I switched my company to an unlimited vacation policy about two years ago. If I can't trust my employees to make educated decisions and work with me on something like vacation time, then I can't trust them in the business decisions they need to make.

The practical way we manage it is that folks place a vacation time request and any request up to two weeks is checked against the overall project schedule and if there are no conflicts, then it is approved. We work as a team to make sure that projects are covered and handoffs are handled as needed.

My thinking is that if folks can't handle doing this is a responsible way, then I probably actually have a much larger problem to deal with and some sort of draconian set of rules around vacation time is just treating a symptom, not the real issue.

You know, people sending an email to the department wishing everyone a happy new year as they log off seems like a nice idea but I'm not loving getting them when I am still working and expect to be for several hours.

I love my unlimited PTO for just those reasons, ND!

We have Friday June 18 off in observance of Juneteenth,, btw. I went to look that up and ended up doing some work. Thanks a LOT, -t! Ha!

MLK was a “floating” holiday for us, ie you could take it whenever, which is frankly kind of bullshit. It’s a regular holiday now. I actually don’t know about Juneteenth. But I’m not about to make lisah’s mistake and go check.

I have been reading but not commenting, and now I feel like there are too many comments. But I am celebrating NYalone, listening to different folks react to Hamilton and crying. So Happy New Year! Much ma, sympathy etc, I have really read at thought about each person’s situation. But too many to name well.

DH's company has made some great corporate decisions before and during the pandemic. They went to a $20 company-wide minimum wage, they made election day and Martin Luther King, Jr. birthdays both corporate holidays.

The people who were unable to work from home have been employed and paid, in full, indefinitely, until they can go back to the office.

My company went to use-it-or-lose-it PTO several years ago, and if I lost a few days each year I didn't fret about it. But this Spring they announced "no overtime allowed without prior written authorization from your VP." It was a major blow to morale. I have abided by the policy very strictly and very carefully. No extra effort from me this year, and I scheduled my PTO four months in advance.

On a positive note, they have been completely supportive of me when I have needed to take a sick day for medical appointments. No hassle at all. For my part, I give as much advance notice as I can, usually at least two weeks.

I'm hoping billytea comes through to assure the rest of us that 2021 has, indeed, arrived.....

My friends, Douglas Adams once stated that there are three kinds of animal in Australia: venomous, odd and sheep. I come to you from 2021 to announce that in the new year, one no longer has to choose between them.

Sorry, lisah. But knowing about Juneteenth (observed) is making me happy!

OK, I get how the sheep can become both venomous and odd, but are koalas now also sheep? Just want to be picturing this correctly.