Sick Days

lukin2006

Nami wrote:

lol i get 10 days a year plus 4 weeks vacation- going on 15yrs with same company.

I use to take one a month till they ran out, but over the last year or so, i only take one every couple of months.

fuck it anyways... they don't care about you... only their bottom line.

Plus its a sick day, your company can do without you for one day, stop working people.

^this ... our's was recently changed from bankable to non bankable and people would save them in case of long term illness, I was one of them, many of us lost quite a few sick days ... take what you're allowed.

he.who.forgets

i get 6 sick days a year + 2 personal days...neither roll over. Personal days are for just that, whatever you want really and sick days are for being sick and/or doc appts. I'd say I usually use 3-4 sick days and both personal days. I work my ass off so I dont see anything wrong with using sick days even if I'm not sick. I deserve it.

Who Princess

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

New hires?
As of last year they receive 1 week vacation after a year.
2 weeks after 2 years.
And thats that.
They will NEVER get more than 2 weeks vacation.

I worked at a place like this.
When I'd been there a year and a half, my dad died unexpectedly. Guess what, no bereavement leave. I'd already taken my 5 days of vacation and wouldn't earn more until my 2nd anniversary. My dad's funeral was on a Monday and I was back at work the next day with my coworkers saying "What the hell are you doing here?"

81

Who Princess wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

New hires?
As of last year they receive 1 week vacation after a year.
2 weeks after 2 years.
And thats that.
They will NEVER get more than 2 weeks vacation.

I worked at a place like this.
When I'd been there a year and a half, my dad died unexpectedly. Guess what, no bereavement leave. I'd already taken my 5 days of vacation and wouldn't earn more until my 2nd anniversary. My dad's funeral was on a Monday and I was back at work the next day with my coworkers saying "What the hell are you doing here?"

that's straight up bull. we get 3 bereavement days

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

New hires?
As of last year they receive 1 week vacation after a year.
2 weeks after 2 years.
And thats that.
They will NEVER get more than 2 weeks vacation.

I worked at a place like this.
When I'd been there a year and a half, my dad died unexpectedly. Guess what, no bereavement leave. I'd already taken my 5 days of vacation and wouldn't earn more until my 2nd anniversary. My dad's funeral was on a Monday and I was back at work the next day with my coworkers saying "What the hell are you doing here?"

that's straight up bull. we get 3 bereavement days

I took bereavement leave once, when I asked for it, they started grilling me, "who died? Were you close to them? Where do they live? Are you going to the funeral? etc etc" :x

Then a year later they changed it, you could only take bereavement when an 'immediate family member' passes, so only blood related siblings, parents or grandparents. No 'steps'.

Who Princess

81 wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

I worked at a place like this.
When I'd been there a year and a half, my dad died unexpectedly. Guess what, no bereavement leave. I'd already taken my 5 days of vacation and wouldn't earn more until my 2nd anniversary. My dad's funeral was on a Monday and I was back at work the next day with my coworkers saying "What the hell are you doing here?"

that's straight up bull. we get 3 bereavement days

I was using my sick time while I worked there because I had a lot of migraines. One of the most miserable jobs I ever had.

Go Beavers

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

0 sick days
No paid time off other than vacation time.

New hires?
As of last year they receive 1 week vacation after a year.
2 weeks after 2 years.
And thats that.
They will NEVER get more than 2 weeks vacation.

2 weeks vacation
No sick days
No PTO

Its a glorious life I lead.
:P :P :P :P

In 2 more years I will have 4 weeks vacation.
And thats that.

You guys do great work making those Ipods, though. Thanks!

shep

Go Beavers wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

0 sick days
No paid time off other than vacation time.

New hires?
As of last year they receive 1 week vacation after a year.
2 weeks after 2 years.
And thats that.
They will NEVER get more than 2 weeks vacation.

2 weeks vacation
No sick days
No PTO

Its a glorious life I lead.
:P :P :P :P

In 2 more years I will have 4 weeks vacation.
And thats that.

You guys do great work making those Ipods, though. Thanks!

Who Princess wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

New hires?
As of last year they receive 1 week vacation after a year.
2 weeks after 2 years.
And thats that.
They will NEVER get more than 2 weeks vacation.

I worked at a place like this.
When I'd been there a year and a half, my dad died unexpectedly. Guess what, no bereavement leave. I'd already taken my 5 days of vacation and wouldn't earn more until my 2nd anniversary. My dad's funeral was on a Monday and I was back at work the next day with my coworkers saying "What the hell are you doing here?"

One of my co-workers recently had a child where his wife had complications the last trimester and he needed to take extended time off when the baby was born in order for his wife and child to recover from the birthing process.

Basically he needed the time to look after his 3 year old with his wife and newborn both in the hospital.... the company fought him tooth and nail on the issue... he wound up using all of his vacation for the year and they gave him 3 days of "compassionate leave".... he was pissed...

rick1zoo2

apparently the woman that does the traffic report on the radio did not take off sick today, she sounds terrible

81

RKCNDY wrote:

I took bereavement leave once, when I asked for it, they started grilling me, "who died? Were you close to them? Where do they live? Are you going to the funeral? etc etc" :x

Then a year later they changed it, you could only take bereavement when an 'immediate family member' passes, so only blood related siblings, parents or grandparents. No 'steps'.

i just emailed my boss and said my mum died. him and his wife showed up at the funeral.

then i came in and told him my dad died. his wife showed up for visitation.

that was nice of them.

Who Princess

81 wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

I took bereavement leave once, when I asked for it, they started grilling me, "who died? Were you close to them? Where do they live? Are you going to the funeral? etc etc" :x

Then a year later they changed it, you could only take bereavement when an 'immediate family member' passes, so only blood related siblings, parents or grandparents. No 'steps'.

i just emailed my boss and said my mum died. him and his wife showed up at the funeral.

then i came in and told him my dad died. his wife showed up for visitation.

that was nice of them.

When my dad died, my former supervisor at the workplace from hell came to the funeral, along with another co-worker. That really meant a lot to me.

My supervisor at the time said something like "I haven't talked to my dad in years so I really don't know what it's like to lose a father." :shock:

Like I said, terrible place to work.

Who Princess

shep wrote:

One of my co-workers recently had a child where his wife had complications the last trimester and he needed to take extended time off when the baby was born in order for his wife and child to recover from the birthing process.

Basically he needed the time to look after his 3 year old with his wife and newborn both in the hospital.... the company fought him tooth and nail on the issue... he wound up using all of his vacation for the year and they gave him 3 days of "compassionate leave".... he was pissed...

Wow. That was big of them. :roll:

So weird how different employers handle things.

josevolution

I currently have 249 hrs of PTO time to use this yr the most i can have is 315 hrs anything over that it goes into a time bank wich i can get cashed out at time of retirement or if i resign from the job ....

the wolf

I get 13 days of vacation this year (down from my usual 15) 10 paid holidays, and 6 sick days.

we also got 2 hours paid each quarter for doc appointments.

yes, usually (last year being the exception) I use every single second of it.

When I first started there, the boss said "It's your time to do with as you please"

Seldom am I sick when taking a sick day though. I tend to tough it out at work when sick, unless i'm contagious, and use my sick days for when i feel like taking a gun to work.