Re:Show HN: Bel
by chrisseaton on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:46AM
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I’m not sure these are the universal definitions you think they are. I refer to paid vacation as ‘time off’.
Re:Show HN: Bel
by braythwayt on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:37PM
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And then there’s PTO, which is sometimes “paid time off,” and sometimes “personal time off,” which is also paid:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_time_off
Perhaps it’s best, as another comment suggests, to always include the adjectives “paid” or “unpaid.”
Re:Show HN: Bel
by lonelappde on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:21PM
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The modifier matters
Paid time off
Unpaid time off
Leave of absence
Quit and reapply when you get back.
A vacation day is a paid thing. Unpaid time off is not. It's all money and productivity in the end, but in many companies it's easier to negotiate unpaid time off, than to negotiate extra vacation days. Even if the money works out the same in the end.