I have 4 weeks of vacation and unlimited sick time. The unlimited sick time is still OK for me to take-- I don't think anyone realizes that once you move to salaried, there even is unlimited sick time.

I can roll over up to 4 weeks of vacation, but due to a bad boss 7 years ago, I always have to roll over the max, since I could not take vacation for a whole year, and I have never been able to catch up!

If I had vacation to use up I would be taking a day a week.

I actually took a half day a week for a year just to get it down to the rollover! But it was really difficult to get my work done and I am salaried, so it was kind of moot. I think that when I got promoted I also got another boatload of vacation dumped in there somewhere.

I generally end up with a lot of leftover vacation after working here for 8 years. We can only take a week at a time, so I'm taking quarterly vacations.

Dammit, why are naps considered unprofessional? I could be so much more professional if they let me take a 20 minute nap.

Dammit, why are naps considered unprofessional? I could be so much more professional if they let me take a 20 minute nap.

I know! There's even studies that back this up. I guess the important thing is to always appear professional, even if you could be more professional doing something else.

I have an embarrassingly large amount of PTO. To the point where I have trouble using it up. (We're only allowed 5 days of rollover so I generally wind up taking a lot of random 3-day weekends towards the end of the year and then a week in February.)

Sick days we get 6 per year, but we can roll them over indefinitely up to a maximum of 18 days/year, so it's essentially unlimited. The only time I've ever used all my available leave was when I took maternity leave.

It *almost* makes up for the crappy salary and bullshit red tape. Almost.

I guess the important thing is to always appear professional, even if you could be more professional doing something else.

I genuinely do not know what people did to look busy all the time before the internet.

I just realized that my vacation day pool is my sick day pool. If I get really sick, it can kick my vacation plans in the teeth. Fortunately, I have so much now that even with quarterly vacations I have several days left over for sickness.

edit: My department, tech support, also works on the typical company holidays because of support requirements. It makes parking easier on those days but can be a grind. I haven't had a job where holidays are actual holidays in over a decade.

I just checked, I have a day and a half of vacation left for the year. They are good in that you get free time off for dr spots, but then they look at you sideways if you have too many of those. Of course I am the only woman and only single parent.