I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


beekaytee - May 09, 2011 10:17:00 am PDT #21099 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

I had one boss who was awesome with the time off thing.

He is an honest to goodness genius...which has its up and down sides.

Upside: I have no brain space for your mortal concerns. Do your job. It's done? Great. Go away.

Downside: Having important conversations with his eyes locked on mine, certain that he was getting every necessary morsel...right before he turned heel and walked away having not heard a single syllable for the previous 5 minutes while he advanced cold fusion in his head.


sj - May 09, 2011 10:17:36 am PDT #21100 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Yep. Ours is 3 weeks, 4 weeks after 5 years.

TCG gets 3 weeks vacation time and 4 weeks after 5 years, plus 1 1/4 sick day per month. The sick time accumulates year after year, so if he ever needed a surgery like you did, he would have more than enough sick time (which he never uses) to cover it and not have to worry about using vacation time.


javachik - May 09, 2011 10:25:58 am PDT #21101 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

The sick time accumulates year after year, so if he ever needed a surgery like you did, he would have more than enough sick time (which he never uses) to cover it and not have to worry about using vacation time.

See now? Thass what I'm talking about, Willis!!


Zenkitty - May 09, 2011 10:45:56 am PDT #21102 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

My employer is pretty generous with time off. I think I have 28 days of vacation now, having been there over ten years, and everyone gets 12 days sick per year. Sick time accrues without limit; unused sick days roll into "EIFM Sick time" which is to be used when a family member is sick or we need to do something for someone else. My boss is pretty laissez faire about it all; as long as the work gets done, she doesn't care if we're REALLY TRULY sick or whatever. We can only carry over 10 days vacation time into the next year, though, which ends up with half the department having to take "emergency" vacation days in December or lose them. Since I hardly ever take sick days (I have to be too sick to focus; if I can sit up on the couch I can work) I have about 40 days of combined time off right now. Shoot, I could be gone for a month! Maybe I will.


javachik - May 09, 2011 11:02:54 am PDT #21103 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Wow, zenkitty, that's awesome for you!!


smonster - May 09, 2011 11:18:11 am PDT #21104 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Shoot, I could be gone for a month! Maybe I will.

Wanna help me move?


Vortex - May 09, 2011 11:55:56 am PDT #21105 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I have the same problem as Zen. My relatives are local, so I don't really use random vacation time. I end up with at least two weeks of "use or lose" every year. But, with working at a university, once the students are out, it's generally not a problem for me to be gone (although I often end up working at home, but I can deal with that). I accumulate 6 hours of vacation and 8 hours of sick leave each pay period, which comes to almost 20 days per year. I have over 600 hours of sick leave. I'm considering having surgery this summer and just taking a month off because I can.


Calli - May 09, 2011 12:00:03 pm PDT #21106 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I work for a non-profit that budded off from a university a while back. They told me that's why we have more vacation time than many places. I can roll over a certain amount every year, and anything left over gets turned into sick leave. It's pretty generous.


Vortex - May 09, 2011 12:03:27 pm PDT #21107 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Wanna help me move?

not Zen, but maybe. I'm bad at the actual moving, but good at packing and unpacking. And a good car companion!


meara - May 09, 2011 12:19:10 pm PDT #21108 of 30000

I'm bad at the actual moving, but good at packing and unpacking. And a good car companion!

Road trip to New Orleans would be awesome!