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Re:We Only Hire the Best by jazzyk on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:23AM (#11754431)
Did we mention the perks like our "unlimited vacation policy"?
Re:We Only Hire the Best by softawre on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:33AM (#11754512)
Heh. Man I'm glad I talked my VP down from the cliff. He honestly thought it was a Good Thing.

I currently have 7 weeks off/year plus 10 holiday days. No way I'd take all of that with the unlimited plan.

Re:We Only Hire the Best by citizens on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:48AM (#11754604)
Wow. Are you in the US?
Re:We Only Hire the Best by busterarm on Monday May 23, 2016 @01:44PM (#11755462)
I'm in the US, at a law firm, and after the first year, every year is 7 weeks vacation + 10 holidays just like this. I'm glad, because they told us we had an unlimited vacation policy that I do not use and on the books in the first year we're only supposed to get 7 days.
Re:We Only Hire the Best by jdquey on Monday May 23, 2016 @12:03PM (#11754709)
Ha! Hubspot got thrown under the bus because of their "unlimited vacation policy" - http://nypost.com/2016/04/03/millennials-are-being-dot-conne...
Re:We Only Hire the Best by st3v3r on Monday May 23, 2016 @02:29PM (#11755799)
I gotta say, after watching his chat at Google IO, I want to read that book now.
Re:We Only Hire the Best by aplusbi on Monday May 23, 2016 @01:06PM (#11755155)
I worked at a company with "unlimited vacation" and I took on average 5 weeks of vacation per year - so it does sometimes actually work.
Re:We Only Hire the Best by firebird84 on Monday May 23, 2016 @03:06PM (#11756052)
Likewise - I'm floating around 4 weeks taken in the past 365 most of the time (which is more than any previous employer would give) and I never have any complaints or issues. My boss doesn't say anything and just approves each one.
Re:We Only Hire the Best by mahyarm on Monday May 23, 2016 @05:01PM (#11756953)
You mean undefined vacation policy