That's what my employer does, Dana, and it is awesome

I give my employees 6 weeks, but for all practical purposes it's unlimited.

I've never used up the PTO I get in my life; if anything, I'm usually scrambling to burn to stay under the point where I lose it at the end of the year.

(I recognize that this is not a good thing!)

Unlimited time off has gotten to be a pretty common perk in techlandia - the upside is not having to do the obsessive how many hours do I have left thing, and the companies that do it right really are more humane than most. The downside is that some companies abuse it - either by dangling it as a perk when workload is too high to ever take it, or using the fact that there isn't a fixed amount in the compensation package to avoid paying out accrued time when people leave.

Talk of time off reminds me I need to donate some of ny PTO to somebody. (We're allowed to bank 312 hours, I have 345. I think I might be able to donate it back to the company, in which case I might slosh some at the senior nutrition program).

I've never used up the PTO I get in my life; if anything, I'm usually scrambling to burn to stay under the point where I lose it at the end of the year.

That's me, too. Every year I say I won't do that, but I always do.

I have been deep in an urgent work thing the last two days, which means I don't really know much about what's been going on in the world, but I am very sure that's a blessing and not a curse.

First world problem: Just finished a round of eBay sales, winning bidder says "I know your listing says you don't ship internationally, but Canada doesn't really count does it?" Then when I quote him the price I'll ship it for, he complains that other people don't charge that much. That's more effort than I care to go to for a $3.75 item.

when I quote him the price I'll ship it for

Ask for citizenship!

Greetings, Buffistae! I have been largely absent, but reading along when I can. A childhood friend got a cancer diagnosis a few weeks ago that doesn't come with a good prognosis (or an easy journey to the end) and I have been using much of my energy to type words to her.

As faculty, I don't report hours or days off to anyone although I do tell my dean when I'll be gone for more than a day or two. We'll be in CA for Spring Break, and I am looking forward to finally getting Miss K to Yosemite and hiking there with her.

Thanks to talk here, I just checked my PTO balance. I've been taking a bunch of time off lately, just a day here and there, but for me that is a bunch. I still have 286 hours in the bank. The concept of taking 7 consecutive weeks off - I can't imagine.

My angel and devil are acting up again. My angel is horrified at the prospect of a government shutdown. My devil is thrilled at the idea of the Republicans getting blamed for a government shutdown.