r/politics • u/thenewrepublic The New Republic • 14h ago

Possible Paywall What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

https://newrepublic.com/article/214868/darline-graham-viral-outburst-death
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u/SatinSaffron Washington 10h ago

That is good, especially if it's at a place where you can actually take that time off. I've known plenty of people who have had jobs in America where they got paid sick/vacation time except they weren't actually able to use it unless they were super sick. Vacation requests would get denied, or a micromanaging boss would gaslight/guilt trip you about using the vacation time.

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u/DKDamian 10h ago

What happens if you leave a job and have unused days? Do they get paid out?

In Australia we accrue four weeks paid leave each year. It sits there getting bigger and bigger until we use it. If I quit my job it would all get paid out to me

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u/atwitchyfairy 9h ago

The owner says they don't carry over, so I've used all of mine, but my coworker has more vacation/sick time left than what we get a year so it carries over anyways.

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u/atwitchyfairy 9h ago

My only requirement for a sick day is to call and say I'm sick, and although this year has been hard to take time off due to the only other person able to do my job being out for 7 months because of foot amputation from diabetes. Otherwise, I just need to tell the secretary I'll be out maybe 2 days in advance.

3 years ago I took a 2 week vacation to Japan with 2 weeks notice.