Doctor Who 2 (8/20/2012)
I hear you, Steve, but WOW, this is hard to do. I have almost 200 hours of vacation, but trying to get the time is difficult. We're short handed. In my case, because I work in the public sector I make, well let's say noticably less than I could doing the same thing in the private sector. Because of that I've not been able to update our family vehicle to something we could trust to get us anywhere, for several years. For several years I've done stay-cations, out of necessity. After a while, though, that doesn't become relaxing, especially for my wife, so why bother taking any time off. I only take time off now when I'm just too burned out.
The public sector is the worst - they lay on guilt trips - I work in the public sector as well, I see them all competing one against another, who can be the first in the office, who will be the last out and yep, who can give up the most leave.
It's a mugs game - they rely on you to stay within their stingy budgets :angry: