[Hondaracer]

Just curious as to how much Vacation time is available in general to everyone, be it paid or not

the company i work for currently has basically labour relation minimum, 2 weeks after 6-8 months of employment and 3 weeks after 6 years with the company, however I usually take a week unpaid off but it usually takes some ass kissing :/

Time off is a big thing for me in employment so i'm just curious what others get, also if you guys have some specific circumstances, ie. been with a company 10 years, availability of "Flex days" or "Sick days" please post that as well, and maybe what industry you are in?

[hc529]

1-4years, 2weeks
5-8years, 3weeks
9-12years, 4weeks 8% holiday pay
13-15years, 5weeks 8% holiday pay
15+ years, 6weeks 12% holiday pay

Also, every 160hr, 1 sick day accumulated.

I work in the grocery business.
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[JesseBlue]

do you count sick days as vacation days? some have mandatory time of (slow down) which they usually grab sick days first then vacation days

[murd0c]

do you count sick days as vacation days? some have mandatory time of (slow down) which they usually grab sick days first then vacation days

no sick days are sick days

I have 3 weeks been there for 7 years. Once I hit 10yrs I will get 4 weeks. I also get 6 sick days a year.

[SoNaRWaVe]

i work for coast mountain bus company. part time regular status. been with the company for 5 years. 3 weeks of unpaid vacation due to status but get paid out versus a full time regular (paid vacation). 5 sick days a year and it rolls over.

[hchang]

So you work 52 weeks, and you get 2 weeks off. Man we're being screwed here.

For us we get paid vacation after one full year of service.

If I remember correctly:
1-4 years = 2 weeks paid
4-8 years = 3 weeks paid
8 + years = 4 weeks paid

Gets capped out at 4 weeks.

Sick days are sick days, unpaid for us.

[dvst8]

- Working I.T. job fulltime
- Started off with 3 weeks paid vacation
- Got 4 weeks after 7 years
- Will get 5 weeks after 15 years
- Can work O/T to bank 1 extra week of vacation per year
- 7 paid personal/sick days per year

[Wild_Penguin]

I get 25 working days vacation. But I work 5 days on 5 days off. So if I spend 5 days of leave I get 15 off so it's possible for me to have 75 days of vacation a year.

[k2_alpha]

Hired last April and currently at 2 weeks paid.
I believe 1 week is added at one year hired status. The rest of the system I am not sure of.
The guys who have been working for 15+ years basically work 1/2 a year and get paid 3/4.


I do get unlimited sick days.
75% pay when I take one too.

[bensta]

i get 2 weeks, then 6 paid sick days yearly

[Hondaracer]

when i say sick days, some people like my buddy who works for Vancouver School board can essentially take a week of paid holidays, then call in "sick" up to another 15 days in a row after that vacation, essentially extending his vacation time, however it's unpaid but you get a portion paid that is banked at the end of the year i believe

[!e.lo_]

I get 40 hrs, so 10 working days.
REQUIRED to use 5 during summer shutdown (July). That leaves 5 days left.
About 3 days are required to use during winter shutdown (December). So 2 days left of our choice.
So I don't get two weeks of vacation straight.
Vacation days must be requested a year in advance.

Time can be taken off by "banking." This is done by working overtime and "banking" the hours instead of taking pay.

Sick days are non pay.
more than 3% absentee and we can be written up for it.
Complete bullshit.

[hotong]

2 weeks
no sick days
software company

[bensta]

I get 40 hrs, so 10 working days.
REQUIRED to use 5 during summer shutdown (July). That leaves 5 days left.
About 3 days are required to use during winter shutdown (December). So 2 days left of our choice.
So I don't get two weeks of vacation straight.
Vacation days must be requested a year in advance.

Time can be taken off by "banking." This is done by working overtime and "banking" the hours instead of taking pay.

Sick days are non pay.
more than 3% absentee and we can be written up for it.
Complete bullshit.

jesus, sounds like youre getting fist fucked man.

[kakucaekz]

I'm in a union and part time, so I don't get vacation or any of that jazzle. But my supervisors get 3-6 weeks with vacation pay, depending on seniority. Not sure about sick days. Working for Vancouver Parks Board.

[inv4zn]

Work at a lab, been here full time for 2, as co-op for another 2.

As full-time, I get 3 weeks paid holidays, 11 paid sick days, and any OT until 150 hours is banked and used. OT is banked according to labour law, so 1.5x hours for straight OT, 2x hours for holidays, etc. Anything after 150 is paid out. Get another week for every 5 years I think. Not sure if it caps out because this year our manager took a 2 month holiday in the summer lol

I must say, some of you guys seem to be getting some shitty vacation time

[Oleophobic]

Start off at 3 weeks + 3 personal days which are pretty much the same as vacation days lol
We also get study days for professional exams
Sick days are unlimited as they are part of our STD (short-term disability) plan

Not sure how many days we get after working here longer but I know at some point you get 4 weeks (I think after 10 years) and even 5 weeks.

[Alatar]

2 weeks paid, as much UPTO as I want, if I want.

Haven't taken more than 3 days off in 2½ years. First time off was 7 working days this Christmas break, since we decided to close for the holidays. It was nice to sit on my ass and do nothing for a week.

[Zordon]

3 weeks at start
4 weeks after 8 years
5 weeks at 16 years

16 extra off days in a year
20 paid sick days at full pay

Gov't industry.

[What_the?]

3 weeks paid to start, 4 weeks after 7 years, can't remember the next tier

1 paid sick day accumulated per month

[Mr.HappySilp]

1-4years, 2weeks
5-8years, 3weeks
9-12years, 4weeks 8% holiday pay
13-15years, 5weeks 8% holiday pay
15+ years, 6weeks 12% holiday pay

Also, every 160hr, 1 sick day accumulated.

I work in the grocery business.
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My company is almost the same but I think is something like
1 to 3 years 10 days
3 to 5 years 14 days
5 to 8 years 20days?
Also we get 10 sick days every year.
You can also carry your vacation days over from pervious years if you don't use all. So far I have over 32 vacation days left and another 14 days for this year...... so I have a totally of 46 days left LOL.

[RiceIntegraRS]

Ive been at my job for 5 years, i dont get paid vacation or sick days. But i can take vacation whenever i want to. Ive already taken 5 weeks off In Nov/Dec. And im planning to take another week off In May and another week off in the summer.

[rageguy]

Yikes, didn't know there is such a huge variance in vacation days. I start at 4 weeks, then 5 weeks after 4 years, 6 weeks 8 years. Vacation days are paid. 150 paid sick days to start as well.

[eddoe]

I also started off with 20 paid vacation days and 20 paid sick days. I work in a research/public health and am not part of a union.

[nabs]

3 weeks paid vacation, sick days are sick days (unlim.), personal days are personal days (discretionary), all separate. been with the company roughly 1.5 years. However my company is very flexible with me.

But I never take vacation because my work is a vacation in itself :fullofwin:

[skiiipi]

5 weeks paid vacation (10yr tenure)
8 sick days

Next tier is 6 weeks at 15 yrs
7 weeks at 25yrs
I think it caps out at 7 weeks for us.

Retail industry
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[Jason00S2000]

I'm always on vacation, I choose when I want to work


Looks like Kona in February, right after my 1st book release, woo woo

[mb_]

3 weeks paid, sick days are unpaid (only called in sick once). Working for for a dealership/shop, been with them for over a year now. Started off as full time then part time once I started school.
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[dlo]

Go to sleep mb, u got school in 3 hrs
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[dn53]

Full time in an automotive dealership. 40 hours (ten days vacation) and one paid sick day. No real limit on unpaid sick days.. But everyones hates u for calling sick lol

Caps out at 5 weeks after ten years but not sure how many weeks before that
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[Great68]

2 Weeks at start of employment
3 Weeks at 2 years
4 Weeks at 7 years

Also we get given the following additional stat holidays:
Easter Monday
The Friday of BC Day long weekend
Christmas Eve (When it falls on a weekday)
Boxing Day

The sick day system is kind of dumb. You get 3 paid sick days per year. If you don't take any sick days in the year, you get two additional vacation days plus a cash bonus the following year. It basically encourages people to come in to work sick and spread it to everyone else.

[MR_BIGGS]

2 weeks paid vacation time
10 paid sick days
10 paid special leave days (sick spouse, kids, or other emergency situations)
Don't get overtime pay (overtime can only be used as vacation time; can't be paid out)

[melloman]

2 weeks paid vacation (rolls over if not used in the year)
3 paid sick days
unlimited "personal" (unpaid) days
can bank hours and take that as time off aswell

Engineering firm.

[hotjoint]

1-4years, 2weeks
5-8years, 3weeks
9-12years, 4weeks 8% holiday pay
13-15years, 5weeks 8% holiday pay
15+ years, 6weeks 12% holiday pay

Also, every 160hr, 1 sick day accumulated.

I work in the grocery business.
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Mine is similar to yours
1-4years, 2weeks
5-9years, 3weeks
10-14years, 4weeks
15-19years, 5weeks
20+ years, 6weeks

[Gh0stRider]

3 paid sick days per year

2 week vacay, 1-4 yrs
3 weeks vacay, 5-9 yrs
4 weeks vacay, ?? yrs
and so on

unlimited family/personal days (family emergency)

up to 3 months leave of absence, 6 moths leave of absence for school

bank day, accumulated after working a stat holiday. instead of getting paid out they hold the pay in lieu and can use it for time off.


24/7 business. never close

[Nechako87]

3 weeks + 1 week of banked time.

But I can usually swing 5 weeks.

EDIT: and 3 sick days...which don't get paid out at the end of the year if you don't use them. that sucks.

[belaud]

Wow I thought I had it bad, but now I realize mine's not too bad :lol

Unlimited sick days as long as you're not calling in once a week for being a pussy.

2 weeks off regardless of time worked.

165HR maximum banked hours, will reset at year's end, and will not go towards pay if not used.

[InvisibleSoul]

At my company, depends on the position.

Some get two weeks, some get three weeks.

People who have been at the company more than three years get between Christmas and New Years off as well.

I know someone who works as a BC Hydro engineer and he says they start at six weeks vacation. Dafuk?!

[Gumby]

I'm a university staff member. We get the following "extra" stat holidays:

Easter Monday
Boxing Day
+3 working days between Boxing day and NY (while the university is closed)

As for vacation days, the breakdown is:

Calendar Year 2 through 5: 4 weeks (20 working days)
6 through 8: 5 weeks (25 working days)
9 or more: 6 weeks (30 working days)

We can also carry-over up to 2 weeks.

I'm on my 10th calendar year, so I have just under 8 weeks of vacation this year (including the carry-over from 2012).

[platinum300]

At a major college.

- 6 weeks paid vacation, can carry over
- I work a 4 day week, I get every Friday off
- 16 paid sick days, can carry over
- 1 week paid career development leave
- 4 days paid family illness
- 8 hours paid doctors visit
- get all stat holidays off
- College closes for about 1.5weeks during the Christmas break and we get paid
- If you don't call in sick once within 3 months, you can bank a days pay and you can cash it out. So if you are like me who rarely calls in sick, you can cash out 4 days pay in a year.

[Meowjin]

8% 4 weeks paid, and 1 week unpaid.

But I feel like I'm going to get laid off soon anyways. Or forced to quit haha.

[Nocardia]

Wow, working in a university/college looks pretty lax for vacation!

I work in a hospital
4 weeks to start
1 extra day every year at 6 years
I don't know if I cap sick days at a certain point but I have 42 days...but its for true illness, I think people who call in sick for vacation are immoral.

[IfUCare]

I work in a software company.
4 weeks paid. (use anytime)
1.5-2 weeks paid during christmas. (Depends on workload)
1 week paid retreat (team building)
unlimited paid sick days ( don't abuse it, and everyone is happy)

[tool001]

4 weeks - start
5 weeks - after 5 years (@ now)
6 weeks - after 10 years
+ 15 flex days (like most crown corp )

+ 10 sick days

[too_slow]

At my company, depends on the position.

Some get two weeks, some get three weeks.

People who have been at the company more than three years get between Christmas and New Years off as well.

I know someone who works as a BC Hydro engineer and he says they start at six weeks vacation. Dafuk?!

4 weeks vacay + 8-10 personal days (vacation days essentially) + paid sick leave is not unheard of for both BCH and Fortis in engineering positions. Both firms are trying to fish from the very same (and very small) talent pool

[Iceman-19]

2 weeks a month, every month. :fullofwin:

[Alby]

3 weeks to start with
6 sick days a year (paid)

4 weeks after x amount of years.

of course there is overtime which can be banked or paid out.

work for coast mountain bus.

[Everymans]

2 weeks with a rollover. I have 3-4 days from last year to add to the 2 weeks for this year. two of my coworkers recently saved up 2 years worth of vacation days and took a month and a half off to go to australia.

[stewie]

3 weeks a year - gotta use a minimum of 2, if you only use 2, the extra 1 week is added on for the next year.
10 sick days - whats not used by the end of the year is either paid back to you on your final check, or goes towards your banked overtime for next year

an extra 1 week every X ammount of years
if you work tons of OT...days off are as many as your willing to work to get the banked OT

[Hondaracer]

2 weeks...

:feelsbadman:

:(
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[Senna4ever]

3 weeks paid vacation, but any days working trade shows and out of town conferences are banked, so I ended up with roughly 4 weeks paid vacation in 2012. I already have a week's worth banked for this year. Been with company 4 years. Not sure how many sick days and personal days I get as I never use them. Photographic industry.

[Horditruck]

First year - 2 weeks
2-6 years- 3 weeks
7-11 years - 4 weeks
more than 12 years - 5 weeks

Also get 80Hrs of sick time (10days), all 100% company paid. Can work OT and bank up to 173hrs for extra vacation time :fullofwin:

Helicopter Engine MRO industry.

[entrax]

banking industry

- after 3 mos probation - 3 weeks based on guaranteed hours/week of work.
if my hours/week is 20 hours, then i get 20x3 hours of vacation.
- not sure when the next tier is. but max is 5 weeks
- vacations have to be reserved at the beginning of the year based on seniority

- also no limit on sick days (paid) but it has to be reasonable.

[dark0821]

2 weeks paid + up to 2 weeks unpaid for a total of 4 weeks after 90 day probation
I think the next tier is at 5 years with 3 weeks paid + up to 2 weeks unpaid
and I think it tops out @ 7 weeks paid + 2 weeks unpaid (but i think thats like 25 years+)

vacation is granted based on availability and seniority, but xmas is blacked out and cannot be booked off...

unlimited non-paid sick days

but the rules can be ignored at the discretion of the manager. (so just kiss ass)
I am going back to asia for 5 weeks in march, Ive told them since aug of last year...

since I have only been with the company for 1 year, the way my supervisor did for me was 4 sick days + 2 weeks unpaid vacation + 2 weeks paid vacation and a 4 hour shift on the day I am back since my plane arrives @ like 9am

Union job in the grocery business

[CP.AR]

been with my company for 4 years before I quit on happy terms (I'm still working for them over the internet, putting in around 10 hours/week)

Being a small company with only 6 front office staff, holidays were lenient given that you have everything done and the boss clears you.
Last year I got 4 weeks of paid holiday, and another 2 without pay. The paid holiday though I was expected to put in about 1 hour/day given that I had internet connection to tend to the office computer network and such.

Mining/Fabrication industry

[skiiipi]

At a major college.

- 6 weeks paid vacation, can carry over
- I work a 4 day week, I get every Friday off
- 16 paid sick days, can carry over
- 1 week paid career development leave
- 4 days paid family illness
- 8 hours paid doctors visit
- get all stat holidays off
- College closes for about 1.5weeks during the Christmas break and we get paid
- If you don't call in sick once within 3 months, you can bank a days pay and you can cash it out. So if you are like me who rarely calls in sick, you can cash out 4 days pay in a year.

damn think u got the sweetest gig here in terms of vacation time

[iam_dan]

starting with...
3 weeks paid vacation
6 days paid sick days
3 personal days paid

carrying over is frowned upon but people still do it anyways

[seakrait]

vacation
1 to 7 years of service: 105 hrs (three weeks) of vacation per year
8 to 15 years: 140 hrs (four weeks)
16 to 23 years: 175 hrs (five weeks)
24 years +: 210 hrs (six weeks)

*note* - each work week is only 35 hrs long.

from 8 years of service onwards, you have to take at least 105 hrs (three weeks) of vacation per year and can bank the rest to a maximum of 140 hrs (four weeks) of banked vacation.

in addition to the above, at 11 years of service and every five years thereafter (@16, @21, @26, @31, @36, @41, and @46 years of service), you get an additional 35 hrs (1 week) of supplementary vacation leave. supplementary vacation can only be banked every five years.

net result thus far is that at 46 years of service, you get six weeks of vacation per year. Plus, you get 8 weeks of supplementary vacation that you have to use by your 51st year of service.

if you are entitled to 175 hrs of vacation a year, you can bank 35 hrs (1 week) of vacation per year into the early retirement bank. if you are entitled to 210 hrs of vacation, you can bank 70 hrs (2 weeks) of vacation per year into the early retirement bank. you can only use this particular banked vacation immediately prior to retirement.

sick leave
first 6 days of each absence due to illness are paid at 100%. after the 6 days are used, then each sick day thereafter (medium term sick leave - for the next 16 continuous weeks) is paid out at 75%.

for every four months of a year that a sick day is not used, you receive 7 hrs (1 day) gratuity leave (days off) at the end of that four months, up to a maximum of 21 hrs (3 days) per year. gratuity leave can be rolled over from year to year to a maximum of 120 days.

this is as an employee for a local municipal government.

[MikeyStyle]

http://mysuki.hosterbox.net/REVSCEnE/January%2010,%202013.jpg

seven paid sick days in a year

telecommunications company

[Obsideon]

Hahaha... I'll chip in to cheer everyone up!

Working in same job for 16 years. - ZERO VACATION DAYS FOREVER! :okay:

Oh ya and ZERO sick days, unless I'm physically DEAD, I go to work.

[Gumby]

^
You forgot to list your hours of work, and how many days per week you work. :p

[beproud]

1 day off for every 15 calender days

[sam0m0]

3 weeks vacation.
unlimited 100% paid sick days.
Can work OT whenever and bank days.
option for compressed work days to also get another day off every 2 weeks.
and I think 4 weeks vacay after 10 years or something.
boxing day and newyears count as stat holidays. and christmas and newyears eve are full day paid and only have to work 4 hours.

surprised no one mentioned sabbatical? 4 weeks sabbatical after 5 years.

[Meowjin]

^programmer?

[ApePee2]

Been with the company 3 years, 2 weeks vacation and 3 paid sick days