I can take my full amount at any time, assuming it's not in the middle of some massive project already scheduled. But those are rare. I don't think it's common, and you're just being taken advantage of.
Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#32None, a limit like this would be illegal in my country.
Where?
Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#33That sounds completely insane and abusive to me. Where I live, I'd assume – though I'm not sure – that this is illegal to mandate.
Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#34Sounds illegal in the UK. Workers are legally entitled to have 5.6 weeks ( https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights ). ps. I have a tool to help workers get the longest possible vacation. Am I allowed to publish the link here?
please do
Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#35Sounds illegal in the UK. Workers are legally entitled to have 5.6 weeks ( https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights ). ps. I have a tool to help workers get the longest possible vacation. Am I allowed to publish the link here?
> ps. I have a tool to help workers get the longest possible vacation. Am I allowed to publish the link here?
I don't see why that'd not be allowed -- please do go ahead!
Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#36Sounds illegal in the UK. Workers are legally entitled to have 5.6 weeks ( https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights ). ps. I have a tool to help workers get the longest possible vacation. Am I allowed to publish the link here?
> Am I allowed to publish the link here?
Yes. If it's your own work, and it meets the rules, you can post it as a "Show HN" too. https://news.ycombinator.com/show
Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#37I work in the legal industry and my employer has sabbaticals.
Employees who have been here for X years (10 for salaried, 13 for hourly) get two months of PTO.
An additional month of PTO can be taken at the same time.
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Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#38No limit, except the 6 weeks vacation a year. This is in Germany though so YMMV. I usually take a long 3-4 week vacation, 1-2 weeks over Christmas, and the rest of the days I use to make weekends longer going camping, skiing, climbing and hiking.
The internet suggests that in Germany it is up to the employer when employee holidays are taken. For example, if the business wants to shutdown over Christmas, it is well within its rights of that business to have its employees take holidays at this time. The minimum number of holiday days must be taken by the employees over the course of the year, but when the employer says it is acceptable to. As such, there seems to be nothing stopping them from allowing no more than two weeks at a time, just like the business in question here.
Is this information outdated/incorrect?
Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#39I have never worked anywhere with that policy in the US. I have taken month long vacations at two different companies. I gave months of advance notice and got it cleared before hand. At your company, I would still try to ask for a month off well in advance and see what their response is.
Re: Ask HN: What is your company's maximum vacation (at one time) policy?
#40If you want to increase burnout (and its inevitable resultant churn) in an organisation, capping vacation length sounds like a surefire way to achieve that.
I'm against any such limits, but one could argue that a week of vacation twice a year will be more helpful against the burnout than a single two weeks vacation...