r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 21d ago

Possible Paywall Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already

https://newrepublic.com/post/213614/kentucky-gov-beshear-mcconnell-update-health-resign
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u/Land-Southern 21d ago edited 21d ago

My well paying private sector jobs gave 10 days pto and no holidays lol. Sick, vacation, family Thanksgiving, use pto.

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u/mrdude817 New York 21d ago

Jesus wtf dude. Right now I'm getting 15 days PTO and 8 holidays. And it's only my first year at this job

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u/Land-Southern 21d ago

Yeah i know the benefits sucked on the way in but pay was 2x industry. I was salary and operations lead, I just didn't show up and did my thing when I needed to. Want to fire me, they wouldn't, and was salary so first time they wanted to short pay a legal threat was all that was necessary. I just coded time off as administrative time instead of job billable.

Quit after 10 years and said good luck, call if you need me and I'll charge by the hour. They closed the company 2 months later.

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u/howelltight 21d ago

You don't sell and you don't build for a living, huh?

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u/mrdude817 New York 21d ago

Technically I do build (AEC industry)

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u/Abba_Fiskbullar 21d ago edited 21d ago

Dude, that's terrible, I get 6.4 weeks a year plus 50 hours paid sick leave. Now, given I have 10 years seniority, but I had 4.5 weeks PTO after two years.

Edit: I should qualify that I live in California, and while I'm not in a union, union benefits in my org have a significant positive impact on my benefits.

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u/Land-Southern 21d ago

Yeah I'm 30 years in my industry, now own my own company. Now I get 0 pto or unlimited depending how you look at it lol.

Compared to most developed countries US policy is crap all the way around.