Richard Branson: Take as much vacation time as you want! (1 Viewer)

[badmojo1006]

Only effects the 160 employees at Virgin Headquarters, but could expand

 

[Hawks64]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

 

[Parrothead]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

at least to your knowledge

 

[Card Trader]

We have an "unlimited" vacation policy, feels like a downgrade from the 6 weeks a year we use to get.

 

[Doug B]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

This is not all paid vacation, right? Otherwise, someone could go on a "one week on/two weeks off" schedule and get paid for 52 weeks in a given year while actually working only 18 weeks.

 

[Jayrod]

I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.

 

[Bucky86]

 

[belljr]

If you don't come in Friday don't bother coming in monday.

Woohoo 4 day weekend

 

[Hawks64]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

This is not all paid vacation, right? Otherwise, someone could go on a "one week on/two weeks off" schedule and get paid for 52 weeks in a given year while actually working only 18 weeks.

It is and it's within reason...obviously your mgr won't approve something like that but we have folks who take off 2-4 weeks a year plus long weekends etc.

 

[E-Z Glider]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

This is not all paid vacation, right? Otherwise, someone could go on a "one week on/two weeks off" schedule and get paid for 52 weeks in a given year while actually working only 18 weeks.

It is and it's within reason...obviously your mgr won't approve something like that but we have folks who take off 2-4 weeks a year plus long weekends etc.

F that. Just give me my vacation time. Dont play games. This sounds like a way to make you feel like you're getting more than you actually are.

 

[Parrothead]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

This is not all paid vacation, right? Otherwise, someone could go on a "one week on/two weeks off" schedule and get paid for 52 weeks in a given year while actually working only 18 weeks.

It is and it's within reason...obviously your mgr won't approve something like that but we have folks who take off 2-4 weeks a year plus long weekends etc.

F that. Just give me my vacation time. Dont play games. This sounds like a way to make you feel like you're getting more than you actually are.

yep- sets up the competition of what brownnoser uses the least vacation....

 

[lod01]

Might work there but that would never work in corporate America. There would be someone keeping track and saying one of 2 things.

A. maybe we don't need that person.

B. layoff whoever took off the most time.

 

[Doug B]

It is and it's within reason...obviously your mgr won't approve something like that but we have folks who take off 2-4 weeks a year plus long weekends etc.

That's not remarkable vacation time these days, is it? I guess it's field- and business-dependent, but still.

 

[Zigg]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

This is not all paid vacation, right? Otherwise, someone could go on a "one week on/two weeks off" schedule and get paid for 52 weeks in a given year while actually working only 18 weeks.

It is and it's within reason...obviously your mgr won't approve something like that but we have folks who take off 2-4 weeks a year plus long weekends etc.

F that. Just give me my vacation time. Dont play games. This sounds like a way to make you feel like you're getting more than you actually are.

yep- sets up the competition of what brownnoser uses the least vacation....

I would suck at that competition.

 

[Jobber]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

This is not all paid vacation, right? Otherwise, someone could go on a "one week on/two weeks off" schedule and get paid for 52 weeks in a given year while actually working only 18 weeks.

It is and it's within reason...obviously your mgr won't approve something like that but we have folks who take off 2-4 weeks a year plus long weekends etc.

F that. Just give me my vacation time. Dont play games. This sounds like a way to make you feel like you're getting more than you actually are.

yep- sets up the competition of what brownnoser uses the least vacation....

That's my thought as well. If you have a set number of PTO days per year, everyone expects you to use them all. Nobody bats an eyelash at that. I bet they figured this out and most will actually take fewer days off per year saving the company $/increasing productivity. It's genius.

 

[Hawks64]

My company already has an open vacation policy. Can't take more than 2 weeks off at a time but otherwise there isn't a rule about how much you can take and they don't track it.

This is not all paid vacation, right? Otherwise, someone could go on a "one week on/two weeks off" schedule and get paid for 52 weeks in a given year while actually working only 18 weeks.

It is and it's within reason...obviously your mgr won't approve something like that but we have folks who take off 2-4 weeks a year plus long weekends etc.

F that. Just give me my vacation time. Dont play games. This sounds like a way to make you feel like you're getting more than you actually are.

Well I have been here less than 6mths and have used a week already and a few days here and there for other things. No problem and no "marks" against me. Also have a ~2 week vacation planned around Thanksgiving this year, which is only at the 9mth mark.

 

[cstu]

Well I have been here less than 6mths and have used a week already and a few days here and there for other things. No problem and no "marks" against me. Also have a ~2 week vacation planned around Thanksgiving this year, which is only at the 9mth mark.

Why do you keep saying 'only'? With a month left to go in the year you'll have only used 3 weeks.

 

[Hawks64]

Well I have been here less than 6mths and have used a week already and a few days here and there for other things. No problem and no "marks" against me. Also have a ~2 week vacation planned around Thanksgiving this year, which is only at the 9mth mark.

Why do you keep saying 'only'? With a month left to go in the year you'll have only used 3 weeks.

Most places I have worked you don't get vacation time until the 1 year mark then you get 2 weeks. And at the end of the year I won't have been at this place a year, only 9mths.

 

[Judge Smails]

At my previous company we just did this. It's not because the company is being overly generous. It's so they don't have to carry accrued PTO on the books. Think of how many people "cash out" accrued vacation days in a year or get a couple of months worth of pay when they leave. That becomes a none-issue with unlimited vacation policies.

 

[Card Trader]

At my previous company we just did this. It's not because the company is being overly generous. It's so they don't have to carry accrued PTO on the books. Think of how many people "cash out" accrued vacation days in a year or get a couple of months worth of pay when they leave. That becomes a none-issue with unlimited vacation policies.

Yep. This is exactly it. I have 400 hours of vacation saved, they will have to pay me out on it.