How many vacation days have you taken in the last year?

[Ripsnort]

Almost 4 weeks vacation per year.
2 weeks sick leave per year (use it as vacation   )
2 weeks of paid holiday time off a year (8 of it during X-mas)
Personal Business time off (up to 40 hours before the whistle blows)
Non Industrial  time off (up to 40 hours before the whistle blows, used for doctors appointments, dentist)

Edit:last year I had 9 weeks off total paid time.

[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 03-30-2001).]

[Eagler]

Topic:   How many vacation days have you taken in the last year?

not enough  

Eagler

[AKDejaVu]

Last year?  Had a 2 month paid sabatacle and about 150 hours of vacation.  It was a relaxing year

AKDejaVu

[Kratzer]

3 weeks a year... I take at least one of those weeks as an occasional day off (usually coinciding with a new AH release) and the others in a summer block and a mid-winter block.

You just gotta take your vacation.  When you are gone and the whole thing falls apart, they will need to realize that they need more resources and hire them.

[mietla]

300+ hours in a backlog and new hour coming at 4 weeks/year. Actually I'm losing them since I'm at the limit.  

[Karnak]

It seems that for many of us our 'vacation time' is a carrot on a stick.

The pace of business just does not let up enough to use the vacation time that has accrued.  Higher ups are always setting a schedule that does not seem to allow time to off be taken.  If we do slow our schedule to accommodate vacations and our competition does not, we lose.  The same goes for our competition, they can't or they lose.

There is one guy I work with who has not taken a single vacation day in more than 5 years.

Fellow PTO hoarders,
What industries do you guys work in?

I work at a .com

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[Kratzer]

Same thing for the work day... 5 rolls around, leave.  Staying late makes them think that it is okay, and they will set deadlines create a never ending downward spiral.

Take back your life!

I also work for a .com... well, at least our section of the business is a .com...

[qts]

Since starting my current gig in mid May last year, I've had about 2 weeks off, excluding Christmas and Bank Holidays. I'm a contractor, so if I don't work, I don't get paid. That said, my boss is exceptionally good, so if I need to take a day off, I can.

Or come in late when some b*st*rd shunts my car.

Of course, prior to that, I'd had 14 weeks off...

Did I mention I work in the aerospace industry too?

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[Fury]

I've been working at the same place for almost 14 years now.

I'm up to 5 weeks per year vacation.

Last year I took 4 weeks straight to tour the western US but that's something that won't happen again.  Normally I take four weeks total.

p.s. I don't think that is normal or even average, I think I'm lucky

Fury

Computer shop, we write code for $$ authorizations and settlement

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[MrSiD]

9 weeks of paid vacation every year (if you have the 7,5 hour working day), weekends off, every major holiday off, special vacation options for paternity for example (took 1 month this year.)

Optional vacation for doing overtime (time and a half as free time..)

In case of flu or other minor sickness, a ticket from a nurse gives easy 1 weeks off.. etc etc.

And this is standard to all the workers in finland.

[StSanta]

rip: i think i want your job.  

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[-towd_]

40 hours vacation 40 sick  2 paid holidays. what non executives get in usa mostly.

ohh where for art thou socialism.

[Toad]

Europe.

Enjoy!