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fizzgig

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29. it's part of what keep my husband and i from going on longer trips

Thu May 30, 2013, 01:52 PM

May 2013

i get plenty of pto at my job but my husband doesn't have any, so we don't go away for anything more than a few nights. otherwise we're losing half our income and we just can't afford that on top of paying for a trip.

i get two weeks, plus about a half dozen paid holidays and then three floating holidays and i always use all my pto. last year i took the last two weeks of december off and it was awesome. and i don't have any problem getting the time off when i need it. it's one of the few good things about my job.

edit: i don't get sick time, but that's never been an issue for me.

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One Quarter of Americans Don't Get Paid Days Off [View all] marmar May 2013 OP

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