Vacation & Paid Time Off

You get three weeks of paid vacation that you accumulate throughout the year (not front loaded). Sick time is included in the three weeks, but having to go home sick or calling in sick counts as an occurrence and you get in trouble for it whether you have time off saved up or not. You only have to work 8 holiday hours a year, and they celebrate the 6 major holidays. It is very difficult to get time off around them as most people are trying to take advantage of a free day that they don't have to use vacation for. Get the request in early. You will be wait listed based on company need. There are also certain days of the year called GAP days where the company predicts they will be VERY busy based on trends. Gap day requests will not be approved, so do not plan vacations during these times. They will be rejected. It was my understanding that the attendance policy was going to change shortly after I left the company, but in some cases if you worked OT during the same week as a day approved off you didn't have to use vacation time for the amount of hours of OT you worked. I did this quite often for times when I just needed a half day or one day off, and my time off bank stayed the same.