Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JenP - Jun 21, 2024 9:16:13 am PDT #1207 of 2696

Congratulations, Lisa!

Happy Birthday, Epic!

Screw you, Tino!


Steph L. - Jun 21, 2024 9:30:57 am PDT #1208 of 2696
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Happy Birthday, Epic!!!

And yay, Lisa!


meara - Jun 21, 2024 9:34:39 am PDT #1209 of 2696

Yay Lisah! That is a remarkably sucky PTO policy indeed unless they also like, close for a week at Christmas and in the summer or something.


lisah - Jun 21, 2024 9:38:34 am PDT #1210 of 2696
Punishingly Intricate

They do not! They do give you your birthday off though. Whoopie


JenP - Jun 21, 2024 10:24:11 am PDT #1211 of 2696

How are the logistics, Lisa? Remote? Hybrid? Convenient to home if you have to go to office?

Sometimes, I actually miss an office. The commute (via metro) into Georgetown for my last job was a pain in the butt, but I liked my actual office and a good portion of the people who worked there.


Dana - Jun 21, 2024 10:56:47 am PDT #1212 of 2696
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

That is a remarkably sucky PTO policy indeed unless they also like, close for a week at Christmas and in the summer or something.

Yeah, that's what my company does, except they frame it as three weeks! Which you can use for either sick leave or PTO. And sucks for you if you get sick, I guess. I get another week next August, at least.


-t - Jun 21, 2024 1:06:12 pm PDT #1213 of 2696
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's our basically our starting PTO for new hires, 2 weeks vacation + 8 days sick and 2 (I think) floating holidays. You get another week at 5 years and another on top of that at 10, so I now get 4 weeks a year which is nice. Still working out how I can take full advantage of that.


smonster - Jun 21, 2024 1:24:15 pm PDT #1214 of 2696
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I get three weeks PTO at my new job, plus 8 holidays, plus a shutdown between Xmas and New Year's. I don't know if the latter is paid and I don't even care! I've only had one week PTO and four holidays for the last three years, and it all went to family stuff for the most part. After a year I get four weeks.


-t - Jun 21, 2024 1:28:52 pm PDT #1215 of 2696
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Nice


meara - Jun 21, 2024 1:58:43 pm PDT #1216 of 2696

Yeah one of the reasons I don’t really want to look for a new job is that my current one I now get 27 days of PTO, plus I think 3 floating holidays? We don’t get much in the way of regular holidays (nothing between new years and Memorial Day) but still.