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How Unlimited PTO Disguises the Lack of Autonomy in Corporate Culture
Seeing through the reality of unlimited PTO as an entrepreneur
I was born a very skeptical child.
When adults told me something, I always questioned the validity of their advice and source of information. I always did my own “investigation” and “research”, to the extent that a 7-year-old child could perform, to find out things on my own.
When tech companies started to become the hot child of the job market years ago, the term “unlimited PTO” began to pop up everywhere.
I immediately stopped when I first saw this incredibly attractive offering.
It’s too good to be true — I thought to myself. What’s the catch?
The Catch of the Unlimited PTO
As I experienced more of the corporate culture as an employee myself at many different companies, I began to understand the catch of the Unlimited PTO.
Like they say — if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Like they say — if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
