I give my employees 6 weeks, but for all practical purposes it's unlimited.

I've never used up the PTO I get in my life; if anything, I'm usually scrambling to burn to stay under the point where I lose it at the end of the year.

(I recognize that this is not a good thing!)

Unlimited time off has gotten to be a pretty common perk in techlandia - the upside is not having to do the obsessive how many hours do I have left thing, and the companies that do it right really are more humane than most. The downside is that some companies abuse it - either by dangling it as a perk when workload is too high to ever take it, or using the fact that there isn't a fixed amount in the compensation package to avoid paying out accrued time when people leave.

Talk of time off reminds me I need to donate some of ny PTO to somebody. (We're allowed to bank 312 hours, I have 345. I think I might be able to donate it back to the company, in which case I might slosh some at the senior nutrition program).

I've never used up the PTO I get in my life; if anything, I'm usually scrambling to burn to stay under the point where I lose it at the end of the year.

That's me, too. Every year I say I won't do that, but I always do.

I have been deep in an urgent work thing the last two days, which means I don't really know much about what's been going on in the world, but I am very sure that's a blessing and not a curse.

First world problem: Just finished a round of eBay sales, winning bidder says "I know your listing says you don't ship internationally, but Canada doesn't really count does it?" Then when I quote him the price I'll ship it for, he complains that other people don't charge that much. That's more effort than I care to go to for a $3.75 item.

when I quote him the price I'll ship it for

Ask for citizenship!

Greetings, Buffistae! I have been largely absent, but reading along when I can. A childhood friend got a cancer diagnosis a few weeks ago that doesn't come with a good prognosis (or an easy journey to the end) and I have been using much of my energy to type words to her.

As faculty, I don't report hours or days off to anyone although I do tell my dean when I'll be gone for more than a day or two. We'll be in CA for Spring Break, and I am looking forward to finally getting Miss K to Yosemite and hiking there with her.

Thanks to talk here, I just checked my PTO balance. I've been taking a bunch of time off lately, just a day here and there, but for me that is a bunch. I still have 286 hours in the bank. The concept of taking 7 consecutive weeks off - I can't imagine.

My angel and devil are acting up again. My angel is horrified at the prospect of a government shutdown. My devil is thrilled at the idea of the Republicans getting blamed for a government shutdown.

So long as the Rs really do get blamed. But it would suck for everyone who relies on the smooth functioning of the bureaucracy to get by, and for federal employees who live paycheck to paycheck...

Me, I'll be fine. But not everyone will.