Anonymous
Post 09/05/2017 12:10     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
My company tops out at 5 weeks shared sick/vacation PTO (once you get to 15 years of continuous employment here) with 8 paid holidays. You start out with 3 weeks combined PTO and 8 paid holidays.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2017 12:08     Subject: Re:How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
Anonymous wrote:Um, never. My company offers 10 weeks once you have been here 15 years.


What industry, that is pretty sweet. Pto or annual leave with seperste sick.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2017 10:35     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
Anonymous wrote:My company tops out at 6 weeks (including sick leave - it's just one "PTO" bank) plus 10 fed holidays.


+1. I think it's pretty rare for amounts to always increase. Most top out at some point I'd think.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2017 10:30     Subject: Re:How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
Um, never. My company offers 10 weeks once you have been here 15 years.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:54     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3 posts in and I'm already thankful I chose teaching. Around 15 weeks off from year 1 if you can put up with admin, parents, and students!


I was a teacher for 10 years and now work in an industry where I get only 4 weeks plus 10 sick days. It's actually a much better fit for me and my family. No evening or weekend work and a much less stressful working day (plus a later start time and the possibility to telework sometimes so I don't have to pay someone else to stay with my kids in the morning before the school bus comes when my husband travels for work). There are great things about the teaching profession and you should definitely do it if it brings you joy. But, the schedule is a lot less favorable in reality than it seems when you compare it on paper to other schedules.


Oh I've had other jobs...I'll take teaching every time. 8-3 and out the door except for a meeting now and then, no work whatsoever for 2.5 straight months, and 3-4 weeks throughout the school year, and sick days on top of that. My struggles are administrative stuff, of which there's a ton, but regarding the additional time I get with my spouse and kids...it's a blessing.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:54     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
3 weeks for many years now. I've never heard of anyone who gets 12.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:50     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
Everyone in my industry- finance tops out at 6 weeks vacation, unless you work for a European Bank or equivalent.

My DH is a teacher and gets about 12 weeks vacation total.
No other industry I know gets 12 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:36     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
Anonymous wrote:3 posts in and I'm already thankful I chose teaching. Around 15 weeks off from year 1 if you can put up with admin, parents, and students!


I was a teacher for 10 years and now work in an industry where I get only 4 weeks plus 10 sick days. It's actually a much better fit for me and my family. No evening or weekend work and a much less stressful working day (plus a later start time and the possibility to telework sometimes so I don't have to pay someone else to stay with my kids in the morning before the school bus comes when my husband travels for work). There are great things about the teaching profession and you should definitely do it if it brings you joy. But, the schedule is a lot less favorable in reality than it seems when you compare it on paper to other schedules.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:29     Subject: Re:How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
I have never known one single person working at an American company/office who got anywhere near 12 weeks. That's like taking a maternity leave every year. Maybe if you are a teacher or somebody whose work year has a built in break, but never people who work at offices that are year-round operations.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:27     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
3 posts in and I'm already thankful I chose teaching. Around 15 weeks off from year 1 if you can put up with admin, parents, and students!
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:27     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
My company tops out at 6 weeks (including sick leave - it's just one "PTO" bank) plus 10 fed holidays.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:24     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
Anonymous wrote:From reading here, almost everyone seems to slog away at 6 weeks or fewer.


Try much fewer, and most people don't take it all. This is not Europe.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:22     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
We top out at 7 weeks, including sick leave, plus the 10 federal holidays which we are allowed to flex if we want so 9 weeks. That is at year 13.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:20     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
My company tops out at 4.5 weeks (including sick leave). So I'll never get to 12 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2017 08:18     Subject: How long did it take you to get past 12 weeks PTO a year?
From reading here, almost everyone seems to slog away at 6 weeks or fewer.