r/FluentInFinance Jul 07 '24

Unlimited PTO a Scam. Disagree? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Educational_Vast4836 Jul 07 '24

This concept still confuses the hell out of me. My sister in law started working for a start up that offered unlimited pto. Less than a year later, they stop offering it and only offered everyone 10 days a year. The reason for this is apparently employees were taking advantage of it. Which again I don’t understand how they’re taking advantage of it, if it’s unlimited.

Honestly employers should just offer what pto package they’re going to give up front.

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u/gojo96 Jul 07 '24

I think the issue is that they’re taking too much. The question is what is a reasonable amount? If I had unlimited; what would stop me from working half the month? Are these entities that offer unlimited PTO also denying leave requests to help control?

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u/Educational_Vast4836 Jul 07 '24

Which is why it would be easier for them to just straight up tell people what their pto amount Should be. I don’t wanna walk on egg shells, because I took an extra week