Do you take vacation days?

**kashi** · 02-02-2005, 10:57 AM

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there are people who never take their vacation days?? wow. that would definitely not be me. I don't think we get enough vacation days as it is. I take mine every year, and they are for vacation. I take sick time when I am sick, have a migraine, have doctor's appointments, or need a mental health day to preserve my sanity.

I often wish I lived in a society where rest and recuperation time was valued instead of handed out begrudgingly. I think we'd all be a lot better off.

**akaivyleaf** · 02-02-2005, 11:19 AM

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I am a person who doesn't take vacation... or rather it accrues at a rate that I can't possibly take it all. As is, I get a 3 day weekend every week, so I schedule appointments and such on my off weekday so therefore I make it to work. If there is a holiday its generally on a monday so I get a 4 day weekend.

I do travel whenever I get ready, so I take vacation time, I just accrue it faster than I take it. I have about 9 months of vacation to take, and another 3 months in sick leave so I could comfortably take off work a whole year.

**SeeAPenny** · 02-02-2005, 11:45 AM

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DH does not take all the vacation days he is entitled to per year (or sick days). I have NO idea why -- it's just a 'thing' for him (he says he would get too far behind in his work for one thing (major eye-rolling here) -- plus, his German American father never did/does take all his vacation, so perhaps that set an example...?). DH gets 24 paid vacation days a year, but doesn't take anything near that. I think it does rollover from year to year though -- so, maybe someday....

**kashi** · 02-02-2005, 12:23 PM

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akaivyleaf - 9 months?!?!?!?! oh my gosh. I can only dream of having that much vacation time racked up.

of course, I think whether or not you enjoy your job makes a big difference. if you like it, and it makes you feel worthwhile, then you probably aren't as desperate to escape the office as I am.

**miclason** · 02-02-2005, 02:59 PM

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we can't accrue working days and, by law here in ES, if you don't take them, the company has to pay you to work them (at 1.5 x normal pay), so most companies have internal policies set up so that you HAVE to take them...(which is to say, policy states that you are not allowed to work your vacation days and that it is your mngr's responsibility that you are allowed to take them)

**amomof4** · 02-02-2005, 05:47 PM

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One thing about being a homemake is that you have 365 vaction days. Some won't agree with me because a woman's work is never done, but the way I look at it is that if I were working outside the home, I would still have all that "woman's work".

My husband never took vaction days. He just requested the money. Now that we live in 2 states, he takes vactions to visit us

**akaivyleaf** · 02-03-2005, 04:13 AM

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I would love to get paid for my vacation days... only because I need to balance them out and get it down to a managable level. No such luck, it accrues at an obscene rate and rolls over from year to year. The only good think is that after so many hours it gets forfeited into retirement hours. If I acrue 1920 hours in retirement, I can retire a year earler. The bad part of that is, if I leave without retireing, I don't get those forfeited retirement hours just my regular accrued annual leave hours. I've been here long enough, I can retire so... I'll never catch up. They call me the leave donation queen around here. I donate leave to coworkers who have serious illnesses, or have had babies etc.

As far as liking my job.... I get here super early and do the important stuff- the rest of the day I have an endless stream of people who have a whole range of problems for me to solve. Then they finally go home, and I'm still here to get my other work done. On Fridays- don't disturb me AT ALL. Some folks have my cell phone number to catch me on Friday but they've learned I'll ignore their call. I like the job, I do it well and the schedule I work affords me work time, and enjoyable off time. Having as much leave as I do, affords me the luxury of not coming when I want to go away and so its great.

**KarenSue** · 02-03-2005, 09:48 AM

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Vacation day? What's that? Actually, I'm taking a break today. I work 6 and sometimes 7 days a week and can only go so long before I hit the wall LOL. I love taking weekdays off. No one else is here but me and two sleepy, stretched out in the sun doxie dogs. There are things to be done, but I usually take a long nap and wear comfy clothes. Aahhh... Actually today is a workout day so I'm heading out soon.

The last vacation I took was Vegas in October. Mom and I went to a trade show and gambled, ate, partied, shopped, saw shows, gambled some more, etc. It seems like when the kids have vacation time that is my busy season(s) and I can't get away. If I could go anywhere right now, it would be back to Vegas.

**PrincessPerky** · 02-03-2005, 09:59 AM

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I fall into the 365 vacation days person, but my DH takes ALL aloted vacation days. Not that we go on vacation, we just go home to visit family.

**terry1156** · 02-05-2005, 03:52 PM

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I have a friend that came here from Europe and he almost died when he saw the number of days US companies give their employees. I guess that people over there get a lot more vacations days.

**Momtwo** · 02-05-2005, 05:07 PM

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I always took mine! I am on a permanent vacation now!

**mom-from-missouri** · 02-06-2005, 02:24 PM

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Where I work, we don't have a choice-you have to take your vacation days. sick days, are another story. If you miss more than 3 days work in a rolling 12 months period, you are fired. that includes me sick, sick child or best friends funeral. for family members we get 3 days off for funeral leave. However, starting next year, our funeral leave and sick will have to be taken as vacation days. We only have them for the length of our current contract.

**gypzye** · 02-15-2005, 06:12 PM

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Sharon... can I ask what it is that you DO?!? :O

**shelbylovesmelby** · 05-01-2007, 12:43 PM

When I was in the working world I took vacation days for things like b-days & anniversaries & maybe if we had the cash a lil weekend get-a-way.

Sick time rolled over from yr to yr no worries on that account.

Though if dh is sick he doesn't get sick time, he has to either get NO PAY or burn a vacation day HISS---BOO---HISS

Do you take vacation days?