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... you guys have vocation times?

English, same.

European here.

Lately at my work, we are actually being asked to submit a vacation plan for the next year at the end of the previous year. I basically had to sit down with my significant other and plan out exactly when we would take time off. My work demands this (and to a lesser degree, hers too) because people apparently have issues with using up their vacation days in the year they are valid for, and that is a real problem for the company, even a legal one. Theoretically, if there is a lot of work, and vacation time is not possible, the company could agree to not let the vacation days expire, but that means they have to put money on the side in case they have to pay out the vacation days, which is a lot of money uselessly bound that cannot be spent.

So yeah, 30 days every year, and when we're sick, we're sick. Some people take a vacation day to see a doctor, but most people just try to do that in the early morning or in the evening and maybe take some overtime hours for that.

I am not telling you this to gloat. I am telling you this to let you know your bosses are taking you for a ride. Demand more, demand better. If that doesn't work, there's always

I have plenty of vacation time. I could take over a month off of work right now if I wanted to, and still have enough left to cover any sick days.

The problem is that I work a night shift, which comes with a pay differential at my job. But that differential doesn't get paid out when I use vacation time. So if I take any time off work, my paycheck that week is significantly lower. Which is the reason I have over a month's worth of vacation hours, because using them means getting paid less so I never end up taking any time off. It's a fucking trap that I can't get out of and it's been driving me insane. I Just need some time off, but I also need to pay the rent.

Yeah, our system sucks and political violence is taking hold. So, you know ... good, I guess.

Yep, I've never had a job that allowed me to take off time for a vacation. Only sick days, things I have to do but can only be done during the day during the week, and emergencies. Taking more than that is highly frowned upon and would cause me to lose any opportunity to move up. I take a week off once a year to get the things done that pile up that aren't as urgent. Though this past year I ended up getting really sick that week and didn't even get that opportunity.

I’m just burned out doing stupid shit at work. I usually have like 1 real hour of work per day, max. The rest is all horseshit. I don’t need to be there 2 days a week, I don’t need to be at my fucking computer at all, for the most part. It’s all bullshit meetings, bullshit spreadsheets, bullshit emails.

Minor improvement I heard of was implemented. A company let employees use sick time for doctors visits, because it is preemptive to employees getting sick and actually resulted in less employees on lengthy sick leave. For example finding cancer before it turns into a major issue, because employees don't have to weigh PTO time off for childcare or selfcare.

There are steps companies can do to improve their employees lives. One miniscule pool of PTO as a catch all doesn't cut it anymore. There is too much demand on our time outside of work.

I encourage my subordinates to take advantage of their salary job and work a few hours in the AM, deal with their personal medical BS, and check their email at the end of the day to see if anything urgent needs to be addressed. I’d rather they work a little bit then take the whole day off. Save that time for a real sick day.

I have to use all my vacation and sick pay to cover my lost hours during the slow season. I have y been able to take a proper vacation since 2018.

I know all of my leave is relegated to medical care. Recently I got to stay home while hubs and some friends went to new Orleans because I didn't have enough leave to go too. I'm pretty frickin burned out by now