LOL, Eddie!
Yeah MAB is right... however good to know for next year! I was just teasing the brother old dawg, sorry for the confusion good brother. Good info. though regardless! Thanks. But yeah, with my new job I'm placed on a six month "probation" within that time period it's pretty much unspoken you don't even conceive of taking time off if you want to hang around. Once the probation "period" is over at six months I BELIEVE don't quote me, but I BELIEVE I will eligible to take some time off. For example I'm actually about to leave in a little while to go work some more overtime, I need to arive at the shop at 9:30pm tonight, and we'll probably once again be working till early a.m. and then I've got a normal work day tomm. (Thursday) to be in at 7am... I've been storing all the overtime I've been working into two pots basically, one pot is my time and a half pay, the other is my "comp time" since I've worked OT i'm credited for 1.5 hours just for working one hour, that get's banked in my account. So just by working 4 ACTUAL overtime hours, I would get a credit to my "comp time" of 6 paid hours... and never have to even tap into my vacation yet...so safely I could bank 5 1/2 overtime hours (which I've already done this week alone) and get a day paid, and we're encouraged to use them. We can bank up to 160 a year...and they roll over for life.
The cool thing is we have RDO's Required Day Off... mine fall every other Friday. Which means I could use my comp hours (which I've already came to agreement with the wife lol) everything I bank can be used to trips to Nashville to see MAB for a tour, or FB, or anything musical, the vacation days will be for family.
The only kicker is after six months probation, I've been told with a wink and nod it's not a wise thing to take a lengthy vacation of any kind until you've had ONE year in. HOWEVER, while I'm not boasting I'd like to think I'm catching on pretty fast, and really working hard, I'm cordial with everyone and friends with all my supervisors (heck many of them sit and talk Texas music with me!!!) One I'm meeting Sunday to see an Artist I've written with and he likes and we'll have a couple beers, big show, not "hang out" but we'll see each other, plus Sat. I'll be taking my family to our cities first music festival which oddly enough some city employees my coworkers I see everyday will be there for OT and too see a free show! They're from the Parks side, I'm on the Utilities water/sewer/gas line infrastructure.
So I'm hoooooping I don't have to wait the full year, since I could easily leave on a Thursday before my RDO be at MABS late that night have fri. sat. and sun. which wouldn't even be noticed, then maybe another day or two... If I don't take anytime off, I'm betting I can get by with six months wait, Tomm makes One month, and one week I've worked they're so it'll fly by I'm hoping. I NEED to make a trip asap, and am saving and now just waiting.
Off to work...