I'm going to Disneyland!..... Tokyo & Hong Kong!

Ghoulish Delight · 08-21-2012, 03:21 PM

It's not so much the total amount allotted (if you're established in the corporate world at least), rather the acceptance of actually using it. Here companies have a habit of trying to make you feel guilty for using any of your vacation time to even give yourself a 3 day weekend every once in a while*. Asking for a full week can feel like asking for a favor from the mafia. In contrast with much of the rest of the world where it's commonplace and encouraged to take extended leaves.

* The exception being if the company happens to want to make their financials look better, in which case they want all those long term employees with vacation days banked to use them because as long as they're on the books they count against their bottom line

08-21-2012, 03:21 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	It's not so much the total amount allotted (if you're established in the corporate world at least), rather the acceptance of actually using it. Here companies have a habit of trying to make you feel guilty for using any of your vacation time to even give yourself a 3 day weekend every once in a while. Asking for a full week can feel like asking for a favor from the mafia. In contrast with much of the rest of the world where it's commonplace and encouraged to take extended leaves. The exception being if the company happens to want to make their financials look better, in which case they want all those long term employees with vacation days banked to use them because as long as they're on the books they count against their bottom line __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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