Thoughts on using all your vacation days? Is the norm for people to use all their days? And what is thought of people who block off weeks at year end with all the vacation they will lose if they don’t

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Never let vacation days go to waste

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EY is use them or lose them so use them!

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I know folks outside of California who take off December

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No "ideal" time to take them anymore except maybe December (because we moved to the 90 day feedback cycle). 40 hours roll over to next June if they are unused. Take your vacation, everyone understands!

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I don't request vacation. I announce it.

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^unless you're in California

If you don’t need to use PTO for sick days, I’d say it’s very common. Our PTO earnings are really generous. Great to have if you need the days.

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