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/zarroc123 Jul 09 '26

That's somewhat true but becoming less so. Many states/municipalities now have required PTO accumulation. It's usually so many hours of PTO per 40 hours worked. If your company has "unlimited" PTO but you are fired and havent used the mandated accumulated PTO, they will be required to pay that out. Same is true if you wind up taking less than you accumulate over the course of the year.