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Politicalboi

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2. I ALWAYS used my vacation days

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Aug 19, 2014, 10:29 PM

Aug 2014

And my sick days, sick or not. LOL! My old work place would give out awards for those who didn't miss a day of work. Oh wow, movie tickets. I myself would rather use my 6 sick days. Get the day off and get paid. Way better than the movies. Worth a lot more too.

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40 Percent of American Workers Will Leave Paid Vacation Days Unused [View all] RandySF Aug 2014 OP

every place I ever worked discouraged many from taking vacation. and too many are bettyellen Aug 2014 #1

Same here--we were especially discouraged from taking 2 weeks at a time. Nay Aug 2014 #5

The last place I worked was like that. tammywammy Aug 2014 #7

I ALWAYS used my vacation days Politicalboi Aug 2014 #2

The article missed one thing. RandySF Aug 2014 #3

in many cases, you can only accrue for a certain period of time before losing the days. niyad Aug 2014 #4

who did your work when you took sick days off as vacation? Skittles Aug 2014 #15

They encourage vacations where I work. tammywammy Aug 2014 #6

It's hard for me to take off. RandySF Aug 2014 #9

Yeah... tammywammy Aug 2014 #11

glad to hear you work a more reasonable place now! bettyellen Aug 2014 #14

We're shut down then too. tammywammy Aug 2014 #16

Many on this board will scoff, but closeupready Aug 2014 #8

Place where a friend of mine works won't let you know until Sun. if you get the week off. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #10

There's a couple like that where I work who do so voluntarily Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #12

I get 6 weeks and I always seem to use it all! Agschmid Aug 2014 #13