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Re:Ask HN: Are open vacation policies a scam? by massysett on Monday August 22, 2016 @08:20AM (#12335747)
Compared to "unlimited" 28 days is not much at all.
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Re:Ask HN: Are open vacation policies a scam? by AstralStorm on Monday August 22, 2016 @08:28AM (#12335808)
Except it is not unlimited, but instead undisclosed limit, discretionary. In other words, the contract is lying or you haven't read it.

Being fired over taking too much vacation time given the mentioned policy is potentially lawyer fodder.

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Re:Ask HN: Are open vacation policies a scam? by pkinsky on Monday August 22, 2016 @03:16PM (#12338665)
They'd probably just fire you for 'not being a culture fit' or similar.
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Re:Ask HN: Are open vacation policies a scam? by squeaky-clean on Monday August 22, 2016 @11:34AM (#12337036)
It's unlimited in the same way an "unlimited mobile data" plan with a 10GB soft-cap is.
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Re:Ask HN: Are open vacation policies a scam? by manyxcxi on Monday August 22, 2016 @08:31AM (#12335828)
Except unlimited has no real liability and 28 days has a potential value of at least 28 days of someone's salary. From an accounting standpoint it's a big deal.
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