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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a fed who makes 80k and I get 6 hours a pay period of annual leave= 19.5 annual leave days.

We get a lot of BS holidays like MLK, presidents day and Columbus day, but I'd much prefer the day after Thanksgiving or the day after Christmas. [/quote]

Ditto. We also get 4 hrs sick leave per pay period. [/quote]

Yes feds do get "sick leave," but I hate it. I would much, much prefer like 3 "personal days" and then also having short term disability or maternity or something like that for more serious issues. Sick leave is VERY abused by feds who've been there for a long time (and thus have hundreds of hours saved) whereas younger employees can't save enough for maternity or when things go wrong (broken leg, surgery etc). Most fed women in their 20s only have enough sick leave for maybe 4 weeks of maternity leave. [/quote]

On the other hand, 4 weeks of paid maternity leave is (unfortunately) more than many people get, myself included.[/quote]

I'm the pp you quoted. We're TTC and so I've been saving my sick leave for 7 years. I also really need foot surgery which I'd need to be out for 3 weeks (at least) for so I just can't do it. I feel pretty stuck right now! Any sick leave I take feels like I'm taking away from my children. [/quote]

I didn't mean to sound like I was saying that you had it good, just that the lack of paid maternity leave in this country sucks.  I felt exactly the same about my maternity leave.  All I could do was save my PTO.  It meant that any time I took before they were born came directly out of my pocket in the form of unpaid leave after they were born.  Which is where you're at - either unpaid or you don't take it.  For us it was more important for me to take the time off so I had several months unpaid and we're still paying for it not (kids are 2 and 5).[/quote]

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