sam_gordon
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- Jun 26, 2010
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Former employer:
When first hired, you got six sick days that could be banked if unused with a max of 30. After a number of years, I had 30, but they changed the policy to a "use it or lose" and anyone that had any banked lost them.
"Vacation" started at two weeks, and the longer you were there, the more you got, maxed out at 4 weeks, use it or lose it. RARE exceptions were made if someone was ASKED (stressed because someone will challenge) to give up already scheduled vacation at the end the of year.
Personal Day, use it or lose it.
I made sure to use up my Personal Day & all of my vacation.
Current employer:
Six sick days per year, two days of which can be rolled over into vacation time for the following year.
Personal Day, use it or lose it.
Vacation starts at two weeks, but can roll over, the longer you've been there, the more you can roll over. I've only been employeed here three years, but I have two weeks "banked. There's supposedly a limit on how much can be "held", but a long time employee says he's never been asked to use up all he has banked.
I like keeping time banked because A) at some point I want to take a multi week vacation and B) it can be used if there is some kind of emergency.
What I don't like about our current system is you accrue 'x' hours/month. If you haven't accrued enough hours though, you can't formally request the time off. For example, you accrue 6.67 hours a month. You start in January, and want to take a week off in July. You can't request the time until June (6.67 * 6 = 40). Now of course, you message/talk to your supervisor to get the time on the schedule, but it can't be "requested" until you have the available hours.
When first hired, you got six sick days that could be banked if unused with a max of 30. After a number of years, I had 30, but they changed the policy to a "use it or lose" and anyone that had any banked lost them.
"Vacation" started at two weeks, and the longer you were there, the more you got, maxed out at 4 weeks, use it or lose it. RARE exceptions were made if someone was ASKED (stressed because someone will challenge) to give up already scheduled vacation at the end the of year.
Personal Day, use it or lose it.
I made sure to use up my Personal Day & all of my vacation.
Current employer:
Six sick days per year, two days of which can be rolled over into vacation time for the following year.
Personal Day, use it or lose it.
Vacation starts at two weeks, but can roll over, the longer you've been there, the more you can roll over. I've only been employeed here three years, but I have two weeks "banked. There's supposedly a limit on how much can be "held", but a long time employee says he's never been asked to use up all he has banked.
I like keeping time banked because A) at some point I want to take a multi week vacation and B) it can be used if there is some kind of emergency.
What I don't like about our current system is you accrue 'x' hours/month. If you haven't accrued enough hours though, you can't formally request the time off. For example, you accrue 6.67 hours a month. You start in January, and want to take a week off in July. You can't request the time until June (6.67 * 6 = 40). Now of course, you message/talk to your supervisor to get the time on the schedule, but it can't be "requested" until you have the available hours.
