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AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
9. Paid days off? What's that?
Thu May 30, 2013, 06:16 AM
May 2013

Meanwhile, all the salaried people where I work are busy taking their vacations, while the office heads into the busiest time of the year shorthanded.

Most of the employees (myself included) are temporary full time. If we get sick, or just decide we need a day off, we don't get paid. So, we don't get sick, and we don't decide we need a day off (in most cases).

It's actually a pretty good deal for the office --we don't get any kind of benefits, can work all sorts of God-awful hours, and are also the scapegoats and whipping boys if something goes wrong, so hey! What a deal! For them.

But at my age (52) this is the best I can probably do in this economy.

I wonder how many people who get paid vacations actually use it. dkf May 2013 #1
I use mine BainsBane May 2013 #3
I'm up to 7 FreeJoe May 2013 #28
The odd thing about where I work BainsBane May 2013 #30
That is unusual FreeJoe May 2013 #37
Precisely Sherman A1 May 2013 #6
I only use mine if I'm too sick to crawl into work. MindPilot May 2013 #11
I use mine. My company insists on it. nt hack89 May 2013 #25
That sounds somewhat high to me, but I'm not out there collecting statistics. SheilaT May 2013 #2
So you think I'm an idiot? MindPilot May 2013 #15
If you never take any of your vacation time for years on end, yes you're SheilaT May 2013 #20
With more and more people having to cobble together various part-time gigs... no wonder. LooseWilly May 2013 #4
When do we stop calling the US an "advanced" economy.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #5
We do have an advanced economy by today's definition, it's our society that's backward. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #8
The employers that do offer B Calm May 2013 #7
or they put in limitations for which times you cannot take vacation SoCalDem May 2013 #17
Boss: Sorry can't let you have that week, B Calm May 2013 #39
Paid days off? What's that? AngryOldDem May 2013 #9
I remember having this discussion here before. Heywood J May 2013 #10
how many get sick days? hobbit709 May 2013 #12
du rec. xchrom May 2013 #13
IMO, that's about the right figure. nt raccoon May 2013 #14
I am surprised the number is not higher SoCalDem May 2013 #16
I believe that lunch breaks, while not federally mandated, SheilaT May 2013 #21
Lunch breaks are typically for 6 hours or more tabbycat31 May 2013 #24
Where I work we're supposed to get a 30 minute lunch break SheilaT May 2013 #31
It's been years since I've worked there tabbycat31 May 2013 #32
6 hours is Federal Law but some states override that DotGone May 2013 #33
typical of corporate America - companies are shooting themselves in the foot on this one laundry_queen May 2013 #18
It's not just corporate America... ohheckyeah May 2013 #34
That is true laundry_queen May 2013 #35
Sometimes in small towns the mom and pops are the only ohheckyeah May 2013 #36
Actual small business often run on really tight margins TheKentuckian May 2013 #38
2 days a month, one for annual leave and one for sick Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #19
I suppose its fairly easy to rationalize bhikkhu May 2013 #22
I work full time..40 hrs per week. No sick time, Saphire May 2013 #23
If I take more than one day off consecutively, I risk getting fired Downtown Hound May 2013 #26
I don't get paid days off 'cause I'm a contractor justiceischeap May 2013 #27
it's part of what keep my husband and i from going on longer trips fizzgig May 2013 #29
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