Vacation…or lack thereof
I was looking around at a bunch of stuff tonight, including the current state of my vacation balance. I’m currently sitting on about 5 weeks of vacation (26 days to be exact). This is problematic for two reasons:
- I think in three years the vacation accrual for an individual at Yahoo! should be 41 days. That means I’ve taken a total of three weeks of vacation in the past three years (41 days - 26 days = 15 days = 3 weeks). That seems pretty low.
- My maximum accrual caps out at 32 days during my third year and 34 days during my fourth year (which starts in about three weeks). That means I’m rapidly approaching my cap. I think I determined that I’ll hit my cap at this rate in about 5 months.
Granted I’ll be taking a couple of days off for sure in December simply because of the holidays, but I’m thinking I still need some real, non-holiday time off. I took some time off back in June to tour London prior to the London Hack Day, but that’s the only non-holiday vacation I’ve taken since our trip to New York in November 2005. And that was the only non-holiday vacation I’d taken since my honeymoon back in November 2004.
This, of course, begs the question…when should I take a vacation and what should I do? I’m open to all suggestions: local, domestic and interntional. More details are better, if you suggest Rome in Spring…tell me why.
October 28th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
For you? Seriously? Spring Training.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:13 am
heh.
Just checked on backyard: 352 hours with 1 floating day.
what is this “vacation” you speak of?
October 29th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Rich…spring training is cool. But I was thinking somewhere that isn’t hot as balls.
Also, I’ve been to spring training before. I want to try something new.
jr…yes, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. But damn…almost 9 weeks? You are a man in need of a vacation. How long have you been at Y! to have an accrual cap so high? If my math is right, that means you have to have been at Y! for something like 9 years.
October 30th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Hmm… cooler than balls.
You like climbing, right? Kilimanjaro + some down time in Africa?
If I were more energetic and took vacations anymore, I’d like to try diving off Belize. Plus, white sand beaches and some cool inland jungles and ruins.
And Tahoe is *always* perfect. Winter, spring, summer, or fall.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Africa would be cool. I wonder if I could find enough cuisine that Lisa can eat. That’s always a concern with the more exotic locations. She’d die if I took her to India. Too many stomach issues and she’s just not adventurous with the cuisine like I am.
November 7th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Ryan,
We took a trip to the Philippines this year… in a word: AMAZING! Some of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen!
I, too, have issues with food, but let me tell you… the food there was incredible. Not a single bad meal.
I’ve got a ton of info if you’d like (including pix)… definitely worth consideration.