Treebeard the Ent's Journal: Vacation Time.

So how does the average Slashdotter use his/her vacation time?

For me, I just started my job so I only get 1 week vacation. I had a difficult time deciding how to use it this year, but eventually I had the descision made for me. You see, usually (when I have more time) I go on a mission trip with my church and I also take a group of kids to a christian convention in Johnson City, TN (Home of Milligan Bible College). This year I had to decide whether to go the a mission trip to DC or take my youth ministry staff to a convention. We didn't have enough people to go on the mission trip this year (for the first time), so it looked like my mind was made up for me.

Some people ask me why I don't take that time to relax, and I just tell them that I am relaxing when I am doing that kind of stuff.

How do you use your vacation time?

Contract

[robi2106]

So as a contractor I get 1 week paid and 1 week "prepaid" aka unpaid. Eah year after that add and additional week of unpaid vacation until a total of 3. Then it is fixed for the duration of employment with the company. Of course, the paid vacation time is never increased, so that always stays at 1 week.

I usually spread out the vacation time by taking occasional 3 day weekends. I used 2 days of vacation to go to Ohio and visit the relatives. I'm going to use another day to take a 3 day hinting trip up