How hard is it to get vacation time where you work?

If it ever happens I won't get pissy. I'll just take their name off the door.

 

Yep. If you meet their criteria and they won't honour it why would you stay?

It helps being in a position where I can afford to go without a job for a long period if needed.

On the other hand, I've been where I am for a long time and I can't imagine the circumstance where they would deny me so I guess I'd have to hear them out and try to come up with something acceptable to both of us.

 

Exactly....Debt Free- you run your life, strapped with debt- they run your life.

 

I never had a problem taking vacations, but I'm an OTR driver for a Mega.

 

All I have to do is fill out the form.

 

^^^this

 

10 years ago, back in 2006, I came across a 25 year old man who had been working for an aircraft company for 4 years, earning union scale wages, before being laid off from the job. He was single with no children. In fact, he did not have a girlfriend, due to working so many hours every week.

During those 4 years, he worked an incredible amount of overtime to save as much money as possible. Shortly after being laid off from his aircraft job, he found another job, at a construction company, as a ditch digger, maybe earning a dollar or two more than minimum wage. From what I last heard, he is still working there, as a crane operator.

In the mean time, he was able to pay off BOTH a Chevy pickup truck and a house, in ADDITION to saving money, close to a years worth of wages.

The 25 year old man had a lot more foresight that the average man his age due to his upbringing.
He grew up extremely poor. He had hardworking parents that struggled every day for many years. He was an only child. Both of his parents were in there mid forties when he was born.
SADLY & UNFORTUNATELY, both of them passed away shortly after reaching his 25th. birthday. His mother was 70, his father 71, both within 1 year apart from each other.

This 25 year old man found himself a house, an 8 room house, 4 rooms on the 1st. floor and 4 rooms on the 2nd. floor, for $140,000 dollars, in Wichita KS.. The upstairs floor had a full bathroom, the downstairs floor had a half bathroom, (no shower).
It had been owned by an elderly couple, well into their 80's, for over 50 plus years. He paid cash for it with a certified check from the bank.

The house was really in EXCELLENT shape.

When the 25 year old man purchased the house, the elderly couple already had a new roof put onto the house, along with a new hot water boiler and new gas heater that had been recently installed.
The outside of the house had been fully restored, along with vinyl siding along the house and garage.

The kitchen had relatively new appliances that were all about 3 years old: an electric refrigerator, gas stove, along with a washer and dryer. The kitchen also had rebuilt cabinets.

The remainder of the house had the walls rebuilt with insulation and updated electrical wiring installed. The elderly couple had switched from the old fashioned fuse box to a modern day circuit breaker. Each and every household appliance and electrical outlet had its own "circuit" and wiring to go with it.
Each room even had its own lightweight air conditioner, each ranging from 1 to 4 years old. The upstairs rooms, along with 2 rooms on the downstairs level, had closets in them.

Both bathrooms had been totally redone with all new plumbing, ceramics for the upstairs bath tub and shower, and new tile for both bathroom walls and floors.

The garage, separate from the house, had also been fully rebuilt: new roof, reinforced walls and structure, new reinforced cement floor, all new updated electrical wiring, and a remote unit, (with 2 remote control devices), to open and close the overhead garage door.

The house did NOT have an attic, but had a large loft to store items.

Last, the house also had a fully finished basement, also fully rebuilt from scratch; walls, floors, electrical wiring, and stairs that lead into the 1st. floor of the house. The basement also "houses" the hot water boiler and gas heater.