Lincoln Financial is moving to an "unlimited PTO policy". That is nonsense. It puts pressure on the good people to not take enough time. And it forces managers to fight with the weak people on taking too much time. It sounds like a good thing, but it's not. Fight this terrible policy as hard as you can to get it reversed. It's really bad--especially for the hardest workers.

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There is no such thing as truly unlimited PTO, as companies will always have practical limitations. What is real is no payout or accrual of sick or vacation time when leaving or retiring.

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Yes this

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It also means if someone resigns they don’t have to pay out any vacation time, because you don’t have a set amount in your time.

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I think this was why unlimited PTO was created. California employees don’t lose vacation days that aren’t used, so some employees could get a year or more payout by accumulating vacation over many years.

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Yeah, unlimited PTO always sounds great on paper, but in reality, it usually just means people take less time off. No clear guidelines, pressure to “prove” you’re not slacking—it’s been a mess in my experience. Structured PTO at least guarantees people actually use their time. Definitely worth pushing back on this one.

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I’m hoping one of the “Feedback Friday” surveys is on this topic and they get blasted

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It won’t matter.

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Why is everyone leaving there ?

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Leadership turnover and there are regular layoffs

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Sounds like already a very toxic work environment if you’re overworking your good people to not take enough time off already ;) In such case, fixed PTO or unlimited PTO is not the problem…

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I wanna apply 😂 but seriously. Totally agree with you.

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