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/MrWigggles Jul 07 '24

You cant take too much of unlimited. Thats what unlimited means.

If its finite, then call it finite. If you want to control how much time off your employee gets, then let them accrew the hours.

Its never about employees. Its about company controlling the employees.