https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft-Hartley_Act
Bullshit law from 1947 that outlaws solidarity between unions. It’s legalized criminality. It’s why I think it’s important UAW are lining all their contacts up for May 1st, 2028 and encouraging other unions to do the same.
US Labor Laws suck shit compared to the 1st World EU countries. Whenever my German colleagues complained about stress, I always said, " work in the USA and you will return screaming."
I get 11 PTO days this year. That includes sick days and vacation days. I love my job and company, but the time off sucks. I can go over that if I need to take care of myself, but it still sucks
Ouch. I give my nanny more time off than that. You may love your job and company but just remember that they do not care about you or your coworkers.
I mean, they pay for our health insurance, give hefty bonuses each quarter, and seem to genuinely care. The company is only 13 people, though, so we can’t really handle being down people all the time. Like I get their reasoning, and I can take more time off than that, but it’ll just be unpaid and people may get a lil pissed.
You mean that?
Meanwhile, here in Denmark any manager I’ve ever had insists that I take sick day when I’m sick. Not for my sake, for the company.
And i have virtually unlimited sick days, I don’t loose any money or vacation days by taking sick leave.
Also, if the place is understaffed because just one person is on sick leave, that’s a management decision. Why would anyone who cares about you, be pissed at you for acting sick while being sick…
I mean they don’t get actually pissed, it just inconveniences others but they understand that people get sick. I try to just work from home if I can if I’m sick. We plan on hiring more people when we move to our bigger office in the spring, so hopefully we won’t be short staffed again.
I know all of my leave is relegated to medical care. Recently I got to stay home while hubs and some friends went to new Orleans because I didn’t have enough leave to go too. I’m pretty frickin burned out by now
Minor improvement I heard of was implemented. A company let employees use sick time for doctors visits, because it is preemptive to employees getting sick and actually resulted in less employees on lengthy sick leave. For example finding cancer before it turns into a major issue, because employees don’t have to weigh PTO time off for childcare or selfcare.
There are steps companies can do to improve their employees lives. One miniscule pool of PTO as a catch all doesn’t cut it anymore. There is too much demand on our time outside of work.
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I’m just burned out doing stupid shit at work. I usually have like 1 real hour of work per day, max. The rest is all horseshit. I don’t need to be there 2 days a week, I don’t need to be at my fucking computer at all, for the most part. It’s all bullshit meetings, bullshit spreadsheets, bullshit emails.
I encourage my subordinates to take advantage of their salary job and work a few hours in the AM, deal with their personal medical BS, and check their email at the end of the day to see if anything urgent needs to be addressed. I’d rather they work a little bit then take the whole day off. Save that time for a real sick day.
Oh boy, how dystopian.
Agreed, but you can’t not play the game and dead progressives don’t vote.
This is a dumb take imo. I work a salary job and I usually end up taking many extra “days off” per year by just working a couple hours, if that, and ducking out for a doctors visits or other errands. I also just call it a day a few hours early on occasion, when I’m feeling done. It all adds up.
If I’m minority sick, I’ll absolutely just sit here and be unproductive on my computer as I peruse my phone, chat with friends, and wiggle the mouse between emails. Take advantage of the system as much as you can, because you know they are too.
I don’t know what to tell people who clock in and out, or who are closely monitored for work hours tbh. I wouldn’t work one of those jobs, and if I ever found myself in one, I would be searching for a new job tirelessly which I felt respected my efforts and my contributions.
Yeah, our system sucks and political violence is taking hold. So, you know … good, I guess.
This is one of the basic problems - mixing sick leave an vacation.
This thing where you have a certain number of sick days to spend, it often ends up as another kind of vacation. And then when you are out of sick leave, your vacation leave is just another kind of sick leave.
Here in Denmark, there’s virtually unlimited sick leave. If you’re sick, you take a leave with full pay. No “max 14 days of paid sick leave”. If you need to go to the doctor and you can’t do it outside working hours, it’s sick leave.
Then your vacation leave is for vacation. And sometimes errands, but with 25-30 days per year, there should be time for both.
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I have to use all my vacation and sick pay to cover my lost hours during the slow season. I have y been able to take a proper vacation since 2018.
Can you believe it? In the richest country in the world, people are forced to use their hard-earned vacation days just to see a doctor. It’s like a bad joke, but it’s the reality for so many hardworking Americans. There’s something seriously messed up with the way we’ve set up our system. It’s supposed to be the land of opportunity, but it feels more like the land of “fend for yourself.” Sure, if you’re a billionaire, life is pretty sweet. But for the rest of us? We’re left wondering if this is really what the American Dream is supposed to look like. It’s time we take a long, hard look at what we value as a society and start putting people first. Because at the end of the day, no one should have to choose between their health and a much-needed break from the daily grind.
Yep, I’ve never had a job that allowed me to take off time for a vacation. Only sick days, things I have to do but can only be done during the day during the week, and emergencies. Taking more than that is highly frowned upon and would cause me to lose any opportunity to move up. I take a week off once a year to get the things done that pile up that aren’t as urgent. Though this past year I ended up getting really sick that week and didn’t even get that opportunity.
English, same.
