IPG MB just got unlimited PTO starting 2018 ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŽ‰

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Unlimited PTO = Zero PTO

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It's a trap.

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AND if you quit they pay out no vacation accrued.

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Also, studies have shown that when given unlimited pto, low performing employees tend to take more days than high performing employees. So itโ€™s an easy way to classify employees - at least narrow down the number of employees you need to look at closely

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Itโ€™s the worst. Someone is still counting how many days you take (and probably factoring it into your overall billable hours/day rate, so higher quality of life means first to be laid off), AND if your boss doesnโ€™t take many days off, you wonโ€™t be approved to either.

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๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผwhat everyone else said. I took WAY fewer days when I had unlimited than I have when I had a set amount. When you have a set limit, no one gives you shit for making the most of your PTO days

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The real con is that companies have convinced employees that this is a good thing for them

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I worked at Deutsch (another IPG brand) and the did this a couple years ago. โ€œUnlimitedโ€ PTO was a joke. They paid us all out for our accrued vacay, then they never had to pay for it again. Oh and if you took โ€œtoo muchโ€ โ€œunlimitedโ€ โ€œPTOโ€ youโ€™d get a talking to. Basically what everyone else said above. Itโ€™s a cost cutting scam that they sugar coat by telling you itโ€™s โ€œunlimitedโ€. Itโ€™s not. And unless youโ€™re really diligent about taking enough vacay, youโ€™ll most likely take less time off, not more

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Take the same number of days you had before they made the announcement. No more, no less.

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Oh crap! Is this going to spread to all the IPG companies?

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It's really a bad thing. I was very unhappy to hear it.

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What everyone else said above. I wasnโ€™t too pleased about it.

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I think it is

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Explain

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Wow Americans are so cynical, this is a good thing in other parts of the world.

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Sorry

Ugh

Thatโ€™s not a good thing

It's like the open office of policies. It's a good idea in theory but ends up rewarding the slackers and makes the hard working folks bitter af

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