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by alexhawdon
3587 days ago
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As has been noted elsewhere, 'unlimited vacation' is usually at best an aspiration, at worst a scam. Has anybody tried asking up front what the average number of days actually taken is? And if you asked and then took the job - were they telling the truth? |
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The theme in the comments here seem to show that this policy, like other tools, can be easily abused.
At the right company it is freeing. For example, my productivity doesn't fit nicely within the box of the standard work week. So if I'm not feeling like I can get anything worthwhile done, I might take a day to recharge the batteries. Need to stay home for a contractor? No problem. Need time off to travel? Awesome.
The challenge is there is this nagging feeling of taking advantage of things that was instilled in me from working at shitty companies in a service industry notorious for bad hours (ad agencies) most of my career. That said, I've heard that mandatory time off is now on the table to help alleviate some of this "guilt" myself and others feel.
I fully recognize my experience is not the norm. It is also very hard to screen for companies that actually stand behind their policy. I had a hard time convincing a candidate I was trying to hire that it was in fact as good as it sounded and we were not lying. Hard to do when so many people are scarred from shitty experiences.