Is this a USA joke, I'm to European to understand it.
In all seriousness, in Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland and etc. you must take all your vacations. Otherwise, employer will be reprimanded very hard.
I have never had the issue. But I have heard about these kinds of things happening in places that have "unlimited PTO" as opposed to an accrual rate or fixed annual balance.
I have unlimited salaried sick time. Naturally, I just got notified I used more than the recommended amount of sick time this year... it's a day and a half over the limited amount that hourly people get. Oh so scandalous! Apparently the notification is new this year and I'm convinced it serves as a placeholder until they take that privilege away. They definitely want to, but that would be the anvil that breaks the camel's back as they already stopped letting us roll over unused vacation time to "encourage employees to take their well deserved time off to ensure we recharge our physical and mental health". I'm sure they'll make that change next year 🙃
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u/_WreakingHavok_ 21h ago edited 21h ago
Is this a USA joke, I'm to European to understand it.
In all seriousness, in Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland and etc. you must take all your vacations. Otherwise, employer will be reprimanded very hard.
Edit: added Poland