How much 'vacation' time do you get?

[ussfletcher]

This thread got me curious. So how much paid time off do you receive? I personally get somewhere around 4 weeks of time off which isn't strictly for vacation, but also doesn't include sick days.

 

[Baked]

None. When you're the owner, you don't get any time off.

 

[CraigRT]

2 weeks paid vacation. 5 years I get 3.

 

[DAGTA]

24 days, plus 11.5 holidays. Probably the best benefit where I work.

 

[RossMAN]

It depends on the infraction and it's seriousness.

Calling out a Mod.
Posting pr0n or warez.
RMB.
Posting a link to the forum that shall not be named.
etc.

Oh you mean how much vacation time from work?

 

[ussfletcher]

It depends on the infraction and it's seriousness.

Calling out a Mod.
Posting pr0n or warez.
RMB.
Posting a link to the forum that shall not be named.
etc.

Oh you mean how much vacation time from work?

 

[HAL9000]

Minimum of 5.6 weeks. (28 days if you work 5 days a week)

 

[Lifted]

WTF is with your poll?

Most people get 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks...

Not 2-3 weeks, or 3-4 weeks.

What do I choose if I have 3 weeks?

 

[MovingTarget]

I teach high school, so it depends on how you calculate paid vacation. Our contract is only a 10 month contract, so technically I'm unemployed for two months out of the year. So, I voted for the ATOT "always on vacation" option.

Before I started teaching, even when I was salaried, our paid vacation days were actually measured in days, not weeks. The US has no mandated paid vacation days, period. Hell, most of our foodservice workers don't even get paid sick days. Its no wonder we are a bunch of unhealthy, zombified busybodies.

 

[MovingTarget]

Minimum of 5.6 weeks. (28 days if you work 5 days a week)

From your link:

The basics of holiday rights

There is a minimum right to paid holiday, but your employer may offer more than this. The main things you should know about holiday rights are that:

• you are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks paid annual leave - 28 days for someone working five days a week (capped at a statutory maximum of 28 days for all working patterns)
• part-time workers are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata (so 5.6 times your usual working week, eg 22.4 days for someone working four days a week)
• you start building up holiday as soon as you start work
• your employer can control when you take your holiday
• you get paid your normal pay for your holiday
• when you finish a job, you get paid for any holiday you have not taken
• bank and public holidays can be included in your minimum entitlement
• you continue to be entitled to your holiday leave throughout your ordinary and additional maternity leave and paternity and adoption leave

Holy crap. How the hell did you guys ever get this passed? Inquiring (and insanely jealous) US workers want to know. We work ourselves to death over here in comparison....and it shows in our physical/mental health. We get zilch in terms of mandated vacation. 2 weeks is customary for full time salaried employees, but thats if you are lucky.

 

[ussfletcher]

WTF is with your poll?

Most people get 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks...

Not 2-3 weeks, or 3-4 weeks.

What do I choose if I have 3 weeks?

A lot of people get it by the day too. Let's say its (2,3], does that make it easier?

 

[Xcobra]

lol fail poll... here in Aussie, you are guaranteed 20 (or 4 weeks) of paid vacation. Not bad.

 

[RossMAN]

lol fail poll... here in Aussie, you are guaranteed 20 (or 4 weeks) of paid vacation. Not bad.

Wait until they hear about Aussie's long service leave

In Australia, unlike many other countries, employees are generally entitled to additional leave, known as long service leave, over and above their annual leave if they stay with a particular employer for a certain length of time. A common entitlement in Australia is that employees who remain with a particular employer for ten years will receive an entitlement of eight and two-thirds weeks' (two calendar months) paid leave and more on a pro-rata basis the longer they stay with that employer. This amount was originally thirteen weeks (three months) after fifteen years in most states until recent years. In the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, an employee is entitled to pro-rata long service leave after seven years.

 

[spacejamz]

Hit the 10 year mark with my company so I went from 3 weeks a year to 4...In addition to 6 standard holidays and 4 floaters that we can take when we want (MLK, Presidents Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day).

 

[HAL9000]

From your link:


Holy crap. How the hell did you guys ever get this passed? Inquiring (and insanely jealous) US workers want to know. We work ourselves to death over here in comparison....and it shows in our physical/mental health. We get zilch in terms of mandated vacation. 2 weeks is customary for full time salaried employees, but thats if you are lucky.

Yeah I know, I couldn't live the way you guys do...

 

[postmortemIA]

approx. 4 weeks, and in one of the most generous companies when it comes to vacation. try to use it all at once? good luck with that.

 

[Glitchny]

We earn it in hourly chunks where I work. I get 120hrs or 15 days a year, plus 1 floating holiday a year. The floating holiday is automatic every year, the 120 hours is earned over the course of the year with each pay period. Having to build it up can be annoying but you are generally allowed to be negative a lil and earn it back. Also we can have a total of 280(35days) or so hours saved at a time.

Also the longer you work there the faster you earn time, I'm at the base rate still. A couple of my bosses have so much time off they had to spend it recently as they hit the old cap of 360hrs(45days).

 

[Aikouka]

3 weeks a year, which includes sick time.

I kind of miss how my first job gave me infinite sick time.

 

[Slew Foot]

zero days paid off.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

15 days - sucks because my previous two jobs were 20 and 22 days. I do get unlimited sick time.

20 days at year 5 but who stays 5yrs at the same Company anymore?

 

[trmiv]

4 weeks PTO plus 2 floating holidays. We accrue it though so I get like 13.333 hours per month.

 

[Dedpuhl]

5 weeks including personal/sick time

 

[thegimp03]

Between 12 and 25 depending on how long the employee stays, plus holidays and sick time.

My previous job was 25 and after 7 years it increases but not many people are crazy enough to spend 7 years at a Big 4.

 

[Tommy2000GT]

I'm 3 weeks. So i'm no sure if I should pick 2-3 or 3-4 in this poll

 

[Xcobra]

Wait until they hear about Aussie's long service leave

Yeah I know about this. So awesome. I am seconded though so it won't apply to me