At Reflect (https://reflect.io), we have an unlimited policy with a required minimum.
Ask HN: How does unlimited vacation policy work in your company?
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#12I work for a company that doesn't advertise unlimited vacation, and instead phrases it as "we don't have a formal vacation policy, it's all up to your supervisors discretion."
Basically, as long as you're being reasonable, and you communicate your intention early enough for deadlines and staffing to be adjusted accordingly, they're cool with it.
The entire company culture supports a healthy work/life balance and leadership constantly drills it into everyone's head that what's important are results and not work. They also lead by example... my supervisor just took a three week vacation, where he was almost completely out of contact. His projects all slowed down and he had a lot of stuff to catch up on when he got back, but it definitely wasn't frowned upon. If anything, it was encouraged.
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#13At Reflect ( https://reflect.io ), we have an unlimited policy with a required minimum.
Can a Reflect employee take 6 months vacation?
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#14The catch is if you leave the company you do not get paid out for the vacation time you did not take.
So you're saying I should always take the first two weeks in January off?
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#15we have unlimited vacation, and a formal month long sabbatical every X years.
So far, its been great. Vacation approval is up to your manager. Ive never had or heard of a request getting denied. People are responsible; it works.
I do wish there was a 2 week minimum policy just on principle, but it wouldn't really change anything.
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#16Had it in a start-up a few years ago. It felt like it wasn't real. Not a clear culture about taking it and exactly what we needed to do to cover for ourselves when there are so few people in the company overall.
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#17The catch is if you leave the company you do not get paid out for the vacation time you did not take.
IIRC, not all states require unused vacation time to be paid out.
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Re: Ask HN: How does unlimited vacation policy work in your company?
#19I usually wait about a week before activating my unlimited vacation. This frees me up to look for my next job, which must also offer an unlimited vacation policy. I've been doing this for about thirteen months. I project my annual income this year will be around $1.7 million. So far, it has worked very well and I would recommend the arrangement to anyone.
Have you considered outsourcing? Hire a few more more smart people to activate their unlimited vacations. Split the winnings. Imagine the cash if you did it recursively!
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#20"Unlimited Vacation" is sometimes used to mean "no vacation" or "very limited vacation". But I don't think that's actually the way many employers think about it. It's more often a way to say "no accrued vacation". That's important in California, when you leave a job, your employer has to pay out unused and accrued vacation. That can be a big liability to keep on the books, so you can remove it with an unlimited vacat…
Just a fuck over the employee for 4% of their earnings thing.