OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[MrNubbz]

I get a pedicure every two weeks, and they apply matte clear polish to my nails.

The hell you say, OAM will be by to lampoon you on your capitalistic excesses

[MrNubbz]

My company is on the "unlimited PTO" vacation plan. So I just got my report.

In the past 6 months, I've taken 1 vacation day, and 3 bereavement days

That didn't happen to take place during football season did it?

[Gigem]

My company is on the "unlimited PTO" vacation plan. So I just got my report.

In the past 6 months, I've taken 1 vacation day, and 3 bereavement days.

That's it. And so far, I only have 1 day requested for the rest of the year--although I'll probably add a few when we head to NorCal for parent's weekend at Berkeley.

With our old system, and my years of service, I think I'd be accruing about 20 vacation days per year, if not more.

I need to get out more.

Bbbbbut....capitalism bad.  Well, except for the part where you don't even take the time off they've given you.  

I get about 216 hrs per year, after 20+ years of service.  I scatter them around, a day here and there, one week in the summer, and a bunch around X-Max and Thanksgiving.  Usually carry over a few.  

[FearlessF]

The hell you say, OAM will be by to lampoon you on your capitalistic excesses

I'm just thankful they are matte clear polish and not the glossy clear polish

[betarhoalphadelta]

How's that work?

Here, we start off accruing one sick day and one vacation day per month (technically, 8 hrs), though sick time can be taken for whatever, because you don't turn anything in saying you were at a medical appointment.  So you can use it like vacation.  Or you can use vacation days if you're sick (I had to do that when I blew out my sick time for abdominal surgery and still needed days off).  Starting off at 12 days off per year is pretty good, I thought.  In a couple months, my accrual goes up to 9 hrs per month, which amounts to a little over an extra day off per year. 

I work with some people who have 20+ years here and they're at 16 hrs per month (2 days).  They rack it up. 

Are you technically hourly or salaried? Not that it makes a difference for what I'm about to talk about, but IMHO accruing PTO is a lot different when you're hourly than salaried. I don't have to count any hours. 

I think the "unlimited PTO" thing is generally a thing for larger publicly-traded companies. Accrued and unused PTO sits on the books as a financial liability. Which gums things up when it comes to reporting financial results. So they've moved to this kind of system. As long as you and your manager are happy, it's unlimited. 

But in practice, it probably results in people taking less, not more. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

That didn't happen to take place during football season did it?

No. It was my mom's funeral. 

But thank you. That joke was funny. I'm slapping my knee as we speak.

[FearlessF]

Are you technically hourly or salaried? Not that it makes a difference for what I'm about to talk about, but IMHO accruing PTO is a lot different when you're hourly than salaried. I don't have to count any hours.

I think the "unlimited PTO" thing is generally a thing for larger publicly-traded companies. Accrued and unused PTO sits on the books as a financial liability. Which gums things up when it comes to reporting financial results. So they've moved to this kind of system. As long as you and your manager are happy, it's unlimited.

But in practice, it probably results in people taking less, not more.

this is why they've moved to this kind of system