Pay and benefits: how much PTO do you get?

[Anonymous]

When I started in my independent federal agency right out of grad school, I got 18 PTO days and 2 floating holidays.

Now, three years later, I get 20 PTO days and 2 floating holidays. I can roll over 360 hours of PTO per year. The rest will get cashed out.

Plus 10 federal holidays. Plus I'm on AWS, so I'm out of the office every other Friday. It's crazy.

I also get 20 (need to double check) paid sick days per year and can roll over as many as I want. I'm hardly ever sick so I'm banking them all up in case of a serious illness or for paternity leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I started in my independent federal agency right out of grad school, I got 18 PTO days and 2 floating holidays.

Now, three years later, I get 20 PTO days and 2 floating holidays. I can roll over 360 hours of PTO per year. The rest will get cashed out.

Plus 10 federal holidays. Plus I'm on AWS, so I'm out of the office every other Friday. It's crazy.

I also get 20 (need to double check) paid sick days per year and can roll over as many as I want. I'm hardly ever sick so I'm banking them all up in case of a serious illness or for paternity leave.

I should add, I started at $73K and I'm now making $98K. Not terrible, but not great either considering COL and my student loans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I started in my independent federal agency right out of grad school, I got 18 PTO days and 2 floating holidays.

Now, three years later, I get 20 PTO days and 2 floating holidays. I can roll over 360 hours of PTO per year. The rest will get cashed out.

Plus 10 federal holidays. Plus I'm on AWS, so I'm out of the office every other Friday. It's crazy.

I also get 20 (need to double check) paid sick days per year and can roll over as many as I want. I'm hardly ever sick so I'm banking them all up in case of a serious illness or for paternity leave.

Haha, I also need to add that I don't need to "earn" my annual leave or sick time throughout the year. They give it to me all upfront at the beginning of the year. However, if you spend it all before the end of the year and you leave the agency, you will be required to pay back the portion you have not earned.

[Anonymous]

24 days vacation
3 days personal
12 days sick
Federal holidays+day after Thanksgiving

Sick leave can be carried over indefinitely. Personal days expire. Can carry over 30 vacation days.

New hires get the same for everything but vacation, which is 12 days; 18 days after 3 years. 24 days is for directors and those with 15 years service.

[Anonymous]

Wow, there are some generous PTO benefits out there. Or I just have a really terrible one. 10 days off per year (includes vacation and sick time) plus 10 federal holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher.

10 sick days, 2 personal days per year. Cannot take more than 2 days off in a row without a doctor's note.

Stop whining. I work in the schools too. There are 260-261 weekdays in a calendar year. Teachers work at most 190 days a year, so that means we get 70 days off a year including holidays plus 10 sick days and 2 personal days - so that is 82 days a year you get off including holidays, vacation, sick days, personal days.
82/5 = around 16 weeks off.

[Anonymous]

30 days PTO...but it was 20 for the first 10 years (been here 15).

Unlimited sick days.

Company closed Christmas Eve and day after Thanksgiving.

Make about $150k as director at a large non-profit.

[Anonymous]

PP...the thread is about PAID time off. Teachers are not PAID in the summer when they don't work. Plus 10 sick days go rather quickly when kids are sneezing, coughing and sometimes even vomiting on you. All of my accrued sick leave was taken when I had my son so between my illnesses, my son's illnesses and specialist appointments at Children's Hospital, those 10 days go extremely quickly. Not complaining--just telling it from a different perspective.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher.

10 sick days, 2 personal days per year. Cannot take more than 2 days off in a row without a doctor's note.

Stop whining. I work in the schools too. There are 260-261 weekdays in a calendar year. Teachers work at most 190 days a year, so that means we get 70 days off a year including holidays plus 10 sick days and 2 personal days - so that is 82 days a year you get off including holidays, vacation, sick days, personal days.
82/5 = around 16 weeks off.

[Anonymous]

Pay is average compared to others in my field
0 vacation days
0 sick days
0 personal days
0 holidays
no 401k

Can you guess my field?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pay is average compared to others in my field
0 vacation days
0 sick days
0 personal days
0 holidays
no 401k

Can you guess my field?

Self employed. Doctor lawyer therapist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pay is average compared to others in my field
0 vacation days
0 sick days
0 personal days
0 holidays
no 401k

Can you guess my field?

Self employed. Doctor lawyer therapist?

SAHM.

[Anonymous]

^^ that's me, and that is my guess. I'm not the OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP...the thread is about PAID time off. Teachers are not PAID in the summer when they don't work. Plus 10 sick days go rather quickly when kids are sneezing, coughing and sometimes even vomiting on you. All of my accrued sick leave was taken when I had my son so between my illnesses, my son's illnesses and specialist appointments at Children's Hospital, those 10 days go extremely quickly. Not complaining--just telling it from a different perspective.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher.

10 sick days, 2 personal days per year. Cannot take more than 2 days off in a row without a doctor's note.

Stop whining. I work in the schools too. There are 260-261 weekdays in a calendar year. Teachers work at most 190 days a year, so that means we get 70 days off a year including holidays plus 10 sick days and 2 personal days - so that is 82 days a year you get off including holidays, vacation, sick days, personal days.
82/5 = around 16 weeks off.

You could choose to be paid year-round. You could also choose to work in the summers.

[Anonymous]

Teacher. 400 hours a year. I give 1 personal illness day to the sick bank each year so I actually have only 7 days available for sick day/family illness leave and 2 to personal business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pay is average compared to others in my field
0 vacation days
0 sick days
0 personal days
0 holidays
no 401k

Can you guess my field?

Self employed. Doctor lawyer therapist?

SAHM.

BINGO!