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Thanks for your note. I am inserting our response to a similar comment around why we added guidelines to PTO: Regarding our recent shift to Flexible PTO, this change was made to provide more clarity, fairness, and predictability around time off. While unlimited PTO offers autonomy, it creates uncertainty and inconsistency. This adjustment ensures everyone can take time off with confidence allowing HubSpot to maintain operational balance and deliver to our customers. Our goal is a sustainable and equitable approach to time off that benefits both our employees and our customers. A couple of other points to clear up: Compensation and equity is determined based on the market in which an employee resides. If you travel, you will appreciate how wildly the cost of labor differs across the globe and as a result, companies anchor their compensation to the market in which an employee resides versus choosing globally consistent compensation and equity ranges. The benefits of a global 'one week shutdown' are huge given it creates an opportunity for everyone to completely unplug. As stated when announced, 2025 will be a test and learn year for us around week of rest and whether it makes sense to retain going forward knowing that this week in July does not make sense for all countries around the world, however the sentiment for maintaining it remains very strong. The opportunity to take a 4 week sabbatical every 5 years (whilst continuing to be paid) remains an exciting and popular HubSpot benefit. The only thing that has been taken away is the additional cash lump sum (which we will not remove for anyone in the company at the time of announcement - only to people joining post announcement) that accompanied the original program. We felt the benefit was compelling enough and chose to make a trade off by reallocating funds to areas where we were under market. - The People Team