I recently interviewed at a place that tried to brag about “unlimited PTO”, and then in the office explained that most of them come in when they’re sick, and one guy confessed that the work life balance(including coming in on weekends with no notice) was a contributing factor in his divorce. He’s been there 12 years. He even bragged that he gets a “2% raise every single year, no matter what”. Why do people do this?
I worked at a place with unlimited PTO once, and it turned out to be very shady.
They provided unlimited PTO because it meant if someone quit (or got laid off, which happened constantly there) they wouldn't have to pay out accrued time.
The other part of this is that since you don't have a number of hours available ticking up, it winds up feeling harder to take the PTO. My current job has an accrued PTO system and I have been way better about using it than at the place with unlimited, where the culture meant that I took maybe one week a year off besides sick days.
A friend of mine works at an office that recently announced an end to all remote agreements or hybrid schedules, meaning everyone has to be in office everyday. But to “make up for it” they’re switching to unlimited PTO.
They recently missed some revenue targets and know they’ll have to cut headcount. It is pretty gross how they’re doing it.
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u/3Grilledjalapenos 1d ago
I recently interviewed at a place that tried to brag about “unlimited PTO”, and then in the office explained that most of them come in when they’re sick, and one guy confessed that the work life balance(including coming in on weekends with no notice) was a contributing factor in his divorce. He’s been there 12 years. He even bragged that he gets a “2% raise every single year, no matter what”. Why do people do this?