Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[gnarlygninja]

Neither the pinapple or hawaiian pizza are from Hawaii, so there's no reason Kiwis can't claim the kiwi pizza.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

When I worked for Sun, I was stunned they didn't track sick days. They trusted you not to abuse it. Even if it was a mental health day.
Never heard of anyone abusing it.

My Dad used an honor system for leave & sick days in his business. And he tried a time clock for a month before turning it into a paperweight.

His employee turnover was extremely low.

 

[Ryujin]

Apparently when you offer unlimited vacation days, the actual number of vacation days taken goes down.

"Unlimited vacation days" is often a scam, as they add the codicil that the leave must be authorized by a superior, and must not impact productivity. In practice such authorization is rarely provided as productivity is, of course, always impacted by an emplyee absence.

 

[TiQuinn]

I’ve seen the unlimited vacation days work out well at some places but I think the big thing is that you can never really be sure it’s going to be approved. I’ve seen folks take sabbaticals but I also know they did a lot of work to make sure they had coverage in their jobs, and they had to plan it in advance, etc. But on the average, I would say there are more people taking a greater than average number of days off, and it’s nicer than having to do a hard count of days available for vacation or sick time.

 

[MoonSong]

I’ve seen the unlimited vacation days work out well at some places but I think the big thing is that you can never really be sure it’s going to be approved. I’ve seen folks take sabbaticals but I also know they did a lot of work to make sure they had coverage in their jobs, and they had to plan it in advance, etc. But on the average, I would say there are more people taking a greater than average number of days off, and it’s nicer than having to do a hard count of days available for vacation or sick time.

A lot of places are poorly run. They can't handle the most minimal disruption.