How do you take your Vacation time?

[MCMLXXXII]

2 weeks in August. 2 weeks around Christmas. And sometimes a few days in between, to make long weekends.

[shadowmouse]

I don't get vacation time as such, I have to work around the university schedule, "vacation" falls during breaks -- either mid term or end of term.

[Amerissis]

Work more. Tale less vacation and take less salary

Why would I want to work more?

[thebmans]

Why would I want to work more?

Retire. That is better

[Daedius]

Two times a year, 3+ weeks each, and the occasional 1-3 days off.

[Amerissis]

Retire. That is better

I’d love to, but I don’t have that kind of money yet.

[inboundpaper]

Two weeks or so in the summer, a week around my birthday and Christmas day. I'll take some random days for appointments as well.

[kamuimac]

Just a simple question regarding how you all take your vacations time.


Do you book all your Vacation time in one large block?
Do you take smaller vacations and scatter them throughout the year?
Or do you do it some other way? Maybe, take the days off right before or after Holidays to turn a 3 day weekend into a 4 day weekend-vacation?

I normally take 15 days and scatter over the year. That way I can enjoy a bit of each season more. Then take two weeks off around the Christmas Holidays.

twice a year . usually 10 days in winter and 10 days in summer - leaving me 6 days for when i feel like resting from work or when i aling it with national holidays and get additional week off work .

[Byleth]

I try to take a long weekend every month. I find them a good unwind, and helps me to stay focused.

[Fahrenheit]

Scatter.

I get 25 vacation days a year, can't really take that at one time. Any more than 2 weeks off in a row and I think I may start to forget how to function at my job.

I typically take a 2 week vacation in the Summer, take another 2 weeks off around Christmas and New Year's Day. Then throw in a smattering here and there throughout the year.

[vindicatorx]

I don't get vacation time so...

[lordsphinx]

I usually take a week at a time, scattered throughout the year. My boss once told me "If you force the company to prove that they can live without you for 5 straight weeks, then you've also proven that you're not necessary."

Unrelated, but when I pushed to continue working from home after the lockdown ended, he told me "remember, if your job can be done 100% from home, then it can also be done 100% overseas".

[zEmini]

If I even get a vacation beyond a staycation about 2 weeks a year. I try to avoid them if it is a family vacation.

[Femininity]

vacation time

Bold of you to assume I get to take vacations.

[Fencers]

A mixture of both scattering it out and all-at-once. If we are going on a lengthy trip, I take vacation time in a block and pre-plan for this. Otherwise, I am a fan of 'long weekends' and try to keep a few vacation days for extending a few days of off time.

For example, this past weekend was the fourth of July in the US and my company observed the 3rd for everyone. I took two extra days tacked on to that, the 1st and 2nd. So that I was chilling from Jul 1st to Jul 6th.

Before the Coronavirus, we bought tickets to Paris from a week's stay in September. That's not looking good at all now.

[Flarelaine]

Three weeks in the summer, the other half scattered over the year.

[smityx]

One day at a time.

[Dwarfhamster]

I usually take my vacation time in one big block between late October and December, and then a few days here and there throughout the year.

[benrayburn]

I was supposed to go to South Korea back in April but then the pandemic hit and all flights were cancelled. I was so looking forward to the vacation since it was sakura season.