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Unlimited paid time off sounds like the ultimate workplace benefit. However, this perk often comes with certain strings attached that most employees don't see until it's too late.
Samy Harmoush, a workers' rights employment lawyer on TikTok, revealed why employees should be wary of PTO policies at their jobs. According to him, employees should be most apprehensive about unlimited PTO, an opinion that sounds better in theory than in practice.
Harmoush admitted in a TikTok video that if he had to choose between accepting unlimited PTO and a fixed number of days off throughout the calendar year, he would always choose the latter. While it may seem a bit bizarre to refuse unlimited PTO — which, in theory, allows employees to take off endless days at any time during the year — his reasoning boiled down to the wishy-washy promises that come with unlimited time off.
@misteradvocate If I’m gonna make a choice on PTO, you will never catch me doing anything but getting the specific number of days I get off throughout the year. I’ll take that every single day rather than some wishy-washy promises of unlimited time (your manager can reject if the business can’t permit you to take time off).#workersadvocatelaw original sound - Samy Harmoush, Esq.
"Not only does [the definite number of PTO days] allow me to increase year over year and ask for that as a form of...
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