Flexible vacation policy?

by nevada Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:31 pm

Does your employer have flexible vacation policy? I prefer the old fashioned way of earning your time off and spending what is rightfully owed to you.
Flexible vacation seems like a gimmick to me, like vonage pestering you that you are making too many calls in their so called "unlimited minutes" policy.
And then there could be some people who don't take a single day off for years to impress the bosses.

by Hellsangel Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:33 pm

Vonage did that to you?

by Guest Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:33 pm

what is flexible vacation?

by nevada Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:39 pm

Hellsangel wrote:Vonage did that to you?

Yeah, did that a few times. I think they have some algorithm that raises a red flag if you call any other number besides numbers you regularly call.

by nevada Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:42 pm

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:what is flexible vacation

There are no earned PTO days. You just take time off when you need it. There is no predetermined limit. But the expectation is that you will be a "responsible" person and only take a "reasonable" amount of time off without disrupting your projects, deliverables etc.

by Guest Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:55 pm

nevada wrote:
Beatrix Kiddo wrote:what is flexible vacation
There are no earned PTO days. You just take time off when you need it. There is no predetermined limit. But the expectation is that you will be a "responsible" person and only take a "reasonable" amount of time off without disrupting your projects, deliverables etc.

oh ok.. this is what we had in my small company in late 90s before the novel concept of timesheets were introduced. the only rule was to have no vacation in first 3 months, that too I broke.

if this system comes in again, I will lose my favorite timepass to look at my pto balance summary (and team calendar) and dream up vacations and allocate days for them.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:39 pm

nevada wrote:Does your employer have flexible vacation policy? I prefer the old fashioned way of earning your time off and spending what is rightfully owed to you.
Flexible vacation seems like a gimmick to me, like vonage pestering you that you are making too many calls in their so called "unlimited minutes" policy.
And then there could be some people who don't take a single day off for years to impress the bosses.

I would prefer a flexible retirement policy. I want retirement till 50 or 60 years then work after that.

by southindian Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:20 pm

nevada wrote:Does your employer have flexible vacation policy? I prefer the old fashioned way of earning your time off and spending what is rightfully owed to you.
Flexible vacation seems like a gimmick to me, like vonage pestering you that you are making too many calls in their so called "unlimited minutes" policy.
And then there could be some people who don't take a single day off for years to impress the bosses.

I never had this issue with Vonage and I call to many countries. I stay connected for hours in Europe, Asia and US and never had such issue with them.

by Merlot Daruwala Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:29 pm

southindian wrote:
nevada wrote:Does your employer have flexible vacation policy? I prefer the old fashioned way of earning your time off and spending what is rightfully owed to you.
Flexible vacation seems like a gimmick to me, like vonage pestering you that you are making too many calls in their so called "unlimited minutes" policy.
And then there could be some people who don't take a single day off for years to impress the bosses.
I never had this issue with Vonage and I call to many countries. I stay connected for hours in Europe, Asia and US and never had such issue with them.

Avivek, their algorithm probably makes exceptions for the differently-abled. Vonage wouldn't want to be sued under ADA.

by SomeProfile Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:07 pm

Merlot Daruwala wrote:
southindian wrote:
nevada wrote:Does your employer have flexible vacation policy? I prefer the old fashioned way of earning your time off and spending what is rightfully owed to you.
Flexible vacation seems like a gimmick to me, like vonage pestering you that you are making too many calls in their so called "unlimited minutes" policy.
And then there could be some people who don't take a single day off for years to impress the bosses.
I never had this issue with Vonage and I call to many countries. I stay connected for hours in Europe, Asia and US and never had such issue with them.

Avivek, their algorithm probably makes exceptions for the differently-abled. Vonage wouldn't want to be sued under ADA.

Harlot Daruwali aunty PMS'ing?

by Kris Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:24 am

nevada wrote:
Beatrix Kiddo wrote:what is flexible vacation
There are no earned PTO days. You just take time off when you need it. There is no predetermined limit. But the expectation is that you will be a "responsible" person and only take a "reasonable" amount of time off without disrupting your projects, deliverables etc.

>>>I don't know if this will work across the board, unless you are not getting paid the time you are taking off. I can see something like this in small groups where there is camaraderie, but it will open up room for political conflicts the group gets bigger.

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