Well, there's a chance they are based on our fiscal year, which doesn't end until March. I think I've only used one personal day this year (big mistake -- should have used them first!), but can't be sure, since there's no way to get an updated leave balance around here. Whatever, it's not like I don't have weeks of unused vacation days sitting around, but it's the principle of the thing!
And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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Jesse - Dec 08, 2008 8:47:49 am PST #4869 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
megan walker - Dec 08, 2008 8:52:33 am PST #4870 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Bizarrely, no one officially keeps track of our days off. I do, but I'm sure I could totally take extra days and no one would be the wiser.
brenda m - Dec 08, 2008 8:55:03 am PST #4871 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think that's usually true for personal days.
Mine are like that, but this is the first time in my career that they didn't roll over so I don't know I'd say it's usual. Definitely something to check in to and be sure about though.
sarameg - Dec 08, 2008 8:55:23 am PST #4872 of 10002
My sick and vacation are in separate pots, with rollover, and sick leave accumulates indefinitely. Well, maybe not indefinitely, but it is a pretty large amount. Vacation at a cerain point will stop rolling over, but it is a matter of several months worth.
megan walker - Dec 08, 2008 8:57:27 am PST #4873 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If vacation and personal days both rollover, I'm not sure I see the point of calling them separate things.
ETA: And I'm still pissed we don't actually get official sick days.
SuziQ - Dec 08, 2008 9:02:50 am PST #4874 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Years back we had separate sick and personal days here and you had to take 2 personal days before you could use your sick time. It was obnoxious. When they combined them, everyone was much happier.
I'm taking Christmas week off and the day after New Years off. I've never taken that much time at year end. SO NICE to be out of accounting.
Jesse - Dec 08, 2008 9:03:05 am PST #4875 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, ours are apparently on the fiscal year, not calendar, so that works for me. (Miraculous responsiveness for once!) And our personal days don't roll over, so I'd better remember to take them!
Dana - Dec 08, 2008 9:06:18 am PST #4876 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Someone remind me that I should be doing work.
Jessica - Dec 08, 2008 9:14:19 am PST #4877 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Our personal, sick, and vacation days are all separate but it doesn't matter what order you take them in. Personal days don't roll over so I try to use them early in the year (and then if I need a "personal day" later on I can call it a sick day if I want. They're pretty flexible about that sort of thing.)
Gudanov - Dec 08, 2008 9:19:46 am PST #4878 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
We've just got sick days and vacation days. Sick days accumulate up to two weeks and vacation up to eight weeks. Pretty simple system.