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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by nkingsy on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:23PM (#28556117)
Even at a company that encourages it, unlimited pto was stressful. How much are others taking? Have I earned this?

On the bad end, I quit a company that wanted me to take a report to task for using too much unlimited pto (3 weeks in a year)

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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by the-dude on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:28PM (#28556194)
> wanted me to take a report to task

What does this mean?

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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by fencepost on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:34PM (#28556282)
Grandparent post was in management, higher management wanted one of his reports disciplined for using the unlimited time off (in an amount that's not uncommon for anyone in management or with 5+ years at the company to have as vacation)
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by MattGaiser on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:38PM (#28556348)
It means to talk to them in a stern way about something they did wrong.

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/take%20to%20task

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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by the-dude on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:40PM (#28556380)
I didn't even get the 'report' part. Thanks all.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by mikestew on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:31PM (#28556240)
Parent is a lead/manager of some sort, and they were directed to verbally discipline a person who "reports" to them (IOW, works under parent commenter's org).
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by cftm on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:38PM (#28556345)
Someone who reports to the poster took three weeks off and the powers that be wanted the poster to have a "talk" with that person.
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