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Originally Posted by nfotiu
It varies across the board. I would guess my employer is somewhat typical for a large org of professional workers in the US. I've been here a long while, so get 256 hours of PTO to be used for sick or vacation. We can carry over up to 80 hours every year, and get paid out for 40 hours on top of that. We encourage everyone to use their PTO and if we notice high balances above the carry over by September, we usually work to ensure they use the time. We also have a concept of short term disability so that if you are seriously ill, the first 4 days go against pto, and then STD kicks in to pay 100% for weeks 2-10, 80% for 11-18 and 60% for 18-26, and you can use pto hours to supplement those if you are in the 80%/60% category. We also get an additional 8 weeks of full paid leave per calendar year for approved events like having a baby (mother or father) or caring for for a relative (We didn't have that when we were having babies though  ). We have no actual sick days though. |
Thats the most generous time off policy I have seen in my life. I've actually never been at a place that uses a PTO bank though my wife has in healthcare. In my workplaces its been common to start at 2 weeks vacation and then after time or if you are management get up to 15 or 20 days. At my current job I have been here 5 years and am a director so I get 22 or 23 days off. Sick usually varies but is between 10 and 20 days a year. So your 32 days PTO is definitely on the senior end of what I have seen. My wife works in a rehab hospital and they get around 10 hours PTO per check so roughly 260 hours a year, but that also includes their holidays as they are open 365 days a year.
The big difference in our places though is short term disability and maternity leave. Never have either of us been at a place where STD was an included benefit. It has always been something we have had to add on and pay for ourselves. We also have not worked at a place where either of us received and paid leave after having our kids.
We are both educated white collar professionals and have worked in Illinois, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.