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[quote=Anonymous]irst, I'll answer for my local gov position. We can carry 2.5x our annual allotment, and unlimited sick.

Early in my career (corporate) I hardly ever had any to carry over, and even requested Leave Without Pay when I was at a company with 2 weeks leave. Two weeks vacation is just not enough.

My current job has 18 days/year. I knew I was going to have a kid and we didn't have real maternity leave, so I hoarded as much leave as I could for maternity leave and came back with almost no leave.

Then, I took almost no vacation during COVID, both "nowhere to go" and also job requirements were really demanding. So now, I'm at about my max, 9 weeks in the bank, and I'm planning regular use of it again (for local-ish trips).

For random daycare holidays (summer break), my husband and I alternate and/or WFH while parenting. I'm taking the whole Christmas break off with my kid, though.

Second, unlimited vacation is mostly a scam so companies don't have to pay out 9 weeks of vacation when someone leaves, and it is no longer an actual entitlement.

Third, it is ridiculous how uneven vacation allotment is, even within companies. Senior people with 6+ weeks with underlings getting 1-2 weeks. America needs a new vacation policy. 
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