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A comment on Japan’s 105-Hour Workweek. Parent comment

Re:Japan’s 105-Hour Workweek by guycook on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @02:41AM (#10736476)
Sounds like the 'unlimited vacation' that's getting quite popular in the Valley
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Re:Japan’s 105-Hour Workweek by jackcosgrove on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @06:02AM (#10737084)
Unlimited vacation is an accounting trick. If a company is acquired, promised yet unclaimed vacation is a liability reducing valuation. Unlimited vacation means the company has not promised a set amount for the year and thus is not liable for it, paradoxically.
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