Originally Posted by symbian simian

So when you have 3 weeks, you have 105 hours of credit. NK has different steps:
yr 5: 3 weeks, 84 hours,
year 10: 3 weeks 98 hours,
year 15 4 weeks, 112 hours
year 20 4 weeks, 126 hours
Not saying our accrual is better., but I do like the way our vacation bidding works.
I get the weeks I can hold according to seniority. Two months before my vacation month, I can put my vacation "request" (called request, but can not be denied) in.
I can move the week up to 3 days in either direction. I can add up to two days off, on either end. This basically gives me the option to slide almost an entire week.
As far as pay.
I can take anywhere between 12-36 hours of credit for my vacay, and the 2 additional days, I can elect to pay from my vacation fund, bringing the max to 44 hours for a week of vacation. So say you are a year 2 guy, with 2 weeks and 56 hours, and you are lucky enough to get spring break and a week starting July 10th.
For the spring break, you really only need the week so you allocate 12 hours, and work a bit harder the rest of the month.
For the second vacation, you slide and add paid days, elect 36 hours, for 44 total, guaranteeing you off from July 5th till the 13th. And you will only need +/-30 more hours of credit to make it a legal line, so 6 days at the end of the month, so possibly off till the 24th.
In June you pick up a trip that ends on the 30th before July bids close, and don't waive the 4 days off between trips, so they cannot give you any trips between the 30th and the 5th. you now have vacation from July1st till July 24th with 1 week of vacation.