Vacation Time - Did you use all of yours? (1 Viewer)

[Ketamine Dreams]

Get 24 days off plus 5 float holidays. Can build them up to 35 days banked, then have to use them or lose them.

 

[The Commish]

I transitioned to a different team this year and lost track of my totals. Turns out I had 9 days more than I thought. I get to carry 5 over, but I'll be leaving 4 on the table....first time ever. Though, I probably had that many "sick" days that I didn't enter

 

[moleculo]

I applaud the people that use all of their leave time.

why would you not?You are doing yourself and your company a disservice by not being as fresh/rejuvenated as you could possibly be.

I understand that thinking, but I've learned at my job (consulting engineering) there is no such thing as a day off. The work just gets pushed to a later date and the deadlines never move. End up with less time to do the same work.

ThisI will have a week or so when I'm not in the office, away on business or even personal trips. Either way, my phone doesn't stop ringing and I respond to emails 7 days a week so really never "off".

no, I get that. I just think that in most circumstances, you have got to be able to plan around things and trust your team to do what they need to do in your absence. I gotta believe - even if your job is the most important thing in your company, they will figure out how to work around you taking a week here and a week there if you give them enough notice.

 

[Arizona Ron]

I applaud the people that use all of their leave time.

why would you not?You are doing yourself and your company a disservice by not being as fresh/rejuvenated as you could possibly be.

I understand that thinking, but I've learned at my job (consulting engineering) there is no such thing as a day off. The work just gets pushed to a later date and the deadlines never move. End up with less time to do the same work.

ThisI will have a week or so when I'm not in the office, away on business or even personal trips. Either way, my phone doesn't stop ringing and I respond to emails 7 days a week so really never "off".

no, I get that. I just think that in most circumstances, you have got to be able to plan around things and trust your team to do what they need to do in your absence. I gotta believe - even if your job is the most important thing in your company, they will figure out how to work around you taking a week here and a week there if you give them enough notice.

I get what you're saying but it's really not a grind for me to check an email, make a quick call or even hop on a conference call to resolve something quickly rather than letting it potentially explode into a bigger issue.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I effed up my vote. Please remove.

 

[moleculo]

I applaud the people that use all of their leave time.

why would you not?You are doing yourself and your company a disservice by not being as fresh/rejuvenated as you could possibly be.

I understand that thinking, but I've learned at my job (consulting engineering) there is no such thing as a day off. The work just gets pushed to a later date and the deadlines never move. End up with less time to do the same work.

ThisI will have a week or so when I'm not in the office, away on business or even personal trips. Either way, my phone doesn't stop ringing and I respond to emails 7 days a week so really never "off".

no, I get that. I just think that in most circumstances, you have got to be able to plan around things and trust your team to do what they need to do in your absence. I gotta believe - even if your job is the most important thing in your company, they will figure out how to work around you taking a week here and a week there if you give them enough notice.

I get what you're saying but it's really not a grind for me to check an email, make a quick call or even hop on a conference call to resolve something quickly rather than letting it potentially explode into a bigger issue.

I know it's not always a big deal. I used to work that way too. I've found out, however, that if I can completely disconnect, I can come back with vigor and am much more effective and creative. It's like when you have writers block - you need to disconnect for a while and come back at it with a fresh mind.For me, it takes about a week of separation for a complete disconnect. If I'm plugged in the whole time, I'm not really away.

 

[17seconds]

We've got some people who made a lot of sacrifices this year and are being given comp time. Some of them have hit the rollover cap. So they'll basically be forced to take 5 or 6 weeks or will lose it.

 

[Novice2]

What you don't use ( vacation,sick days ) you get paid for last pay period of the year.

 

[belljr]

What you don't use ( vacation,sick days ) you get paid for last pay period of the year.

See if I had some of these type of options I may not worry about using it all. Unless I'm planning a big trip I don't carry anything over

 

[Maelstrom]

We can roll over 160 hours, I have almost 180 right now and already get the last week of the year off paid. So I'll probably lose a few days and start in a hole next year.

We've been a bit short-handed, but with 2 new people starting early next year I plan to use it a bit more aggressively.

 

[cstu]

I understand different work places have different policies for Vacation Time; some combine Sick Leave and Vacation Time into "Paid Time Off (PTO)". Also, I know some companies still allow vaction time to roll over (which is crazy).

For the purposes of this poll, Vacation Time and Sick time are the same thing ("Leave Time"); add up your total allowable paid leave time this year (however the classification).

Do not include paid holidays.

For the last 5 years or so, I get 3 weeks of Leave time each year. I have never used all three weeks, ever. This year I'll lose 2 weeks simply because I've been too busy chasing money.

 

[the moops]

I gotta believe - even if your job is the most important thing in your company, they will figure out how to work around you taking a week here and a week there if you give them enough notice.

A million percent true. We are not as important as we would like to believe

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Just curious if any new thoughts on this...

 

[ZenMaster]

I get 28 days of PTO each year, and I can roll over anything up to 42 days total at the end of each year. Anything above that is automatically cashed out at 75%.

This year I cashed out a little over 8 days (66 hrs) at 75%.

I rarely get sick and I just don't take 28 days/year off.

 

[trogg78]

I get about 4 weeks vacation. I will buy an extra week when available. You can't roll over any days when you buy vacation so I use it all.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Used 10 days, carried over 2

Took payout on 6 personal days

 

[Dark Matter]

I just did an audit of my vacation used in 2013/2014. Vacation days that fell on weekends and holidays were counted against my vacation used I am a salaried employee. Holiday's need to be credited back but what about weekends? There is no mention in the company handbook regarding this situation. I have 450 hrs on the books but company policy changed so that I can not accrue more until I'm under 240 hrs.

 

[GoFishTN]

Still taking every day I get. You guys are weird.

 

[Fat Nick]

I get 3 weeks. I took 2 last year. I took a week off for paternity leave in lieu of a summer vacation, so I really took the same amount of time, it's just that the paterntiy week didn't count. I'll use the extra week here and there to build my deck this spring.

Odd happening at my old company. They were in the midst of some cost cutting. They used to have unlimited carry-over of vacation days. They changed the policy to only allow you to carry 3 weeks, then the next year 2 weeks, then finally 1 week. So basically, you had 3 years to work your days down to 1 week. There were some really senior folks who had nearly a year of vacation built up. They all planned to just take it when they retired, and essentially get an extra year of pay/benefits. Needless to say, a Senior VP can't easily take off a whole year mid-career. Folks were LIVID. A few people retired early because of it. I think, honestly, that was what they wanted them to do anyway...

 

[D in the D]

I get 18 vacation days and usually use at least 15 of them. Over time I have a bank of over five weeks built up that I plan on whittling down or cashing out if I ever move to a new gig or retire.. We get to keep them indefinitely.

 

[quiksilver]

Earned 33 days

Took 19 days

Sold back 10 days @ 100%

Added 4 days to the bank

Ended the year with 23 days in the bank - maximum of 30 days is allowed

 

[DaVinci]

I get 19.5 days a year (156 hours) and can carry over 45 days (use or lose). I also get 5 additional days a year (with no carry over limit) of home leave that can only be used for trips back to the States. I'll need to take 8 days of regular vacation by the end of the year.

 

[FUBAR]

Earn 30 days per year, took 20 so far (Christmas plus wife's surgery).

had 75 days rolled over from previous years.

We go October-September and I'll probably take another 28 this fiscal year.