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Vacation Time-All at once, or in small chunks?
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:41 pm
I get a good amount of vacation time each year. I prefer to take one week to 10 day trip, and take a lot of 1 and 2 day chunks. A couple people in the company take their entire vacation time in one chunk. One long time employee has 5 weeks and takes it all at the same time. I prefer a bunch of long weekends throughout the year. What do you do?
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:42 pm to HECM62
quote:holy shite
One long time employee has 5 weeks and takes it all at the same time.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:42 pm to HECM62
I’m having to take them in small chunks and it fricking sucks
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:43 pm to HECM62
I'd rather do long weekends and take a day or two here or there instead of blowing the entire wad on one big chunk of time.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:43 pm to HECM62
if i took 5 weeks in a row off, i likely wouldn't come back. 
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:44 pm to HECM62
I typically will take a couple days here and there, and use about 2 weeks in a block for a long trip. In September I'll be using 2 weeks to go to Italy, and aside from that I'll usually take a Monday or Friday off here and there.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:44 pm to HECM62
I have teenagers so I like to do small chunks. After 3 or 4 days I'm over it. Once they're out of the house I'll probably start taking longer ones.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:44 pm to HECM62
If I had 5 weeks, I would take two two week vacations. Gives you plenty of time to travel and what not. Then use the last week sporadically. A Friday here and there.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:44 pm to HECM62
Pretty much what you said. One big trip and a number of long weekends. 5 weeks at once is a waste because there is no way that he effectively planned 5 weeks worth of things to do or see and probably sat around watching daytime tv and jerking off.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:45 pm to HECM62
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One long time employee has 5 weeks and takes it all at the same time.
Clearly doesn't have one of my bosses. His philosophy is that if you can take off more than 2 weeks and he doesn't miss you, he doesn't need you.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:46 pm to HECM62
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in small chunks?
I use a week about every other month unless I have something big planned, I can usually stretch that week into almost two weeks off
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:46 pm to HECM62
It just depends what vacations I'm going on. Normally I take a week long vacation and then a couple days here and there for smaller trips.
This year I used all my vacation to extend my maternity leave, they gave me a week back so I'm using it for long weekends since I'm not taking any long trips this year.
This year I used all my vacation to extend my maternity leave, they gave me a week back so I'm using it for long weekends since I'm not taking any long trips this year.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:46 pm to atxfan
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no way that he effectively planned 5 weeks worth of things to do or see and probably sat around watching daytime tv and jerking off.
Sometimes, I just want to spend a day doing just that. Doing absofrickinglutely nothing.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:46 pm to atxfan
quote:we could all use a few days of this tbh
and probably sat around watching daytime tv and jerking off.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:47 pm to atxfan
quote:
there is no way that he effectively planned 5 weeks worth of things to do or see and probably sat around watching daytime tv and jerking off.
Sounds like he planned it out pretty well if so.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:48 pm to HECM62
I try and schedule a vacation every quarter. Breaks the year up. Our office basically closes the last two weeks in Dec, so I never waste days then.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:50 pm to HECM62
when working at Michoud they had a plant shutdown the last 2 weeks of every year.So, we got that time off plus our normal vacation.
One year I saved 2 weeks of vacation and took them right before the shutdown. it was almost like going back to school after summer vacation.
One year I saved 2 weeks of vacation and took them right before the shutdown. it was almost like going back to school after summer vacation.
This post was edited on 8/9/18 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:51 pm to northshorebamaman
If I took 5 weeks off, I would be replaced. I am almost getting to the point that I can take every Friday off, for the rest of the year.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:52 pm to HECM62
I typically take one week long vacation and several long weekend trips. I have taken a 3 week trip once and another 2 week trip, but I'd rather the one week trip and the weekend trips.
ETA: at one point I had a job where I accrued 16 hours every month, and I could bank a max of 176 hours, so I just accrued up to my max hours and then proceeded to take two 3 day weekends every month. That was nice
ETA: at one point I had a job where I accrued 16 hours every month, and I could bank a max of 176 hours, so I just accrued up to my max hours and then proceeded to take two 3 day weekends every month. That was nice
This post was edited on 8/9/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:53 pm to HECM62
5 weeks here also, usually take 2 weeks all together and alot of Fridays or the day before a Holiday off.
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