It's not faaaaayyyyyyerrrrrr!

[serinde]

Steve spoke hesitantly to his boss yesterday, to find out if there was a possibility he could take more time at Christmas on account of his mom's trouble. His boss responded, "WTF? You've got 16 days of vacation left, and you'd best use them by the end of the year or you lose them." So guess who's taking most of December off.

16 days is, by the bye, more than I get, total. And I get a week more than the rest of the office, because I traded part of a raise for it. He actually gets 24 days, all told (not counting sick days and holidays, which are both much more than mine, too). Waaah.

On the bright side, since he was home anyways, he made breakfast for me. Loving pooky! (He can't cook much, but he's good at eggs. Better than me, usually.)

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[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

sick time varies, but it's usually not more than that

Which I forgot to add "...and often, it's less." We get six sick days, which is why my jaw dances in amazement when I read of my overseas friends & acquaintances taking a month or two off for mental health foo, getting paid through it, and still having a job when they come back. It is not the way of my people; would to God it was. Stupid Puritans.

I should disclaim, however, that Panix didn't used to track sick time; that started as a result of a few people grossly abusing the privilege, like the person who over a six-month period was out 24% of the time (I sat down and counted, I was that pissed off).

[sweh.livejournal.com]

Like when I broke my leg and sat around at home for 6 weeks or so, collecting money and watching lots of TV :-)

It was a big shock to go from 22 days vacation and unlimited sick time to 15 days (they allowed me 15 days 'cos of the change) vacation and 10 sick days. *sigh*