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Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off” by prirun on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:13PM (#34343958)
If the corporation shoves enough "critical work" down your throat, a manager will not be able to say yes. So the corporation is in control of the amount of time off by setting unrealistic deadlines / workloads.
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Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off” by mrguyorama on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:46PM (#34345392)
No, if you are a manager it is your job to keep your employees productive, happy, and fruitful by approving and encouraging ample rest time and pushing a message up the chain that you don't have enough staff to meet expectations.
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Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off” by notJim on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:31PM (#34347307)
That's for sure true. "Unlimited" vacation only works if the company has a good WLB in general. At a company like you're describing, having defined PTO days doesn't always help that much either.
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Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off” by zaphar on Thursday January 12, 2023 @08:14AM (#34352969)
I'm a manager with discretionary time off. I default to yes and then push back on deadlines if the PTO means we can't make it. So far it's working.
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