Senior Oops Engineer

Weird how no one is getting grants to research the actual effects of unlimited PTO on the workers eh?

I counted once and when you add up all the half days for kid stuff and sick time (for the union of me & kids) and errands I can only do during the day - just THAT stuff is three weeks a year. So unlimited vacation really works out for me personally :)

I'm happy that it works out for you personally.

Yeah. For a younger workforce with fewer obligations, it seems like a much worse deal.

I'm not sure what message I'm supposed to take from "this policy that you claim is exploitative is good for me personally".

I’m saying that there are some life circumstances where it’s not exploitative, along with some where it is. Nobody is going to give me 6 official weeks of PTO (the actual problem), so this is as close as I can get to being able to do family stuff AND actually take time off.

I think it might be good for you to think about the specific circumstances in your life (your status, the company you work for, etc.) that make this possible for you and whether they are broadly true of workers in general.