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ferider said:
My last employer switched to that years ago (only in US offices - it’s illegal in Europe).

The result was that people took less vacations than before (being worried about their job).

The employer had the benefit of not having to accrue vacations / not having to pay them out before layoffs. Smoke and mirrors, IMO.
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I had 30 PTO days before my company was acquired by the new company. I guess I'm lucky in that the department I am in encourages the employees to take time off.

So far I've taken 30+ days off a year since the acquisition. I don't plan on taking anything less. Life's too short not to hunt, fish and go to cutting competitions. Maybe a few days with the family too. 😁
 
ferider said:
The result was that people took less vacations than before (being worried about their job).
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Yep. We've been "unlimited" for a long time. It mostly means I don't have a bank of vacation to get paid when I leave - I haven't taken more than two days off in a row since before Covid.

The company that bought us is forcing some of us to take at least two weeks a year starting next year, so I guess that will change. (It is a fraud detection measure, not concern with our welfare.)
 
toker said:
I had 30 PTO days before my company was acquired by the new company. I guess I'm lucky in that the department I am in encourages the employees to take time off.

So far I've taken 30+ days off a year since the acquisition. I don't plan on taking anything less. Life's too short not to hunt, fish and go to cutting competitions. Maybe a few days with the family too. 😁
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This is my position as well. I had 30 days before the “unlimited” started. Now I keep that up; typically take 30-40 days off a year. That plus the 18 holidays seems like a decent deal.
 
Don't believe I've ever had a radler style beer but the talk of it earlier made me curious so I decided to pick some after work. It's still nearly 90° here and I gotta say, I'm finding it very refreshing.

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bluemax_1 said:
Have the day off 😁

Clear skies today. This is the difference the sprinkler mod makes, from setting a water timer for 10 minutes, vs how hot the section of the roof the single sprinkler doesn’t reach, gets from baking in the noonday sun.

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This little Seek Nano 300 is a useful little device. You’ll find yourself looking at everything from checking insulation, to the breaker box to see which breakers/circuits are warmer, finding mammals at night…

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Wait until you see someone fart
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
What? I'm just saying it sounded pretty cool.

Would you rather say you went blind because somebody stuck you in the eye with a pencil, or because of freaking laser beams man!
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If it's not a spitting cobra or that dinosaur from jurassic Park, you can keep your blindness; I don't need it.
 
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Jabrni said:
This is my position as well. I had 30 days before the “unlimited” started. Now I keep that up; typically take 30-40 days off a year. That plus the 18 holidays seems like a decent deal.
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I've never heard of that!!!!!

I usually only can take a total of 6 days off a year..... but I like what i do and a lot of people do not do well when I'm not there
 
yoko said:
I've never heard of that!!!!!

I usually only can take a total of 6 days off a year..... but I like what i do and a lot of people do not do well when I'm not there
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I know, the world’s messed up. I’m at a computer and in the AC all day and I get a ton of time off. You slave over cars and paint (probably need your own physical therapist) and get a lot less. It’s a backwards world.
 
Jabrni said:
I know, the world’s messed up. I’m at a computer and in the AC all day and I get a ton of time off. You slave over cars and paint (probably need your own physical therapist) and get a lot less. It’s a backwards world.
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Nah I'm cool with it , I like what I do and the fact that others pay checks depend on me being efficient and good is motivation

I like that part of it!

I might not look it... but I'm motivated m fer lol
 
yoko said:
Nah I'm cool with it , I like what I do and the fact that others pay checks depend on me being efficient and good is motivation

I like that part of it!

I might not look it... but I'm motivated m fer lol
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I imagine you get more satisfaction out of your work than I do mine. I have to finish work and go fix something around the house to make me feel productive.
 
I put in 13hrs 53 mins today. Working outside. My piss was brown.
I get 3 weeks PTO but they would “prefer” I take it during the winter when we are slow.
Actually, they would prefer I don’t take it at all.

One of my employers “denied” my vacation request form two weeks prior to my vacation (because we were busy). I turned it in 2 months before my vacation dates.
I told them that, although they call it a “vacation request form”, it was just my way of letting them know what dates I wouldn’t be at work.
Lead Zeppelin

Just posted for perspective.
 
snuffle said:
Can we trade gigs? 'Cause in my corporate job, the day before this holiday is when management drops a new crash-priority project before they head off to their vacation.
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I'm a lawyer. When business is slow, just dragging along and impossible to bill enough hours, I schedule a trip. Without fail, the one day you try to leave early to hi the road, a client will drop a big, fat, hot potato in your lap that absolutely must close by 8:30am on the Monday after you return. It's a sure fire way to get business booming again.
 
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