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What do you think is a good offer(realistic) in terms of hours off for sick days/vacation time from a job every year?
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4 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days. 5 or more weeks of vacation would be ideal, but 4 is fair.
This is where I'm at. 4 weeks a year minimum. (assuming 40 hour workweeks)
We get 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays so I think it comes to 33 this year. In terms of sickness there's no defined limit but I think if you have more than the equivalent of 2 days off per month over a year then you have to see the Occupational Therapist to be assessed for underlying issues.
Really, 4 weeks is never enough. I would love to increase it to 6 weeks a year, but I imagine that is difficult to find.
Standard for us is 30 days. So 6 weeks. that's OK. 4 weeks are pretty determined by our company though.
If you need to take care of family members or when you worked different shifts/nightshift for at least a certain number of years you can get 6 more days.
It should be 6 weeks per year. Sick days extra.
If you need to take care of family members or when you worked different shifts/nightshift for at least a certain number of years you can get 6 more days.
It should be 6 weeks per year. Sick days extra.
Vacation: Minimum of 4 weeks, increasing at least one day for every year after 5 years of service. Unused vacation should roll over year-to-year, or, if your work place would "expire" hours not taken, those hours MUST be paid out to the employee at the end of the year (with an option for the funds to be dispersed into a 401K or IRA or something). A minimum of 2 weeks should be rollable to the next year. All unused vacation time must payout if you leave the job.
Sick Time: standard minimum should be 2 weeks, also rollable, but doesn't pay out when you leave the position
Sick Time: standard minimum should be 2 weeks, also rollable, but doesn't pay out when you leave the position
Sick: Unlimited with a doctors note/prescription
Vacation: 4 to 6 (work day) weeks.
(I've been with a company for nearly 17 years and we get 2 weeks sick leave, and 2 weeks of Vacation. Which is stupid, because I rarely get sick.)
Vacation: 4 to 6 (work day) weeks.
(I've been with a company for nearly 17 years and we get 2 weeks sick leave, and 2 weeks of Vacation. Which is stupid, because I rarely get sick.)
I get 4 weeks combined PTO and sick leave which I think is bullshit. It should be unlimited sick leave. I'm fine with the 4 weeks PTO as I struggle to use them unless I'm actually traveling somewhere.
There shouldn't be a limit on sick hours. If people are sick, let them stay home and recuperate. No reason to infect others.
I agree that there should be a doctors note after like a week tho
Our company used to do that..then they combined into one giant bucket. Now I get more time off, instead of trying to 'justify' needing sick leave.
I knew a guy at UPS that worked there so long he ended up with 3-4 months of paid vacation a year, and he'd take off each summer to work his family farm over the summer.
My ideal would be about 8 weeks/40 days of PTO (or more). That would be enough for:
-two weeks off in December with the family
-two week summer vacation
-one week Spring Break vacation (since the kids are off)
-roughly one additional day a month for sick time/PTO/errands you can't run on weekends sort of deal
I currently get 3 weeks total combined PTO, and it hasn't increased an hour in the decade-ish I've worked here.
My ideal would be about 8 weeks/40 days of PTO (or more). That would be enough for:
-two weeks off in December with the family
-two week summer vacation
-one week Spring Break vacation (since the kids are off)
-roughly one additional day a month for sick time/PTO/errands you can't run on weekends sort of deal
I currently get 3 weeks total combined PTO, and it hasn't increased an hour in the decade-ish I've worked here.
We have four weeks combined PTO and sick time, but also get extended Christmas/New Years break alongside other bank holidays, plus a 3-week studio shutdown vacation that starts the week of the 4th of July. Total of 46 days off.
edit: I am in the US, for reference.
edit: I am in the US, for reference.
4 weeks vacation minimum. Currently I'm at a place that provides three weeks starting, and we close for a week over the holidays.
Sick days, I think 10 paid sick days should be standard
Sick days, I think 10 paid sick days should be standard
Yeah totally. I get 33 for my job in the UK and I still eye France with jealousy.
In the US, any. We really do suck for a supposed first world country.
In a perfect world, 4 weeks of vacation minimum, and at least 10 days of no questions asked sick/personal days. I switched to a job with fewer vacation days but many more holidays and a much more flexible sick/personal day policy (it's a British company with a US arm), so it ended up being a wash overall.
In a perfect world, 4 weeks of vacation minimum, and at least 10 days of no questions asked sick/personal days. I switched to a job with fewer vacation days but many more holidays and a much more flexible sick/personal day policy (it's a British company with a US arm), so it ended up being a wash overall.
Unlimited sick days with full pay.
30 days a year paid vacation.
overtime can be taken with one days notice.
24th and 31st of December paid holiday.
this is my current deal.
30 days a year paid vacation.
overtime can be taken with one days notice.
24th and 31st of December paid holiday.
this is my current deal.
I don't think I've ever taken more than 2 weeks off in a year...luckily it carries over and there's no cap (well, if there is, I haven't hit it) I have such a large bank of PTO built up when I can afford to take a vacation I'll be golden.
33 weeks?! You only have to work 19 weeks a year?
4-5 weeks total a year. That's what I usually take. IDK about sick days, should be unlimited IMO.
5 weeks vacation (6 after 20 years at the company), and sick days = "as many days as one is sick".
It more or less works like that here, and I think it's pretty good this way.
It more or less works like that here, and I think it's pretty good this way.
How did you start out? Like, how much vacation time did you have in your first year?
Less than 30 days (6 weeks) for holidays would be hard to swallow and would require a significant higher salary and other benefits.
Sick time should be generally unlimited, a requirement to show a doctor's note after 3 consecutive days seems appropriate for me. If you stay sick for longer than 6 weeks your salary gets fully paid by insurance and is reduced to 70% of your gross salary before your sickness and this continues for 72 weeks.
Sick time should be generally unlimited, a requirement to show a doctor's note after 3 consecutive days seems appropriate for me. If you stay sick for longer than 6 weeks your salary gets fully paid by insurance and is reduced to 70% of your gross salary before your sickness and this continues for 72 weeks.
I wish, but this country is most definitely not some kind of socialist utopia.
Personally i think it would be feasible to do:
In Portugal with 60% pay and 3 years of sick days people abuse quite a bit; specially the psychiatric patients.
- unlimited sick days with 90-100% pay for natural diseases
- unlimited sick days with >100% pay for professional and professional accident diseases
- up to 2 years of sick days with 80-100% pay for "exceptional" causes (covid19, tuberculosis, pregnancy, family support,etc.)
- at least 2 months of holidays.
In Portugal with 60% pay and 3 years of sick days people abuse quite a bit; specially the psychiatric patients.
I know other highly developed nations get much more time.
I have 3 weeks vacation, two personal days and 40 hours of sick pay. It's not even close enough.
I get:
Sick pay isn't a 'thing' as such. I have never needed to test the limits, but get full pay for any sickness. I think over a couple of months of sickness and you maybe move to statutory sick pay.
- 27 days annual leave
- 7 bank holidays
- Christmas closure (this year 23rd Dec - 4th Jan)
Sick pay isn't a 'thing' as such. I have never needed to test the limits, but get full pay for any sickness. I think over a couple of months of sickness and you maybe move to statutory sick pay.
If people wouldn't abuse sick time (those that get a set amount a year) it would go a long way to justifying more or even unlimited. A lot of people just see it as an extra vacation bank and abuse it which ruins it for the people that use it properly.
3 weeks seems reasonable.
3 weeks seems reasonable.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
You have a pathetic amount of annual leave and sickness allowance compared to similar countries and you're blaming it on other workers taking what they can not the employers?