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Re:Spending more on retaining developers reduces the cost of... by borski on Monday March 14, 2022 @01:14PM (#30675088)
It’s not “still just a way” to keep it off the books - that’s just a convenient side effect for the company. The overall effect was that more people took more vacation at our company, which was overall a good thing.
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Re:Spending more on retaining developers reduces the cost of... by pnutjam on Monday March 14, 2022 @08:06PM (#30680139)
If that were the case you should give people a generous amount of leave and make it expire if unused, 30 days on the first of the year?
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Re:Spending more on retaining developers reduces the cost of... by borski on Monday March 14, 2022 @08:08PM (#30680158)
And what if someone needs a 31st day?

That’s the challenge this aims to solve. There’s nothing wrong with either approach, and “shaming people into not taking vacation” works either way.

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Re:Spending more on retaining developers reduces the cost of... by pnutjam on Monday March 14, 2022 @08:26PM (#30680286)
Give them the 31st, but you need to set a floor and commit budget.
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