Vacation Time Differences

[Anonymous]

Here is the question:
What is your title, time with the company and how many days vacation do you get?

Also, does Forest give an additional time off for Christmas?

 

[Anonymous]

Title doesn't matter, simple formula:

first year 5 days
year 2 10 days
year 5 15 days
year 9 20 days
year 20 25 days and that's the end.

Three days off at the holidays Xmas eve, xmas day, and new year's day.
If you're in the job for the vacation time Forest is probably not for you. The policy is "use it or lose it" each year and you're discouraged from using it. Particularly if your supervisor has less tenure and vacation. Then they resort to intimidation and veiled threats about your "commitment to the job" when you request the vacation time you've earned. The same applies for family medical leave. If your spouse is ill or pregnant requiring you to take time off, start looking for another job. No joke, seen it happen more than I care to recall.

 

[Anonymous]

Title doesn't matter, simple formula:

first year 5 days
year 2 10 days
year 5 15 days
year 9 20 days
year 20 25 days and that's the end.

Three days off at the holidays Xmas eve, xmas day, and new year's day.
If you're in the job for the vacation time Forest is probably not for you. The policy is "use it or lose it" each year and you're discouraged from using it. Particularly if your supervisor has less tenure and vacation. Then they resort to intimidation and veiled threats about your "commitment to the job" when you request the vacation time you've earned. The same applies for family medical leave. If your spouse is ill or pregnant requiring you to take time off, start looking for another job. No joke, seen it happen more than I care to recall.

Thanks for the info, but I heard it is 3 weeks after 3 years. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[Anonymous]

Yes it is 3 weeks after 3 years. Also 2 personal days and 1 floating holiday a year and 8 sick days.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes it is 3 weeks after 3 years. Also 2 personal days and 1 floating holiday a year and 8 sick days.

This is correct. You get all of these plus your holidays. I'm up to the five weeks and I never get grief about using my days. I simply enter them and tell my manager I'm taking them. I can't say there isn't one or two a-hole managers who actually would give someone grief over taking vaca, but I've never met them....most managers encourage their people to use their time.

 

[Anonymous]

Once in awhile a manager may ask not to take the time off right after a POA, but other then that everyone is encouraged to use it.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes it is 3 weeks after 3 years. Also 2 personal days and 1 floating holiday a year and 8 sick days.

You guys actually have a limit on the number of sick days you can take? Is this for real? What happens if you are sick with the flu for 2 weeks?

 

[Anonymous]

Any time you have to take over 5 consecutive sick days off it would have to go under short term disability.

You guys actually have a limit on the number of sick days you can take? Is this for real? What happens if you are sick with the flu for 2 weeks?