Vacation Days and Switching Jobs

[Got Em]

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My friend is thinking about switching jobs, but he has already used his 10 days of vacation for the year. At Walgreens, you "earn" 1/12th of your vacation every month; so if he was to leave at the end of this month, does this mean that he would have to pay back 3-4 vacation days? I have never heard of anything like this, but you never know these days at retail...

 

[Old Timer]

My friend is thinking about switching jobs, but he has already used his 10 days of vacation for the year. At Walgreens, you "earn" 1/12th of your vacation every month; so if he was to leave at the end of this month, does this mean that he would have to pay back 3-4 vacation days? I have never heard of anything like this, but you never know these days at retail...

Depends on your state's employment law.

 

[genesis09]

My friend is thinking about switching jobs, but he has already used his 10 days of vacation for the year. At Walgreens, you "earn" 1/12th of your vacation every month; so if he was to leave at the end of this month, does this mean that he would have to pay back 3-4 vacation days? I have never heard of anything like this, but you never know these days at retail...

That is if you are an hourly employee. Pharmacists are salaried, and get 10 days upon reaching the minimum requirements.

Earning Vacation. You do not earn vacation during your first 12 months with Walgreens. After one year of continuous service, you begin to earn one week of initial annual vacation time at the rate of 1/12th for each full month worked.

Exception: If you are a salaried employee, a pharmacist, a graduate pharmacy intern, or an assistant manager, you begin earning two weeks of vacation after one year of continuous service.

 

[Old Timer]

That is if you are an hourly employee. Pharmacists are salaried, and get 10 days upon reaching the minimum requirements.

Yes, but your post only says that you get it right away. It does not contradict the rate at which you accrue the time. So he may very well owe them money back for vacation not accrued.

 

[Ackj]

Wags only gives you 10 days a year? That sucks.

 

[CynicalIntern]

Wags only gives you 10 days a year? That sucks.

5 days after a year, 10 after two, 15 after five, 20 after fifteen.

 

[Old Timer]

Wags only gives you 10 days a year? That sucks.

That's two weeks in Walgreen speak

 

[Pharmacy Kid]

5 days after a year, 10 after two, 15 after five, 20 after fifteen.

Five days the first year? The Public Health Service gives you 30 days!

 

[genesis09]

It's actually 10 days for the first year. If you weren't a pharmacist, it is 5 days. I was expecting 5 days, but when the vacation days were added in July, I was given 10 days. So, I looked through the information, and it said 10 days for pharmacist as an exemption.

 

[Got Em]

Yeah it sucks for people that are just starting out. After my bridge, I have 15 days right now.