Posted: 4/19/2012 4:08:22 PM EDT
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I probably wouldn't ask for more, but I might ask for details. Make sure they don't have a bunch of special rules about how you can use it(for example, maybe you can't just take a Friday off, you have to take several days together, or if you take a sick day on Monday or Friday they charge it as vacation), make sure you will actually get the chance to use it all, ask if you can roll-over any days you don't use into the following year. Stuff like that. 23 days doesn't sound bad at all to me. |
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According to my math that is over a months worth of vacation. Ask for more money. To hell with the vacation days. Is this a roundabout way of bragging? I'm fairly well compensated for my job, I would take more leave (in an equal amount of dollars/per hour) rather than a raise, in a heartbeat. |
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According to my math that is over a months worth of vacation. Ask for more money. To hell with the vacation days. Is this a roundabout way of bragging? God dude, no. I truly appreciate the sincere responses, I am new to this, I was always hoping to retire from the job I had since 1988, however because of a change in ownership, things change. I wasn't even aware of negotiating for more, however the manager that interviewed me said it was an option. |
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Starting with a new company in a few weeks, I have never been in this situation before, they offered me 23 days of vacation per year, and after five years goes up a few days. My question is, should I ask for more, or is that a rude thing to do? Just looking for advice. I have never used more than a 12 days of vacation in one year before. I come in with 21 years of experience in the career field. thank you. If you're happy with the ammount of vacation, try for more money. Conversely, if you're happy with the money, try for more money 
If you want more days, it doesn't hurt to ask about it while you're still in negotiations since that's what they're for. However, once you get the job, don't go and try to change the deal later. get what you want, or as close as they will go and keep you happy, and go with that. |
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Most employees just starting with a company see ten paid vacation days per year for the first three to five years they are with the company, with additional weeks added over time. Typical would be four weeks (twenty days) after ten years. Not all companies are as generous. You are starting out with more vacation days than most people with forty years with the same company will get.
Yes asking for more will probably bee seen as poor form. Just saw where you have been in the field for a very long time, the OP made it sound like you were starting from scratch in a new field. That amount of vacation isn't completely unreasonable, if you feel that you deserve more and won't work for them unless they give it to you, ask for more, if you are satisfied that almost five weeks paid vacation per years is enough, then don't worry about it. |
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I would take it and run. My current yearly vacation is zero days so I would be happy with anything This, no vacation and no paid holidays. Three weeks would be more than I would take anyway. My job is fairly shitty, but we do have great paid time off benefits. ten paid holidays per year, three of them are "floating holidays" which I am free to use exactly the same as I would a vacation day. The way our companies policy works I was up to three weeks vacation a week or so after I had been on the job four years. I also get almost eight paid sick days a year. I use my vacation, and sometimes use my floating holidays. Paid holidays I typically take the pay, my schedule is Tuesday through Saturday, so all of those Monday holidays? I am already off, the boss always wants me to take a day in the middle of the week. The hell with that, give me a long weekend or pay up. |