4+ weeks of time off: what do you do for work?

[Anonymous]

Actuary. Have been with the company for 20+ years.

[Anonymous]

Fed GS-15 step 8 and everyday is a day off. Haven’t done anything useful for the past five years, on top of 26 vacation days per year.

[Anonymous]

Unlimited vacation. Engineer, start-up.

[Anonymous]

Forensics

I get 200 PTO hrs & can carry over up to 80 hrs from the previous yr. Also, it doesn't matter how long you've been here, 200 + 80 carryover is the max PTO given.

I also get 10 sick days & 1 personal day (birthday). We get some holidays off (major) but not all (like we don't get President's day or MLK).

[Anonymous]

DCPS teachere-- 8 weeks in the summer, 8-9 days for Christmas/New Year's, 1 week in February, and 1 week of Spring break. Plus 12 days per year of sick/personal days which accrue if you don't use them all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t Feds max out at 26 days annual leave and 10 sick days?

26 days annual leave, and 13 days of sick leave. Max carryover of 240 hours.

At our agency SES and SL get 720 carryover.

[Anonymous]

Exec at Think Tank

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work at a nonprofit and have 8 weeks PTO, annually.

I’m also at a nonprofit. I have 6 weeks PTO plus 12 holidays and 3 weeks of additional leave (holiday closure, Summer Fridays, etc.)

It gives me a lot of flexibility to take vacations, long weekends, and time to manage health care visits, kids birthdays, etc.

[Anonymous]

DP here. I’m curious if anyone on here feels comfortable taking more than two weeks at one time? If yes, could you do this every year or just every few years?

We are able to use all of our leave but have never heard of anyone taking more than two weeks (not counting medical or something else.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP here. I’m curious if anyone on here feels comfortable taking more than two weeks at one time? If yes, could you do this every year or just every few years?

We are able to use all of our leave but have never heard of anyone taking more than two weeks (not counting medical or something else.)

Fed here. I took 4 weeks continuous for my wedding and honeymoon.

More than 2 weeks is common in December. Lot of people who are near the max carryover take off after Thanksgiving until New Years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:state of maryland employee

+1

15 days annual leave (you stop earning when your balance reaches 30 days)
15 days sick leave (unlimited accrual while in state service)
12 days for major holidays (including the day after Thanksgiving!)
6 personal days (do not roll over year to year)

I also earn comp time even though I’m a salaried (not hourly) employee. If I work a 50 hour week, the extra 10 hours become comp time that I can take at a later date. Comp time expires a year after it is earned, and there isn’t a limit on how much you can earn.

All in all, it’s a pretty sweet deal being a state employee. The health insurance options are amazing, too (low or no deductible plans). Oh, and a pension which the state contributes about 20% of my annual salary to, and then a mandatory 7% is deducted and contributed from my paycheck. Then there’s the optional 403(b) retirement contributions I make.

I used to think feds had it pretty good, but not after becoming a state employee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:state of maryland employee

+1

15 days annual leave (you stop earning when your balance reaches 30 days)
15 days sick leave (unlimited accrual while in state service)
12 days for major holidays (including the day after Thanksgiving!)
6 personal days (do not roll over year to year)

I also earn comp time even though I’m a salaried (not hourly) employee. If I work a 50 hour week, the extra 10 hours become comp time that I can take at a later date. Comp time expires a year after it is earned, and there isn’t a limit on how much you can earn.

All in all, it’s a pretty sweet deal being a state employee. The health insurance options are amazing, too (low or no deductible plans). Oh, and a pension which the state contributes about 20% of my annual salary to, and then a mandatory 7% is deducted and contributed from my paycheck. Then there’s the optional 403(b) retirement contributions I make.

I used to think feds had it pretty good, but not after becoming a state employee.

Sorry, made a mistake. Up to 75 days of annual leave can be carried over from one year to the next. Not 30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Confused whether you are asking about 4+ weeks per year or 4+ weeks at one time.

I am a lobbyist and have unlimited leave. But I can't really get away for more than a week or two at a time.

The bolded is what I meant.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, everyone!

[Anonymous]

In theory I get just over two weeks off a year. However if I work a 12 hour shift on a holiday ( first responder) I can take 18 hours of comp instead of OT. If my day off falls on the holiday I get 12 hours of comp because it was my day off anyway and I didn’t benefit from the holiday. So that’s an additional 10 days off per year at least.