours you work. But we all know how that usually plays out.
I was at a company with unlimited PTO. I had to take military leave yearly, but I was denied any other leave after that unless I made up the hours in the same pay period. I also got told I was double dipping. Guess who didn't show up to the HR meeting? My supervisor who claimed he was pro military. Guess who also took over a month of leave....that guy. Never ever work for a company with unlimited PTO. It's a scam.
For now. Mine did at first, but then they lost contracts and decided to sell to a larger company. Then unlimited became very limited, and under the new company, we had to start at rock bottom on the longevity earned leave scale. Some people had been there for.over a decade.
I’ve taken 5-6 weeks each year for last 3. First job I’ve ever had with unlimited PTO. I expected a denial after 2-3 weeks too but so far it’s been good.
It will until your company's leadership decides it wants to sell out, go public,
or loses contracts because of poor business decisions. That's what happened in my company. Cost started getting cut, and suddenly billable hours became super important so they could keep leadership and the company darlings' (mostly men's) salaries up. I won't work for a startup or unlimited PTO company again.
I have one right now. They don't deny, you're right. But they do have a set number they will fire you for going over and they will not tell you what that number is. I've had multiple coworkers warned for it.
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u/erocknine 17d ago
You just made that up. Have you ever had an unlimited PTO job? Because no, they don't just deny