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NightShade03
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Hey all so I had a job interview today and we didn't talk about salary however we did talk about time off and benefits. I was wondering what the norm for these things are. They have 6 Paid time off days and 1 week vacation for the first year. Does this seem like alot/a little? I currently work for a small company that spoils us with vacation so I'm not sure what to expect.
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dynamik
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I get three weeks, but I worked my way up from one with a few misc days. I think around two weeks is average. If you have more, you may want to try negotiating for another week or two. -
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blargoe
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What I have encountered...
Generally, at whatever the company deems the rollover date for benefits, something like 10 days vacation, 5 days personal, and whatever the company observed holidays seems to be standard. The date might be my 1 year anniversary date, it might be January 1 of the next year, or some other date that is the same for everyone. Upon starting the company, what people get might be less than the full allotment. I got a prorated number of days at my last job and got the full number of days off on Jan 1. Current company bases it on anniversary date so I got all of my days from the start.IT guy since 12/00
Recent: 11/2019 - RHCSA (RHEL 7); 2/2019 - Updated VCP to 6.5 (just a few days before VMware discontinued the re-cert policy...)
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OptionsNightShade03
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Well they are offering to ALMOST double my current salary so the few days less that I won't half off will suffice
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Aldur
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Yea, I'd be ok with losing a few days vac if I was being offered 2x my pay, congrats!"Bribe is such an ugly word. I prefer extortion. The X makes it sound cool."
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msteinhilber
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I would require 10 days to start along with the typical holiday's. It's not so much that I really desire to go on vacation often, just that between doctors appointments and days that our little guy's day-care is closed my wife and I both end up using about 5 days each for that and we like to have a few remaining days for our own little getaway as well. -
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rsutton
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I need 8 weeks PTO and unlimited sick days not to mention paid holidays including Chinese New Years, National Hot Dog day and a week off for Octoberfest, all paid of course. I am still looking for a job that meets these requirements.
Until I find that job, I will continue to get 10 days PTO, 10 days sick and paid holidays (sadly not all the ones I was hoping to get). I have only been with my current company 6 months but it really starts to get good after a few years.
