Don't even get me started on my vacation/sick day plan. Bear in mind...I work in a hospital...open 24/7/365. We do not automatically get holidays off. Your first year you accrue 5.5 hours every pay period (2 weeks). That is for sick, holiday, vacation, everything. It really sucks (in comparsion to other healthcare facilities and in comparison with the rest of my industry). It equals 18 days over your first year but you must accrue the time before you can use it. That makes it very hard to take holiday time and then have a little vacation here or there because it doesn't accrue fast enough. It's the major gripe from everyone at this hospital. I actually served on an action team for the hospital which helped present ideas to the VP of HR for better PTO (paid time off) plans (among other issues). Next year I will accrue almost 8 hours every pay period (automatic bump to the next level...2-5 years of employment)...which isn't as bad....
