We’ve unlimited PTO policy - which sucks. My direct manager makes the best use of it by taking so many one off days every few weeks and bulk time off (5+ days). Every time, I’ve taken time off or requested PTO - it has warranted a conversation, multiple promises on coverage and sometimes refusal too. I am good at my job, highly respected but I feel undervalued in these circumstances. I want to raise it appropriately. How do I go about it?

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Assuming you’re at a tech company. Unlimited PTO is designed to make you feel this way.

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@FL1 - 💯 + it wipes out any obligation to pay you for unused vacation hours when you leave or are laid off.

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I would either just take the days or call out your manager on this. No.

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At the beginning of the calendar year, or earlier, secure a team calendar and call the days off you want. That way you have in writing what you asked for.

OP are we coworkers? 😂

But seriously, while coverage conversations aren't at all unreasonable given your level, the rest are perfectly valid concerns, IMO. Unfortunately I don't really know what you can do about it since HR is unlikely to be of use to you. As WPP says, planning ahead as much as possible is the least bad answer I can come up with.

We are told to call it "flexible PTO"

Perhaps the biggest money-saving scam ever cast on employees. The ONLY reason it exists is because companies figured out what they could save by not having to payout earned vacation time when employees leave. The companies save the money and they leave it up to middle managers to manage the chaos of dealing with the employees who abuse the policy (typically the under-performers) and those who end up not taking enough time off (typically the high performers).

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