I've never not used all the paid time off available to me. Unlimited PTO seems to work pretty well at my company (or my part of it anyway). Higher ups generally model taking time off and encourage their staff to as well.
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Mar 30, 2017 8:52:41 am PDT #9167 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
Dana - Mar 30, 2017 8:58:23 am PDT #9168 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, I very seldom had any significant PTO to rollover. I'm in favor of vacations.
Connie Neil - Mar 30, 2017 9:03:16 am PDT #9169 of 30002
brillig
Unfortunately, the prevailing culture in my area is "How will you know how important I am if I'm not visibly in the office working very visibly in front of important people? Time off is for losers who aren't visibly important! If I take time off, it's obvious someone else can do my job! If you truly cared about this company, you'd be here! You got married so you'd have someone to run the errands and schlep the kids around, if we hire women, we'll need to give them time off to deal with the kids (though I'm not allowed to say that anymore)."
I've had multiple managers who greeted my request for time off with a faint pout of disapproval and a slight tone of "Lazy slacker" in their voice. For a long time, the prevailing business philosophy was "the employee will try to get away with as little as possible, management must keep an eye on them to keep their noses to the grindstone."
zuisa - Mar 30, 2017 9:09:45 am PDT #9170 of 30002
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
That's one of the things that actually scares me the most about going to work in corporate America. I'm a hard worker and I will always get my work done, but this prevailing culture of working long hours and being expected to be on-call and checking emails all the time and not taking any time off seems like it will suck.
Gudanov - Mar 30, 2017 9:10:34 am PDT #9171 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
I get two weeks plus three floating holidays (though bear in mind I only get two fixed holidays).
Connie Neil - Mar 30, 2017 9:10:36 am PDT #9172 of 30002
brillig
Also, current co-worker conversation is on flat-earth theory. Apparently another co-worker believes the world is flat, or at least likes making that argument.
meara - Mar 30, 2017 9:29:03 am PDT #9173 of 30002
Flat earth?!? Seriously??? Who ARE these people??
Sue - Mar 30, 2017 9:32:08 am PDT #9174 of 30002
hip deep in pie
Do you work with Shaq or something?
Gudanov - Mar 30, 2017 9:50:05 am PDT #9175 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Flat earth?!? Seriously??? Who ARE these people??
Yeah. That's really weird. I mean, aside from everything else, you can, you know, fly around it.
Gudanov - Mar 30, 2017 9:50:52 am PDT #9176 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
OTOH, Trump is President, so flat earth? Sure, why not.