Random Thoughts IV
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Previous job in healthcare, there was one PTO bucket, and that was for everything...even federal holidays. So, when I started the week before Thanksgiving, I didn't get paid when I took Thanksgiving off...no PTO accrued. The thought was that those working in direct patient care couldn't take those federal holidays off, so it was carried across to everyone, even if it was a normal office type job.
To me, it really wasn't that big of a deal. Yeah, I just BARELY had enough PTO to cover Christmas and New Year's that first year, but I managed. After my first year, I was accruing almost a day a pay period, so that would equal 26 days a year. 6 federal holidays...20 days to do with what you want. Granted, a sudden, long-term sickness could do you in. (Though, generous people could donate PTO)
And yes, we definitely had rollover. And yes, we did get paid out any PTO left when we left. So when I did leave, I got a whole extra paycheck.
To me, it really wasn't that big of a deal. Yeah, I just BARELY had enough PTO to cover Christmas and New Year's that first year, but I managed. After my first year, I was accruing almost a day a pay period, so that would equal 26 days a year. 6 federal holidays...20 days to do with what you want. Granted, a sudden, long-term sickness could do you in. (Though, generous people could donate PTO)
And yes, we definitely had rollover. And yes, we did get paid out any PTO left when we left. So when I did leave, I got a whole extra paycheck.
So the sky is completely gray today. However, I can only see the details of a few low-hanging, wispy clouds. No details of the clouds that are providing the complete cover. Do you ever think the earth is flat and God is just holding a flat, gray canvas above the earth on these days?
Careful, now...you put "God" and "earth is flat" in the same sentence, and people will start to think you're a nutbar.
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I can vouch for this - also two on-camera beheadings and multiple instances of bare bewbage & buttage. I just finished watching the first episode (got access to HBO GO, and already finished the final season of Newsroom, so I thought I'd give GoT a go). Interesting...but hoping it will become more of a story and less of a naked gore fest.
And on those lovely images, time for me to toodle off to bed.
I have never seen the series (yet) but did start reading the books. Mrs. Velo asked me how it was not long after I got started. I don't think I am revealing too much when I say that I told her that the violence you hear about the series is straight from the books. I said I've only read one chapter and they introduced us to three characters and two of them are already dead. I had to update her when I read part of the second chapter and they killed off the third of those initial characters.
Mine carries over to a maximum bank of 50 days. I usually carry something in the 40s. I consider it my short term disability/moving expenses if I get a new job fund. Yes, I get it paid to me if I leave but my sick leave is not. However if you keep so much time in your sick leave bank you can get the new sick leave partially paid back to you.
Hey, if you won't listen to me, will you at least listen to Curtis:
Pants, you get wise, you get to church. (not sure if Reverend Cleophus is still around or not, lemme do some lookin')
Not trying to convert. Just stating the answer that seems most obvious to the question.
Sick leave is addtional to vaca here, 12 hrs a month. No limit on accrual, so that's nice. You don't get paid for it when you leave the job though.
You also don't get paid for accrued vaca when you quit/retire. In order to get the vaca time they owe you, you have to take leave and use up all of your vacation time, then come in and work one more day. Not terribly convenient if you've left Ames already. It also makes it more difficult to replace employees and have any kind of overlap for training purposes. Instead, you're left without someone in that position altogether for as much as a couple of months (if they have max vaca and have two years accrued...). In extreme cases, HR won't even let you start the hiring process (posting the position) until the position is officially vacant. It's part of why I didn't have a boss for nearly a year on a couple of different occasions.
You also don't get paid for accrued vaca when you quit/retire. In order to get the vaca time they owe you, you have to take leave and use up all of your vacation time, then come in and work one more day. Not terribly convenient if you've left Ames already. It also makes it more difficult to replace employees and have any kind of overlap for training purposes. Instead, you're left without someone in that position altogether for as much as a couple of months (if they have max vaca and have two years accrued...). In extreme cases, HR won't even let you start the hiring process (posting the position) until the position is officially vacant. It's part of why I didn't have a boss for nearly a year on a couple of different occasions.
PTO at my job: I can carry over 187 hours which works out to 23.375 days. The great thing about my job is I'm on salary and I work at a company that only makes me use PTO hours when I am gone the entire day. So if I go in and work 8am-12pm I don't have to use time off to be gone 12-5pm. It's pretty much amazing.
We used to have that problem with not being able to even start the hiring process until the retiree used up their full bank of vacation and then came back to "work" that last day. They finally figured out that they were hurting themselves with a policy that didn't make sense and changed it. I think they hung on to it for so long because they wanted to stick it to someone who *gasp* had the audacity to take a job somewhere else.
I'm pretty sure that I don't sweat much of anything stated in CF. Thanks for the concern though. Not all of you heathen are going to he//.
My dog specializes in running off religious door-to-door types and works for bones filled with peanut butter. He chased off a few JWs on Monday morning and ready to roll again.
I did a double take on this post. When I first read it, I threw an "e" in the middle of your abbreviation. It changed the denomination, but sorta amped up the shock value.
carry on
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