Companies with 6+ weeks of vacation time

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Federal government. If you have relevant experience, you can negotiate 6 hour per pay period. That gets you nearly 4 work weeks off. There’s 12 federal holidays, so basically over two work weeks. If you do an alternate work schedule, you can have a 3-day weekend twice per month if you 9 hours of work the other 11 days in the pay period.

Tbh, the Feds are among at best at vacation time. Unlimited rollover for sick leave, 240 hours/30 days roll over for annual leave. And you get it cashed out if you leave.

I’ve yet to see a private sector employer with such flexibility.

I'm one of your contractors for a big firm. I get five weeks paid, all the same holidays, full telework, flexible scheduling, and more pay.

You don't get the full benefits package though. Hope you're investing that more pay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Federal government. If you have relevant experience, you can negotiate 6 hour per pay period. That gets you nearly 4 work weeks off. There’s 12 federal holidays, so basically over two work weeks. If you do an alternate work schedule, you can have a 3-day weekend twice per month if you 9 hours of work the other 11 days in the pay period.

Tbh, the Feds are among at best at vacation time. Unlimited rollover for sick leave, 240 hours/30 days roll over for annual leave. And you get it cashed out if you leave.

I’ve yet to see a private sector employer with such flexibility.

Only 11 federal holidays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Federal government. If you have relevant experience, you can negotiate 6 hour per pay period. That gets you nearly 4 work weeks off. There’s 12 federal holidays, so basically over two work weeks. If you do an alternate work schedule, you can have a 3-day weekend twice per month if you 9 hours of work the other 11 days in the pay period.

Tbh, the Feds are among at best at vacation time. Unlimited rollover for sick leave, 240 hours/30 days roll over for annual leave. And you get it cashed out if you leave.

I’ve yet to see a private sector employer with such flexibility.

Only 11 federal holidays

Will be 12 in 2025. Inauguration Day is a federal holiday.

[Anonymous]

My company offers unlimited time off but no one is taking 6 weeks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My company offers unlimited time off but no one is taking 6 weeks

This is great for the company - they owe you nothing when you separate from the company.

Is there a lot of pressure to not take time off? How do parents fare with kid related absences?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My company offers unlimited time off but no one is taking 6 weeks

This is great for the company - they owe you nothing when you separate from the company.

Is there a lot of pressure to not take time off? How do parents fare with kid related absences?

Flex schedule, caregiver time off, lots of benefits. People take probably 4 weeks off I’d say on average. 6 weeks of vacation is a lot. Kid related absences are considered sick time but those aren’t tracked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My company offers unlimited time off but no one is taking 6 weeks

This is great for the company - they owe you nothing when you separate from the company.

Is there a lot of pressure to not take time off? How do parents fare with kid related absences?

Flex schedule, caregiver time off, lots of benefits. People take probably 4 weeks off I’d say on average. 6 weeks of vacation is a lot. Kid related absences are considered sick time but those aren’t tracked.

As a Fed I take 2 weeks at Xmas, week for spring break, week for Jul 4, and another week for the annual new place vacation.

I usually take some other time for PT conference, field day, home or car repairs.

Doc appts for me and 3 kids comes out of 10 days of sick leave.

So is that comparable to your situation with unlimited?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My company offers unlimited time off but no one is taking 6 weeks

This is great for the company - they owe you nothing when you separate from the company.

Is there a lot of pressure to not take time off? How do parents fare with kid related absences?

Flex schedule, caregiver time off, lots of benefits. People take probably 4 weeks off I’d say on average. 6 weeks of vacation is a lot. Kid related absences are considered sick time but those aren’t tracked.

So home sick for week with cold, no one notices?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Federal government. If you have relevant experience, you can negotiate 6 hour per pay period. That gets you nearly 4 work weeks off. There’s 12 federal holidays, so basically over two work weeks. If you do an alternate work schedule, you can have a 3-day weekend twice per month if you 9 hours of work the other 11 days in the pay period.

Tbh, the Feds are among at best at vacation time. Unlimited rollover for sick leave, 240 hours/30 days roll over for annual leave. And you get it cashed out if you leave.

I’ve yet to see a private sector employer with such flexibility.

Only 11 federal holidays

Will be 12 in 2025. Inauguration Day is a federal holiday.

Day off also when any former president dies

[Anonymous]

MLK and Inauguration fall on the same day in 2025, so it’s really 11 days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is where educator jobs really excel with months off every year. 😊👍

I think OP means paid time off.

A teacher’s job includes pay during the summer. It can be paid out evenly during the academic year, paid in a lump sum in the last paycheck of the academic year, or in fewer cases paid out over 12 months.

If you can’t budget for this, that’s your problem. You can also find a summer job.

There’s no need to get nasty every time someone tries to correct the DCUM misconception of paid summers.

Teachers are only paid for 10 months of work. If we get pay, it’s because our district held back $ we already earned to provide extended pay. Many of us don’t get summer pay and (this may surprise you) we are smart enough to budget for the unpaid summer. Or, as you said, we go to job #2.

This isn’t a complaint. It’s just reality. Now stop being snippy any time teacher summers are mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our employees accrue 6 weeks of PTO from day 1 but we a more a smaller govcon (150 ees). We also do 15% retirement and 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums. Do you have a clearance and STEM degree, OP?

But what is PTO? Vacation, sick and holidays? Vacation and sick? Just vacation? Six weeks might not really be a good deal. I get 52-53 days per year between vacation, sick and holidays which makes 6 weeks (30 days) seem pretty lame if it includes everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My company offers unlimited time off but no one is taking 6 weeks

that's sad. I take about six weeks off. I just got back from a three week international vacation. I had a fabulous time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is where educator jobs really excel with months off every year. 😊👍

Yup, I’m thoroughly enjoying time home with my kids and saving on daycare/preschool costs over the summer. Even our breaks align so neither of us have to take off to cover no school days.

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Anonymous wrote:My brother is a private practice radiologist in Colorado. 18 weeks vacation and makes close to 7 figures. Far cry from my measly 3.

He is a business owner with unlimited demand and the AMA gate keeping competitors.

DP here. Say whatever you want, he’s living the dream.

18 weeks - I can't even imagine. That's over four months! Does he actually take all that time?

I definitely picked the wrong field.