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My first programming job was for a defense contractor. There was no PTO concept, just vacation (2 whole weeks a year) and sick leave (12 days a year). Unused si
by DrScump 7y ago
My first programming job was for a defense contractor.
There was no PTO concept, just vacation (2 whole weeks a year) and sick leave (12 days a year). Unused sick leave accrued indefinitely but was not usable in any other way.
I was putting myself through University and still had about 2.5 years of work. I was taking 12-13 units at night year round. So, there were times when I'd use a sick day for study/project/etc time. But I was lead programmer on a critical system by then (including being on-call) and was my department's de facto liason to the computing center, so I got little friction about it.
- mcny 7y agoI think asking for a doctor's note for sick leave ought to be illegal. Doctors have got better things to do!
- ci5er 7y agoMaybe they do, but in the US FFS re-imbursement regime, it's what they do. That said - it is still ridiculous simply because the doctor can't do anything about whatever I might be most commonly sick for (migraine, flu, bad cold, bad seasonal allergy). I'll happily go to the doctor when I have a broken leg or a heart attack, but I'd prefer to stay home and sleep in a dark room and drink water when I have the flu...