I get 5 weeks of vacation a year. We can carry over another week to the next year, and put 4 into a bank. My bank is full. So in theory, I've had 9-10 weeks to take off. I don't know how the bosses would take it if I tried to take it all at once.

We also have a deferred leave, but I think the minimum one can take is 3 months, and I don't think I could live on 2/3 salary.

Officially? If you wanted to take a 10-day trip you wouldn't be able to? That's not right.

I could ask for some extraordinary trip, I suppose, but the bosses would frown on it and I'd have to take it at a historically slow time.

Yeah, as the stories trickle in, I'm pretty much disgusted. And marveling at the contrast in mgmt and dealings with HR. My mgmt is extremely protective of us. And when they went to HR, it did the work to protect us. But apparently HR willl also do the work if mgmt is toxic. Which, no offense intended to HR folk here, lines up with all advice I've ever heard with dealing with HR as an employee: always bet they're on mgmt's side first no matter what, yours last, and protect yourself.

Never complain about a coworker in work media, email or whatever, except in the most professional terms. Even to a personal friend. Someone has it in for you, they can use it.

I have good leave now, 5 weeks vacation accruable to something ridiculous. 5 weeks sick once I hit the new year (I've got a probationary term now, prorated or something. )Now I just gotta accrue.

Anyone else watching Queen Sugar? I'm into it, but of note for you people, Bianca Lawson is in it, playing the ex of a character in his early 20s. Oh! And her character's name is Darla!

What, not playing a teenager anymore?

Unlimited PTO, I think I would be tempted to abuse that.

The idea is that they've hired people who they trust to be responsible for getting their work done and being there to support their team(s). Although nobody is going to care, and your pay isn't going to be affected, if you take a week vs 10 days off, you'd be put on notice if you were not getting your work done and taking off a week every month or whatever. The problem I've had is not so much people taking off but not giving enough notice (or not letting everyone affected by them being off know).

I just pointed someone your way! Will give you guys her name if she applies.

Please do! Depending on what she's looking for we've got jobs and we have some sweet referral bonuses depending on the position.

Wrigley is getting loud.

I get 13 days, which takes a bit of planning to do holidays and an actual vacation.

I wonder how many of my crew will be late tomorrow. I know two of them are across the street from Wrigley.

The Google doodle is pretty tough.

Halloween costume my friend's 7 year old came up with (and they actually made): A three headed dog mummy unicorn rainbow butterfly. Named Karma