employee handbook

So please tell me if I have just had cushy jobs in the past but I was reading our employee handbook tonight and it turns out ...


~ we have no vacation days or personal days

~ since I started work after October 1, 2002 I don't earn any vacation days until January 2004 ... then I earn 1/2 a day each month till June and then a day each month for the rest of the year

~ there are no paid holidays for the first 60 days of employment so I won't get paid for the 2 days off for Thanksgiving, 2 days at Christmas and New Year's Day

~ Maternity leave is without pay

~ vacation days can not be carried over ... so in November 2004 I will have earned 7.5 days that have to be taken by December 31st

~ 10 missed days of work in a 12 month period and you are automatically fired [this includes being sick with a doctors note]


I can't even type any more ... it is too upsetting ... I mean when I broke my leg I would have easily missed 10 days of work ... when I had pneumonia I was bed ridden for 3 weeks ... I just don't understand these restrictions on people ...


2004 ... I won't have vacation days for 2 years ... my first paid day off will be Memorial Day 2003 ...


ya know I made a commitment to work for 2 years ... by the time I am allowed to leave I will be earning my first vacation day ... hahahahaaaa ...