Maybe someday I'll work somewhere with good PTO. currently 6 holidays, 2 pto weeks and 1 sick week.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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Crazy people. We get 4 weeks at the start and then 1 extra per year for five years. So total 5 weeks paid holiday. Only work 33 hours a week too. Some companies treat people well, just have to get lucky and find a small one.
Also, yeah I’m not micro retiring.
I'm actually retired but I think of it as a macro-vacation.
Just 2 weeks? That is called a vacation!
did similar for years with sick time which was use or lose 10 days a year. boss complained my calling in sick Fridays and Mondays had become a pattern. well yeah. worked at a community college in illinois. not a slave.
We used to do that in my generation, but it was just called getting laid off. 😂
I think that is called unemployment, just saying…
This has got to be fake, or engagement bait, right?
Honestly, as someone who doesn't like in America I feel like this wouldn't surprise me if it was real from there.
Where I live you have minimum 4 weeks annual leave a year...
Everytime I read something that makes me frustrated or that sounds ridiculous I assume it's rage bait because it almost aways is.
Give burnout a chance
I work in educational support on a 10-month contract. I am paid for the built in holidays and I save a little and take the summer off. I think it is a good work/life balance.
This is like 4x10 hour days or 3x12 hour days to the extreme!!
I also work in education (university level) but the IT side of the house. I’d love to do this but honestly the slow summer is when we get most of our more extensive maintenance done since it’s slow.
I can imagine! I cannot guess what it’s like to try to get big projects done when class is in. Just the oppressive amount of bodies. I remember the net going on once in my elementary school. That was chaos. Hearing “When will it be fixed” a thousand times. As someone who depends on IT (my laptop has become a frisbee more than once) thanks for your hard work. :p
if this becomes a thing we need to make "fire-sale" a euphemism for a literal fire.
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