I'm a FIRE type personality, which means I would like to take the hit now to be better off in the future.
What that meant at my first real job was that even though I would have liked to take time off during the year, I liked the idea of having time off saved up better.
Since we couldn't carry days over, that meant that around the middle of November I told the team, happy holidays, see you all next year.
On January second, my boss told me he would never let me do that again. Which was sort of my first clue that employment conditions could be negotiated on a one by one basis.
What that meant at my first real job was that even though I would have liked to take time off during the year, I liked the idea of having time off saved up better.
Since we couldn't carry days over, that meant that around the middle of November I told the team, happy holidays, see you all next year.
On January second, my boss told me he would never let me do that again. Which was sort of my first clue that employment conditions could be negotiated on a one by one basis.