I have such a hard time imagining this is actually a real person writing a real post.
It’s way easier if you assume that any LinkedIn post you see is satire.
This is precisely why “unlimited” PTO is a fucking scam. When it’s a set amount in writing as part of your compensation package, they’re literally committing a crime if they never let you take it. If it’s more nebulously worded, it’s easier to blame the demands of the job, as though those aren’t defined by the same people jerking you around on benefits. And they have proven time and time again that they will take everything from you if given the chance.
While you are correct, the actual reason this started is much simpler.
CA has a law that all unused vacation must be paid out at separation. All the silicon valley CEOs loophole this law by claiming unlimited PTO, therefore no payout because nothing is accrued.
In my country, if you offer unlimited PTO, and there’s seperation, you will have to pay out what was contracted: Unlimited PTO. I guess, in most cases that would be interpreted as 365 days a year
Hence, nobody is dumb enough to offer unlimited PTO.
That depends on the local laws in place. For example, under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (in the UK), the firm is legally required to ensure all workers take their statutory days off. “Unlimited PTO” doesn’t mean anything because it’s a legal requirement that the workers take those days. You have a bit of say on when the worker takes those days, but you risk the HMRC coming after you if your workers don’t take their holiday.
Soooo no, in some countries Unlimited PTO is a bit less of a scam, because you still get your statutory holiday anyway, so anything after that is a bonus.
There was once a QA tester in my last job that had to be taken aside by a manager at the end of the year and told “You haven’t been taking any leave this year. You will use those days you’ve accrued before the end of the year or both you and I are in big trouble. This is not a request, you are going on holiday!”
After being America pilled I moved to China and had a British roommate. My mind was blown when he told me his mom took paid vacation days to tidy the house. I would NEVER dream of using the 14 days of vacation I had in the USA to clean the fucking house. Just IMAGINE having so much time off that you’d even consider using some to clean the house. It seemed awesome to me.
As a Brit that’s crazy, that’s what WFH is for ;)
I hate that we are in a timeline that I can’t be absolutely sure that this is satire anymore.
I’m reasonably sure it’s not?
A show of vision only a Super CEO can have
That almost brings it over the line, but no, I think it’s serious. Only a heroic CEO could have the vision to give people time off. It’s nothing like what unions have been clamoring to do for over a century.
It definitely brings it over the line, and it’s absolutely satire.
I had a manager that said these things. These people are ghouls.
It absolutely is. This was his next post
Humanity is not yet lost 🙏
LMAO! Taking notes from Lyndon Johnson I see! (For those not in the know, the US President would call people into the Oval Office crapper and talk to them while taking a dump.)
I used to do that with a professor at the urinals. Somehow, with all of our conversations, it just made the flow better.
I love that there was a person who really did this, and of course they were also president of the United States.
I legitimately could not tell
Sure is! The last photo is hilarious actually
i am never happy. not my thing.
me irl
“I’m an insufferable rich cunt who doesn’t do much at work, I have enough money to pay other people to do everything for me in the rest of my life, so I spend my free time persuing any hobby or interest I want, I’m also very empty inside so spend most of my time working.”
spend most of my time pretending to work
FIFY. Those meetings aren’t gonna conduct themselves, you know!
If you really enjoy spaghetti & meatballs, why would you ever want to eat anything else?
This person sounds floridly out-of-touch.
^ This person sounds like their satire detector is busted.
I’m pretty sure this person is joking.
we live in an age where almost all satire has happened at least 10 times
I’m sure they are, but I have had bosses who think this way.
Most of y’all’s inability to detect satire and sarcasm make me wonder if you’re even more autistic than you claim.
Part of the humor is pushing barely over the top, not being so blatant it’s silly.
I’d say in this environment, it’s no longer satire. Even the Onion is having trouble with articles because of how bad it is. Look at the responses and you’ll see people are encountering this exact issue in a very non-satirical way. Hell, in the US, you’re lucky to get 10 days off, let alone 28, and in some cases that’s not even mandated.
I have an idea! Co-operatives, taxed automation, total freedom! Fuck work! Fuck all work! Most of us had enough of it for a lifetime. Even if you believe in working hard and earning your keep, the real issue is, you don’t actually get to enjoy much of the results! You waste time you could have spent helping others, getting fit, developing your skillsets and hobbies! Living life! Experiencing things!
I’ve always thought the idea of a neighborhood working together would do wonders. “John down the street loves cars so if u need a fix go see him, oh and this weekend we’re all helping roof his house cuz he helps us with cars and Hank across the street is gonna grill burgers for us” etc etc stuff like that.
the thing is to do these things, you need people who feel that way. good luck finding 100+ people in one place in the US who would be willing to live that way. it might be easier to flee to south america and do that there. fits better into the vibe of the country.
You just invented villages
I wish I could live in a village. That sounds fucking fantastic. I want to know what the lady five houses down is doing. I want them to know what I’m doing.
I want to have a fucking community.
I lived on an island with 20~25 people lighting there throughout 5 years. It was fucking great! I miss those years.
Living in a village has massive up and downsides.
The downsides are, that you are always dependant on a car to go anywhere. Public transit is usually non existent or unusable (at least if you value your time). Theres usually also not that much to do on the weekends. No going in a club because a band you like plays there. If you want to be able you have to drive their or have someone to drive you if you dont want to stay sober. The citizens of rural areas are usually more on the conservative side, so better not ask them about their views on immigrants. However it always depends on the region how bad it really is.
The upsides are, that you know people. You regularly see people, if you need help with something you can simply ask your neighbours, friends etc. Also since its a bit more common for people in rural areas to do manual labour this means, that you will know quite a lot of people that actually know how to do stuff. One massive upside is, that villages tend to be a bit more relaxed and more quiet in general. So this means, that after like 7pm its quite unusual to hear any or that much noise. However if someone is louder (e.g. they’re having a party) dont be a bitch and let them have fun. In return you can have fun too and dont get problems. However this highly depends on where you live. Especially older people sometimes tend to be quite bitchy and call the cops at you for being to loud. But again, it depends. If you decide to actually invest your time, es example by joining one or more clubs, you too get the chance to become part of the village. This is usually one of the few possible ways of actually integrating into a village and if you dont do this, you will be quite lonely.
And then theres stuff that’s an upside and a downside at the same time. Mainly it is, that when you know what everyone else has been up to everyone else knows what you have been up to. So better keep an eye on what you tell, because you can be sure that it will spread quite quickly and people love to make up weird shit, that doesn’t even have to be based on some form of reality. Trust me, this comes from someone who has heard the most bullshit imaginable told about my family.
So in short, its a quite fun thing but its not something for everyone. Especially the bad infrastructure is something that makes living in a village unattractive (this includes me, which is why I Am quite happy to live in a small town where I have quite a lot of aspects of the usual village live, but with more progressive people and actually functioning public transport).
I love my field, I hate the majority of jobs in my field because while tech can do many cool and wonderful things and could be solving many more issue, most companies are busy doing what one percenters want and pushing for the least effort solutions and everything is always a cram. No breathing space, no time to enjoy the product and reflect on what to do next. Just cram, enshittify, add tracking, automate away your peers, do more with less people so we can fire more people.
I’m so sick of the efficiency rat race that capitalist investors demand.
The really weird thing at that is that the efficiency that is demanded from the lower levels is squandered by the higher ones.
I’m working for a large corporation, and while I’m doing my job quite well (at least I think am), my work is useless. On the one hand, management constantly pivots. Today feature X is super important. Let’s invest multiple millions and crunch time to get this done as fast as possible. It’s almost done now, so now it turns out it’s really not important any more. Shelve it for a few months or years and do something else instead that’s super important until we don’t care about it any more.
But not only is the work useless because “agile means upper management can change their mind twice daily”, but the thing I’m working on is a marketing app that nobody wants anyway. People just use it because they get some small discounts, but really nobody has an actual benefit of the app itself.
You could probably close down the whole marketing department of the corporation and nobody would notice an actual difference.
The same holds true for most corporate jobs. It’s so much politics and so much thinking firmly inside my own little drawer that there’s really no point to all of that.
And with all of that waste happening, it’s really ridiculous that anyone in upper management even dares to utter the term “efficiency”, let alone pressures employees into anything for the purpose of efficiency.
If you really enjoy your job, why would you ever want time away from it?
Good point, maybe you should think about that a little harder bro.
What kind of psychopath enjoys working?
i kind of love my job, and kind of love working. it can be fun
Enjoy it! I was lucky to have 10+ years at a job I loved. Great coworkers, awesome boss, reasonable expectations.
Then the VP left. Within two years everything went to complete shit (except the coworkers although they either left or retreated into being bots at work)
Nothing last :/
you sure are right, a big part of why i enjoy it is a very good boss and coworkers
People who sit at a desk for 4 hours a week doing jack all and making 100x what their full Time employees make.
For own personal growth or the general benefit of my local society absolutely.
Don’t even need a salary as long as the means to live happy are otherwise provided.
For the profit of a corporation? No, yuck!
I’ve seen lots and lots of discussions on whether people like or not working, and it always sums up to people giving different meanings to the word “work”. When it comes to do things as a hobby, for a cause, or for fulfilling any objective we have, most people will say that they enjoy it, but when it comes to serving someone else on a schedule, just to afford to stay alive, I’ve never seen anyone say that they enjoy it.
Edit: some combination of words from my comment and the general theme made me somehow think about the music stayin’ alive, and I can’t get it out of my head anymore!
I enjoy working. I just hate being told what to work on
Even though I live what I do, getting paid is literally the only reason I go to work. If they did not pay me, I would not go.
I like my job. If I wasn’t getting paid, I’d still be doing it. Just not for them.
Exactly this. I have several hobby projects that use the same skill set as my job, because I enjoy doing it.
I would quit my job on the spot and spend much more time on my other projects if I didn’t need the money.
Same here.
But I always get told that people need the threat of starvation and homelessness to do anything at all.
The same kind of thinking that gets you to people needing the threat of burning in a pit for eternity to behave ethically.
As much as I love my job, I love doing jack fucking shit nothing even more. Damn skippy I’m using all my vacation hours (especially since I now know that they expire when the year flips and I don’t get to just accumulate them for when I actually want to use them).
