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Cat Herder 10:49 AM 04-14-2021
Oh, I gave families two weeks (5 day or 10 day blocks, no splitting) unpaid leave per year for the first twenty-ish years of my career. The early years, everyone took me up on it, they just had to give me 30 days notice so I could plan my monthly bills or let me refund it the following month if the opportunity was sudden. (money was tight with 3 kids, then, no savings) Easy enough, right? I wanted to encourage family vacations. It was a great thing.

Then, around 2009 -2010 nobody used it, anymore, they just planned their vacations around mine. Ok, smart and economical.

Around 2012 - 2013 people started demanding to use it piecemeal for days their kid was excluded for illness, days they missed the drop-off deadline or days they had doctors appointments like it was a credit account.

2013 it was deleted from the contract and it has been peaceful since.
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