So, we're going to Worlds (and Oceans) of Fun this weekend. I'm taking a couple days vacation, which got me looking at my paystub for this last check.
Square at the top (where you'd find a return address on a "modified block" style letter) are the leave balances for our vacation and sick time.
At the county, our sick leave accrues at 4 hours a month (a half-day for most) and 8 hours (a day for most) a month for vacation. I understand that; what supervisor wouldn't want to give you an incentive to schedule leave time in advance? Pretty much every supe who has to cover shifts, I suspect; which is probably why I get 96 hours of vacation time a year and only 48 hours of sick time.
I only have one problem with the whole setup; and that is vacation time is capped. Admittedly, I can build up to 3 weeks worth of time before I hit that "use it or lose it" ceiling. And most people only get 2 weeks per calendar (or in some cases, fiscal) year. So I've got it good. But even after this weekend, I'll have over two weeks of VC left on my next check. Which means - assuming I don't take another vacation (which I don't plan to any time soon) - by the end of the year, I'll be back at the ceiling.
Our sick time, on the other hand, doesn't have a ceiling. At the end of July, I'll have 3 full weeks of sick time built up -- even right now, I've stored up the sick time from over 2 years worth of paychecks.
Which - for me - helps to offset the lower wages. That, and the health/dental/Rx/vision insurance that the county pays for (no insurance fees out of my pocket), the retirement plan and life insurance.
I'll be back on Sunday night.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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