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How big of a pay cut would you take for 4 weeks PTO per year?
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:16 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124611) |
Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:20 PM Author: burgundy whorehouse You mean four more? Not that much honestly (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124622) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:21 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat I get zero, so from my perspective it would be zero to four. I can see how four to eight would be worth less (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124625) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:08 PM Author: exhilarant codepig Are you working as a contractor or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124785) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:24 PM Author: costumed aromatic tank Are we talking about 4 weeks PTO on paper, i.e., what would happen IRL?
Or are these 4 magical weeks of PTO where I can take a real vacation and not have to worry about work?
I'd pay $0.00 for the former; probably ~$175K for the latter. |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:26 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat Four weeks of time where you are off (not working) but still paid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124646) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 6:28 PM Author: Fear-inspiring location people who are hurt Cr. This hypo is a dumbass trap just like all of those mega corps that went to “unlimited vacation” policies (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125702) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 9:44 PM Author: costumed aromatic tank I own my own business, so I can take off whenever I want and still be "paid". What I can't do is ever take a vacation longer than a weekend and not end up working <3 hours/day.
If I could freeze time for my clients, OC, and the court, like that guy in the movie Cashback, and take a real vacation, that I'd pay big $$$ for. |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:25 PM Author: fiercely-loyal knife regret lol I currently get 32 days plus 5 floating holidays (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124638) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:26 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat I don't get holidays (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124648) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:27 PM Author: Infuriating senate elastic band In this day and age there really is no such thing as PTO. You're always on. The trade off is that you don't have to go to an office and have a lot more flexibility during your day-to-day, but everyday is a workday, and the workday starts at 6 am and goes to 11pm or later. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124649) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:34 PM Author: bronze zombie-like pocket flask house plenty of people have real PTO, stop telling yourself this to sleep at night. this is what you Voted For by opting for the straightforward path to $$$ via the Majesty of The Law (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124682) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:45 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat I've decided to kill myself to get a break from work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124720) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:49 PM Author: bronze zombie-like pocket flask house have you tried just quitting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124735) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:51 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat I have bills to pay, man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124744) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:52 PM Author: bronze zombie-like pocket flask house stop paying them. one weird trick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124746) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:58 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat That's not how I was raised. My folks would rather bury me than watch me become a deadbeat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124758) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 8:16 AM Author: bronze zombie-like pocket flask house Sounds like your folks raised a pencil pushin faggot slave, brother. Sorry about that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126774) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 8:05 AM Author: lascivious bespoke crackhouse I used to think that, then I quit and it didn’t matter. My “bills” get “paid” one way or another. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126757) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 5:41 PM Author: Ivory dilemma gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125590) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:40 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat It's needlessly cruel. I am by no means indispensable, but I am required to be available to work all day every single day of the year with no exceptions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124704) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:50 PM Author: Infuriating senate elastic band cr. And don’t get me started on juniors that turn in shit work and want IMMEDIATE feedback. “Look, hun, I’ve never met you in person and I don’t care about your professional development. You don’t help me at all and are just a burden.” |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:33 PM Author: Frum Fragrant Step-uncle's House i took a fairly large one for it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124674) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 5:41 PM Author: Ivory dilemma gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125591) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:35 PM Author: excitant jet-lagged university already get this working pt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124688) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:36 PM Author: Mind-boggling nudist field I took a big pay cut to work part time. Been doing it more than a year now. 100% worth it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124690) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 5:12 PM Author: Ruby school rigpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125527) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 12:49 PM Author: red tanning salon That would be 7 days less than I get now, and I take all of it. (I also get Juneteenth, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day off.) And I can take random days and don’t have to take it in 1 week blocks like some biglaw corporate cuck.
BTW some people at my company who started here long ago had a deal where they got something like another week of vacation every 5 years they stayed up to a total of 8 weeks. There were older people I worked with who took 8 weeks of real vacation per year and would not respond to any emails while they were out of the office. Most of them were in niche roles they could do in their sleep, though.
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:00 PM Author: razzmatazz black woman i get 28 days (5.5 weeks) + paid week off at xmas + all holidays (including Juneteenth, etc) + 3 "wellness" days per year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124762) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:06 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat But do you actually get to not work during that time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124777) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:07 PM Author: razzmatazz black woman i just came back from taking 2 weeks off (i'm still ooo but working remotely this week) and answered 2 urgent emails during this time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124782) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:13 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat That's insane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124800) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:14 PM Author: exhilarant codepig Nice. I have a ton of PTO but generally spend at least some time every day answering emails. Might be 5 minutes to an hour depending on what is going on. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124802) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:06 PM Author: exhilarant codepig I have more than 6 weeks now. 5 weeks PTO + 6 personal days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124778) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:16 PM Author: adulterous thriller market electric furnace None. I can just work from wherever I feel like vacationing.
Edit: I'd take a pro rated paycut for reduction in billable hours requirements. I dgaf about advancing in my career. Non equity partner is the best I'd get anyway and that's flame. |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:17 PM Author: exhilarant codepig If you still have to jump on 6 hours of calls and do 2-3 hours of work then that's not really the same thing as spending the day going on dive trips or skiing and maybe answering a few emails at your convenience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124812) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:32 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat cr
I go on "vacation" sometimes, which means I work from a hotel while my family does stuff and hopefully I meet them for dinner |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 1:33 PM Author: exhilarant codepig 120. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49124861) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 2:20 PM Author: fiercely-loyal knife regret learn how to manage expectations and stop being such a spineless fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125034) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 2:31 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat What are you talking about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125065) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 4:50 PM Author: fiercely-loyal knife regret don't let yourself get into a situation where you're expected to work while on vacation. say i'm out and don't bring your laptop or work phone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125424) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 5:42 PM Author: Ivory dilemma gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125592) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 6:47 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat Then I lose my job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125734) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 7:36 PM Author: fiercely-loyal knife regret if you were actually good at it you wouldn’t. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125895) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 7:52 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat And if my grandma had wheels she'd be a wagon. So what. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125928) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 1:59 PM Author: exhilarant codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49127704) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 7:06 AM Author: Bat-shit-crazy shrine old irish cottage This. I'm a GC and do this. Told my CEO and management team I wouldn't be responding to anything unless I thought it was a genuine emergency and followed through on it
Worked one afternoon on litigation. Answered a few emails here and there. They and the business survived and are trained for future vacations
Was out 5 business days plus 4 weekend days |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 2:32 PM Author: crawly skinny woman eurofags get this but have no money to go anywhere (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125070) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 5:19 PM Author: concupiscible theatre lol cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125548) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 2:40 PM Author: up-to-no-good bawdyhouse nowag Is 4 weeks a big deal? I give all my employees 3 weeks
Almost none of them ever comes close to using it all |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 12:14 AM Author: exhilarant codepig I've never let vacation go to waste, which means that I've been taking over 6 weeks a year for like the past 5 years. And last year I took paternity leave (an extra 8 weeks).
On the downside I don't fully step away ever. |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 7:59 AM Author: blue casino liquid oxygen Lol paternity leave. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126751) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 2:00 PM Author: exhilarant codepig Zero regrets. Also took an extra 4 weeks of vacation. It was absolutely 180. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49127710) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 5:14 PM Author: Ruby school rigpig a significant one. as a transactional lawyer it's impossible to truly get away, always stuff that comes up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125536) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 7:37 PM Author: blue casino liquid oxygen I would absolutely reject it. If you have a real job, taking time off is horrible. It's not like the work just magically disappears. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49125898) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 8:50 PM Author: Histrionic scourge upon the earth wagecucks No kidding. The stress building up the month or so before vacation is awful. Client: “Oh hey we’re sending you a new deal in the next few weeks.” Makes me want to cancel my vacation right then or just let my wife and kids go (but then she’ll be pissed because that’s “not a vacation” for her). Or the psychopathic partners who do not give af about your ooo and do the “yeah junior bitch partner Josh will get a first draft out tomorrow” when that’s the first time you’ve even heard of a matter and then schedules a kick-off call with worthless but attractive junior associates and disappears himself.
It’s absolute hell. And some “partners” will offer to cover but then you either have to give them credits or they’ll try to steal the client—or both!
It’s very stressful. I now take no more than a week at a time. The smaller things / daily noise can sometimes wait 1 week. |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 7:51 AM Author: bronze zombie-like pocket flask house Give them credits tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126740) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 8:57 PM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat Suicide is the only way out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126047) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 7:37 PM Author: razzle circlehead I get 4 weeks PTO -- although I only use ~2.5 weeks.
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Date: July 23rd, 2025 8:59 PM Author: autistic institution stock car That’s what I get plus up to four weeks carryover (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126051) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 12:12 AM Author: exhilarant codepig We get 175% which is dropping to 150%. So with 5 weeks I can bank 7.5 (I always end at my max) plus my 6 personal days. So theoretically I could take almost 14 weeks off next year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126463) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 4:04 PM Author: autistic institution stock car Yeah, whenever anyone retires that basically get three months bonus pay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49128246) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 5:05 PM Author: exhilarant codepig This is the real reason they're reducing this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49128521) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 12:15 AM Author: hateful exciting meetinghouse psychic I had 6 weeks before I retired. $500K in house but MFH so basically poor.
Thank you exeunt 🙏 |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 1:05 AM Author: curious harsh cruise ship toilet seat Net worth? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126514) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 2:01 PM Author: exhilarant codepig That's basically my situation but I WFH from Florida (except when I fly in).
Why would you bother retiring? |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 5:07 PM Author: 180 crimson orchestra pit what did exeunt do? crypto advice? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49128528) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 7:49 AM Author: Mischievous vivacious hell factory reset button Literally none, just wait until your job screws you over and then leave for more PTO & more money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126737) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 8:06 AM Author: Aggressive coiffed national headpube I'm sorry I seem to have accidentally ended up on Reddit again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126759) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 9:04 AM Author: Mahogany Sinister Corner Son Of Senegal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126881) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 8:42 AM Author: Mahogany Sinister Corner Son Of Senegal lol I already get this. I make a shit salary ($220k) but I get a ton of time off, PSLF and vacation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49126827) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 2:29 PM Author: Swashbuckling church cuckoldry I hate people who call it "PTO." Ghastly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49127789) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 2:30 PM Author: exhilarant codepig That's what it is called. Otherwise, you have to worry about that vacation and personal days are different. PTO is everything. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49127791) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 2:32 PM Author: Swashbuckling church cuckoldry Just absolutely ghastly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49127797) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 2:32 PM Author: exhilarant codepig lol, fair enough (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49127799) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 2:47 PM Author: wonderful site I’ve always taken all my PTO until this year. Would usually do a 2 week family trip in the fall and smaller things throughout the year.
Took a more demanding position for $$$ at a startup and it’s just not possible to take PTO for longer than a few days. It’s horrible and just leads to burnout . Don’t know how people work with nothing to look forward to. Would a 25% paycut to go back to the previous situation. |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 5:05 PM Author: exhilarant codepig How much of a pay raise did you get for your current position? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753708&forum_id=2E#49128523) |