• DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    I do not take as much as I should. 5 weeks last year? For doctor’s appointments and stuff like that though, no one cares. You just let your boss and your team know. I am on salary, not contract.

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      4 months ago

      i think that’s really the point - unlimited isn’t actually unlimited. unlimited means unspoken, and often variable limits based on the mood of managers

      5 weeks is… pretty minimal

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        4 months ago

        I have never been turned down for PTO in 7 years at this company, for what it’s worth. I just don’t take enough vacation. It’s my own fault.

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          3 months ago

          okay but that’s kinda the point… unlimited leave isn’t really that because nobody ever takes that leave… it’s not your fault: it’s literally designed to make you think it’s your fault… if you decided to take 2mo PTO i guarantee your PTO would suddenly not be PTO

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        4 months ago

        5 weeks is… pretty minimal

        15 days is the limit at my job that you only get after 7 years working here. Seeing comments like this make me sad… Happy for you for sure, but sad for me cuz Murica’…

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          3 months ago

          i guess the point is not to brag - it’s to rattle the cage and yell “THIS IS NOT NORMAL” and “IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS”

          … there are lots of americans that just consider what they experience as normal, and that’s absolutely not normal for similarly privileged countries

          … then you unionise and this forms part of your demands ;)