> Or consider unlimited vacation for developers. At one point that was a fairly novel perk. Now, everyone has that.
I would argue that nobody (or hardly anyone) has this. Otherwise you’d find most developer only working 6 months a year.
I would argue that nobody (or hardly anyone) has this. Otherwise you’d find most developer only working 6 months a year.
In contrast to the more traditional employers who say that you can start with two weeks and after 3 years of loyal service with no real raises, you can have three.
My employer considered introducing unlimited holiday, but we said no once they admitted that they were hoping it would result in us taking less holiday in practice. I’d rather have my 5 weeks guaranteed, no guilt, than be worrying about whether I’ve taken too much unlimited holiday.
It’s like letting the kids mind the house by themselves while you go on holidays.
If they take too much liberty, they never get that privilege again. If they do it within implied constraints they get to have the house more often.
If you have power (not necessarily managerial) you can exploit thus and be okay, if you’re mediocre and you take the same advantage, you could very well have signed your own pink slip.
Now if you have a minimum everyone takes, then even as a mediocre worker, you’re not an outlier.