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0 pointsjedberg1y ago0 comments

I loved the unlimited vacation policy. I took more vacation at Netflix than anywhere else. No one was anxious about using it.

It helped that senior leadership set a good example. The CEO took a few weeks off every year and made sure everyone knew that it was ok to do that. He also made sure all his directs took a few weeks every year at a minimum.

There was a culture of management encouraging you to take advantage of the program.

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ksdnjweusdnkl211y ago

Ok, but how about few months? Did anyone do that?

jedbergOP1y ago

New parents did sometimes take a couple of months, but typically no. Some people would do 4-5 weeks in the summer. If could get your work done and set things up to run without you, it wasn't a problem.

You had unlimited vacation, but you still had to get your job done.

relaxing1y ago

Not even workers in France get a few months vacation. What are you after here?

fnfjfk1y ago

“Unlimited” means there is no limit, so logically it means a few months should be fine. If a few months not fine, I think a reasonable request would be to define the limit and claim that instead of “unlimited”.

I work at place with about 5 work weeks off, which is a lot for the US, and there’s never any question about whether you can use your time or not because the number of days is exactly specified. I like that better than a vague “unlimited” (but not actually) policy.

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