Unused Vacation

[Swank]

We're allowed to carry over the full allotment for one year, anything unused after that is paid out but you also face disciplinary action for not getting your shit together over the course of a year enough to get it used up. I carry over in case something unexpected comes up where I need more time off. My employer would be accommodating no matter what but I prefer to manage my own backup plan.

[suntan]

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Which is why many organizations Suffer After Purchase.

Expensive.
Buggy.
Requires customization. SAP labour is expensive.

[D'z Nutz]

Unless things have changed, and I don't believe they have, we're allowed to carry over a year's worth of vacation to the next year but even then it's a bit of a wishy-washy rule cause it's not heavily enforced since there's nothing really stopping you from carrying over more. Management is even cool if you carry over more than you're "allowed" as long as you have a plan to use it the following year and you've run it by management, ie: you're going to take a month or two off in the summer to travel. There have been situations in the past when HR forced management to just tell someone not to come in until X day forcing them to use their vacation, but that has been pretty rare.

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What's with people not taking vacation days? That is madness. I think I carri3ed over 5 days once, which was the amount allowed at that job, but usually very close to zero. In fact, I did carry over a negative balance of 1.5 days once. Was pretty proud of myself for that.

I get 5 weeks+ of vacation. While I do take vacation days, I basically accumulate them as fast as I use them since I have to burn off PLDs too. I will give management some credit: HR was urging people to use vacation days over the last two years and management pushed back saying they're not going to force their employees not to work when they can't go out and do things or travel.

[suntan]

I think it's more of a guideline than a rule. Like if you're carrying over a couple extra days no one's going to care anywhere. It's when you have 20 weeks that the bean counters start frowning.

[killramos]

I’ve always worked in a “you can carry a week, otherwise you need management approval”

I essentially never take my days though and end up taking something resembling December off.

[ExtraSlow]

I used to get 4 week plus 12 flex days, that was the high water mark for days off. I've never beaten 4 weeks since then, but a guy can dream.

My wife gets 4 week plus 26 days, but she's smart and works in the public sector.