IBM had the worst vacation and holiday policies of any tech/consulting company I have worked for. Why is it so outdated in its culture? Other companies typically give the last week of December off along with generous holidays even for July 4th weekend and 20 plus/unlimited vacation days. IBM has only 12 days of holidays or something like that for tenure and 8 holidays in a year with 2 personal holidays. It’s disappointing

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Wait till your firm transitions to “Unlimited” PTO , you miss your current plan……

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It’s 15 days + 4 personal choice days, 64 hours of sick time off to start. Not generous but not too bad tbh

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Do people actually use their “sick” team for a scheduled Friday / Monday off work? Utilization aside, it sounds like a use it or lose it - so why not use it abs bank your actual PTO days?

Same - our boutique firm only has 15 days of PTO, with only days off being July 4th and Christmas Day itself

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Wow, in at 27 days pto and 10 holidays

IBM is just a WITCH nowadays so the policies reflect that mindset.

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