Right now about 7 weeks, I max out around 8.5 weeks? Tons of sick leave, probably close to 30 weeks right now. I don’t take a ton of time off and anything over 40 hours a week gets me comp time. I’ll probably be getting paid to take a lot of time off the year I retire
My last job, county Paramedic had an awesome sick/vacation plan.
3 personal days and we could carry over 3 PD's a year. So if you didn't use yours you could start Jan 1 with 6 days. Or you could take pay for these days.
Sick and vacation time was time on the job based, its been a while but I had like 1200 hours vacation time and 2,000 hours sick time.
A portion of sick time is converted into retirement when you retire in out state system.
I "retired" early to go into nursing FT. I drew a full time check for about 6 months.
Best part of all this was working a 24 hour shift, I had a set schedule and worked Monday and Friday.
Still work PT maybe a 8 hour shift every other month
I never really understood the concept of "paid" time off. "So you're saying that you want to pay me.........while I'm not even here working"? What a concept. I never gave it much credence beyond an incredible gift from the company, because I was more than willing to take time off without pay as needed.
Then I'm given a floating holiday for Good Friday.
Then I get 3 weeks of PTO, but that's more for sickness, dealing with family issues, etc. The criteria to charge that account is 1) can only be done by me, and 2) can only be done during work hours. I've been thinking about using it to shop for retirement properties in WY. I usually only use about 5 of these 15 days a year.
Lastly I get the week off between Christmas and New Years.
I'm doing something wrong. I might get a week off total this year and it will be unpaid. My problem is that I am the owner and too cheap to hire someone else so that I can take off more time. I need to get my work/personal time in order.
I accrue 7 weeks per year. Between, two weeks in Wyoming for fishing/backpacking, 2 weeks in Colorado for hunting, and 1 week in Europe with the wife, I can go through my PTO pretty quickly.
When I was younger, I would rarely take extended PTO. Now, I try to take it all. My company is great about letting me go out into the wilderness and be completely out of communication for a week. Every once in a while I have to get to a mountain top and find cell coverage to talk to someone. But, it's pretty rare.
Retired at 55, guided for another 10, no time off there. But now, I just kinda go when she's tired of seeing my face, she is loving Africa. Starting home tomorrow.
I thankfully work for a company that allows “unlimited” PTO. It’s not tracked, but I take between 25-35 days a year and some colleagues take 40+, with no questions.
Taking vacation accrual off the balance sheet has benefits for everyone.