# It's only February and I'm almost out of vacation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-only-february-and-im-almost-out-of-vacation/437152 "2008-02-11T15:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-only-february-and-im-almost-out-of-vacation/437152/21 "2008-02-13T19:48:51Z")
You aren’t necessarily stuck there with no days off for the next 10 months. Perhaps your supervisor would be amenable to you taking unpaid time off. It’s a reasonable request given that your time off for family obligations was not “vacation.” You wouldn’t be asking for them to pay you for more time–just to let you get a much-needed day off or brief vacation, without pay. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-only-february-and-im-almost-out-of-vacation/437152/22 "2008-02-13T20:02:47Z")
That sucks Otto. I’m looking forward to a job that uses PTO instead of vacation and sick days because I rarely get sick so it means more vacation for me but now I know there is a potential downside. Of course, with switching jobs, I’m not eligible to take any vacation for 6 months but then I get a year’s worth in the last 4 months. Hope things start getting better for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-only-february-and-im-almost-out-of-vacation/437152.md?page=1)