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Re:Before brogramming, table flipping, and beyond by matt_wulfeck on Monday January 18, 2016 @06:42PM (#10927845)
My CO also offers unlimited vacation (though they are careful to say it's actually "untracked vacation"). In my experience you can always try but there's a certain amount of unspoken personal capital that's involved that makes the whole process unnecessarily ambiguous.
Re:Before brogramming, table flipping, and beyond by cballard on Monday January 18, 2016 @08:01PM (#10928194)
Yes. If you really care about work/life balance, just offer six or more weeks of real PTO.

I internally translate "unlimited vacation" to "as little vacation as possible".

Re:Before brogramming, table flipping, and beyond by MAGZine on Monday January 18, 2016 @10:23PM (#10928699)
It's something that could be negotiated, I'm sure.

Personally, I'm interested in minimum vacation policies instead. The founders do reiterate frequently that 5 weeks is expected.