Do you get paid vacaction?

[TwinTownBisonFan]

this is fascinating...

if one of my employees tried to negotiate "vacation" once i stopped laughing i'd look up... if they were serious we'd talk about the word "fired" and what it means.

i've had conversations with staffers in the past about this thing you guys have called "weekends"... because they also don't exist on a campaign... if the sun comes up... you're working.

People who get involved in working on campaigns know (or should know) what they're getting into. I would imagine that you don't work at that pace 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, year after year. Campaigns would seem to follow a pattern where things are hectic when first getting started, slightly more relaxed before the primary race heats up, crazy during the heat of the primary race, time to blow off a little steam following a primary victory, and then completely insane as the general election campaign heats up. And when the campaign is over you get the opportunity to decompress before taking that cushy job working on the winning candidate's staff, sucking on the gubermint's teet and getting meals, gifts and other perks for providing access to the official.

... you build and build to a crescendo... that's about it. if you take a breather after the primary your opponent eats you.

and then when the campaign is over you recover... it's called unemployment.

[UNI88]

People who get involved in working on campaigns know (or should know) what they're getting into. I would imagine that you don't work at that pace 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, year after year. Campaigns would seem to follow a pattern where things are hectic when first getting started, slightly more relaxed before the primary race heats up, crazy during the heat of the primary race, time to blow off a little steam following a primary victory, and then completely insane as the general election campaign heats up. And when the campaign is over you get the opportunity to decompress before taking that cushy job working on the winning candidate's staff, sucking on the gubermint's teet and getting meals, gifts and other perks for providing access to the official.

... you build and build to a crescendo... that's about it. if you take a breather after the primary your opponent eats you.

and then when the campaign is over you recover... it's called unemployment.

Gotta love the rush while you're in the midst of it though.

I used to work in I/T focusing on the impossible projects that everyone thought were doomed and no one wanted to manage (a failed project was a career killer). Worked 80 hours a week, lived on Dorito's and pizza delivery, survived the death march to deliver the projects and loved it. Had to hang it up once I had kids though.

[hank scorpio]

I get three weeks a year that will carry over for one more year, then four weeks progressing up to 6 weeks. Once an employee reaches 30 days the balance cannot go higher, but you are paid for the hours. I also get all federal holidays (11) except for Election Day on even years as the Election Adminstration cannot close on Election Day.

[Wedgebuster]

[SeattleGriz]

I get around 30 days paid vacation - it just went up a couple of months ago when I went over five years with the company. What I think is even better is my company car and gas card! I don't think we have put more than 10K in miles on our Honda since we moved to Seattle.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

... you build and build to a crescendo... that's about it. if you take a breather after the primary your opponent eats you.

and then when the campaign is over you recover... it's called unemployment.

Gotta love the rush while you're in the midst of it though.

I used to work in I/T focusing on the impossible projects that everyone thought were doomed and no one wanted to manage (a failed project was a career killer). Worked 80 hours a week, lived on Dorito's and pizza delivery, survived the death march to deliver the projects and loved it. Had to hang it up once I had kids though.

my best friend is a computer programmer (big time code monkey) and he goes "campaign mode" when they are getting ready for deployment of software. and yes... i slept under my desk for several weeks, lived on food brought in by volunteers, diet red bulls, cold showers and a campaign hook-up or two in the closing weeks... (the stress really can make for bad personal decisions)

[slycat]

Yes paid vacation and sick leave plus paid holidays. The best ones are San Jacinto Day, Texas Independence Day, and Confederate Heros Day.

[Cleets Part 2]

Hmmm...
I guess I should ask my company what I'm supposed to get..?

Nobody really pays attention as long as my projects are done on budget and on time - I would guess I work on average about 3 to 3 1/2 days a week

not sure that that equals in time off over a year

[AshevilleApp]

Three weeks of vacation.
Two weeks of sick leave.
Eleven or twelve holidays, depending on when Christmas falls.