I had 6 weeks of vacation in the bank when my status changed from 12 months (accrues vacation) to 9 months (doesn't). I didn't get a terminal payout because I didn't leave the university. Technically it's still sitting there.
This is what I did this summer - not only did it make the summer way more relaxing, but also this will now be the first year ever that I won't lose vacation days on Jan 1. Glorious.
I do that every year with a bunch of mine actually. Leading up to our summer Fridays off. Some years I can manage 1/3rd of the year as four day weeks. I highly recommend it.
My employer forces me to get down to <5 days by the end of our financial year, so yeah for 12 weeks I took every other weekend as a four-day. 4 stars, would do again.
they should still offer to cash your ass out instead of threatening you but I do like the incentive they gave you (insider information not available to skeet-readers not married to this person: there was extra vacation offered for taking the vacation days, and it got taken)
I've got like 6 more days I need to take by the end of the year. Friday this week, a random Friday in November, and then 4 days around Christmas. It's all allocated.
I get a TON of time off with my day job, it’s lovely. Thankfully with us being allowed to bank some of it I can take my time off and still save time for bigger things (Olympics, World Champs, etc)
I get to carry over at most 10 days worth from year to year. But in 2020 I cancelled almost all my vacation and so now I have to take allllll of it every year or they archive it to be paid out when you retire.
I got caught a little bit this year because I've been budgeting out 3 weeks worth. But then I got a seniority bump and so now I get 17 days or something weird.
I sometimes miss out on some of the "Supplemental" days that we get. Because they have requirements that are like "Can be taken when the moon is full in a week when there isn't a statutory holiday and not near a vacation day subject to operational requirements" and it's just confusing.
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I’m very, very fortunate in that
But I’ll use a week in December then 2 1/2 in March for an event. Then nearly a month in 2026, so it’ll dwindle eventually