Mar 27, 2026 · 58 min · 12 segments
One of the most enduring basslines of all time was the lead into one of the greatest rock collaborations of all time – Queen and David Bowie. 1981’s Under Pressure became a #1 hit in the UK. Under…
I think the other thing that's really important is if you can take time off, take time off.
And on the Bad Job Bingo card, if anybody has ever looked at it, the free space is unlimited PTO is a trap because it is.
So it has... been established through studies and through just anecdotal experience that when unlimited PTO is established in companies, people actually take less PTO because there's no use it or lose it, which encourages people to actually take their time off, right? And there's also this idea of because it's unlimited, you never really know what's considered reasonable in a company.
And they get to set what is reasonable and what is unreasonable, right? Not you, they do.
And so because of that, there is always this guessing game that employees are playing when they need to take time off.
a little while ago, am I allowed to take off another week or another couple of days? Can I ask for every Friday off? Because it's unlimited PTO, so why can't you take every Friday off if you want? So there's this game that's being played that kind of ensures that you don't actually take time off.
And the other thing I think that plays into this is when you're a remote worker, there's this idea, well, you're working at home, so what could possibly be stressing you out, right? Companies look at this as a benefit.
And I'm like, and I always say in Bad Job Bingo, there are several horses, dead horses that I beat consistently.
It is just another thing that like with your salary, with, you know, the duties of your position, it's just a condition of employment.
So, because we think of remote work as a benefit, we don't consider that I, like, you know, sometimes I look at the calendar that, or not the calendar, but the schedule I had for the previous week where I sign on.
My sign on right now is 10 a.m. because I'm still dealing with, you know, health issues.
But because it's remote work, because we're working at home, there's no clear boundary between when you're on and when you're off.
I think the other thing that's really important is if you can take time off, take time off.
And on the Bad Job Bingo card, if anybody has ever looked at it, the free space is unlimited PTO is a trap because it is.
So it has... been established through studies and through just anecdotal experience that when unlimited PTO is established in companies, people actually take less PTO because there's no use it or lose it, which encourages people to actually take their time off, right? And there's also this idea of because it's unlimited, you never really know what's considered reasonable in a company.
And they get to set what is reasonable and what is unreasonable, right? Not you, they do.
And so because of that, there is always this guessing game that employees are playing when they need to take time off.
a little while ago, am I allowed to take off another week or another couple of days? Can I ask for every Friday off? Because it's unlimited PTO, so why can't you take every Friday off if you want? So there's this game that's being played that kind of ensures that you don't actually take time off.
And the other thing I think that plays into this is when you're a remote worker, there's this idea, well, you're working at home, so what could possibly be stressing you out, right? Companies look at this as a benefit.
And I'm like, and I always say in Bad Job Bingo, there are several horses, dead horses that I beat consistently.
It is just another thing that like with your salary, with, you know, the duties of your position, it's just a condition of employment.
So, because we think of remote work as a benefit, we don't consider that I, like, you know, sometimes I look at the calendar that, or not the calendar, but the schedule I had for the previous week where I sign on.
My sign on right now is 10 a.m. because I'm still dealing with, you know, health issues.
But because it's remote work, because we're working at home, there's no clear boundary between when you're on and when you're off.
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