Vacation/Sick Leave
Companies tend to consider sick leave as additional days
of vacation and consequently combine the two into "paid
personal leave." While the standard number of vacation
days is still 2 weeks (10 days or 80 hours), paid leave can
extend your vacation time another week or so, assuming you
rarely get sick. Anything less than 2 weeks of vacation and
a week or so of sick leave should be viewed with suspicion.
Ask upfront how much vacation/leave you'll receive, if the
unused portion can be converted to cash, and how you accrue
the time off. Some companies, for instance, won't let employees
take days off until after they pass their 3-month anniversary.
If you want to put a dollar value on this time off, it's
easy to do. Divide your annual salary by 52 (for 52 weeks
in a year) and multiply that number by the number of weeks
you've been offered.
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