Starting on Nov. 1, the job networking site's approximately 6,000 US employees will be able to take as much time off as they want every year.

 

Sort of.

 

"The purpose is to empower managers and employees," Pat Wadors, LinkedIn's chief human resource officer, told The Huffington Post. Employees are adults who don't need to be micromanaged or wait to accrue² vacation days after a designated period, she said.

 

But there are limits to the new policy. Workers can't create an alternative work schedule, such as three-day weeks. They can't take six months off. "That's a leave of absence, not a vacation," Wadors said. Employees need to work out their days off with their managers.

 

It's not really unlimited³ vacation, in other words. It's a tricky⁴ bit of push and pull, in which employees must figure out how much time to take off without overloading⁵ their own work schedules or those of their colleagues -- and still convince their bosses that they're devoted⁶ employees. Wadors said that LinkedIn managers know to offer feedback to employees so they don't feel insecure about what to do.

 

The company joins a number of white-collar employers who give their workers the power to decide how much vacation to take, including General Electric Co., Netflix and Virgin⁷ Group.

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