Wellness days

[Frankenkubota]

I guess i'm just trying to stir things up but.......

There is a developing trend here in NC. Possibly going on elsewhere? I'm curious.

In the last month or so, i've heard on the news about a number of k-12 public schools giving the students a......"wellness day". I'm not sure if the staff gets a paid holiday, maybe they have enough wellness already? I'm pretty sure a couple colleges jumped on board.

I have a very very strong opinion about who really runs public education.

and

I have a very very strong opinion about who comes up with this kinda wellness BS.

I'd be curious to find out how many extra calories were consumed while all those poor students stayed home in moms basement and played on their smartphone, all the while getting wellness.

When you let other people do the dirty work, this is what you get.

 

[oosik]

I haven't heard of this around here. I'm very sure I would agree with your opinion on both topics. One must be careful though - lest we irritate the wrong people. Irritating the right people - well, that's OK.

 

[K5lwq]

I give up on trying to understand what people think anymore. The new employee pool must need wellness days too. It seems most look for a reason to be off. I have not had a vacation or a day off in years. Even when my Dad died I did not miss a day. I worked to honor him because he did not believe in missing work. I really don't mind people taking off but it does get ridiculous the reasons they come up with.

 

[kenmbz]

I try to take my vacation days to be with family.
But I will always find some work to do and don't like to be lazing around too much.
I hate the idea of someone having to do extra work cause I didn't do mine.

Maybe this generation will get in gear, we'll see.

 

[Moxie 15]

This type of sh... ah, cra...,um, I mean progressive, ahh, thinking has been going on for a while now it seams. In 1997 I started college, I was closer to 40 than 30. I was always seeing the signs of modern mis-education. One of my favorites was in an Early American history class. We were going over the answers of a quiz or test there was a question about who drafted what is sometimes called 'The Olive Branch Petition' one girl had answered George 3 and was loudly complaining that she should get at least half credit since he was the recipient. She kept insisting that was what they always did in high school.

Of course the class average grade on the first test was around 35, when I got a 97 and was kicking myself for not getting the question I missed correct. I saw the same thing in the sciences and mathematics courses I took. I can only dread what it must be like now.

 

[Moxie 15]

double post, sorry

 

[Steppenwolfe]

It's a BIG world out there; lots of ideas floating around how things should be done. Of course, I alone have all the answers, and everyone else is bloody clueless. I really don't understand why I'm not running the whole show... Sound familiar???

 

[oosik]

Stepp - I whole heartedly agree with you. I think you SHOULD be running the whole show. We definitely need an upgrade in our leadership.

 

[Wagtail]

<snert> The only time I've taken a 'wellness day' is after I retired from Service.

Today, I have to guard against "Procrastination Days".

(That wood's not going to stack itself!)

 

[oldballs]

I don't know about "wellness day" for school kids, but if I have anymore wellness days (doctor appts), I think I'm gonna die of wellness.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[Frankenkubota]

I don't know about "wellness day" for school kids, but if I have anymore wellness days (doctor appts), I think I'm gonna die of wellness.

Cheers,
Mike

sounds like you might be on the medicare merry go round?

i feel bad for anyone having problems, 2 of my buddies are on the way out now but........

Seems many of my pals are either constantly planning on the next doc visit, going to the visit or recovering from the visit

many really can't afford the co pays.

then it starts again......

 

[Hay Dude]

Its all going in the wrong direction with more holidays, paid leave, etc. I’ve hired several people over the years.
The ones searching for happiness in more days off seem to forget about all that nonsense and get happier/more focused when they are worked hard.
Takes their minds off being lazy, drunk or sleeping until 8am.
Sickness or health issues is a different story.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We used to jokingly take an occasional comp time or vacation "mental health day", it was usually during the aftermath of some ongoing drama. You work on a case hammer and tongs for a month or two, and it's kinda nice to kick back for a couple days; till the garden, play with the dogs and take the long suffering Mrs. out for a nice dinner.

 

[MossRoad]

As a young man, I took a job that was supposed to last my lifetime. I started with:
- 5 paid days off IN 1st year of service.
- 10 paid days off IN 2nd of service.
- 15 paid days off IN 5th year of service.
- 20 paid days off IN 15 years of service.

Then, things started getting weird with the state of the business, economic downturns, pension froze after 19 years of service, sick day policy changes, switch from family model to corporate model, etc... and they started handing out extra days off to keep people from quitting.

Towards the end of 30 years I was up to 28 paid days off.

Then the company outsourced production and we all lost our jobs (not to another country, just a different producer nearby, a business decision that I agree with, as the current model was unsustainable).

At 56 years old, I had to take a serious wage cut and NO paid days off.

So now, as my father said to me 3 times during his working career after being laid off from several jobs, "I have to go back to kid wages." And that means kid benefits as well. I thank my father for those words of reality so many times growing up. Now I face it myself, and it's easier to deal with.

Days off are important for several reasons. To get away from work. To catch up with family. To take care of things around the house that cannot be done on the weekends. Maybe show your kids some of the great things around this country or around the world that everyone should see at least once in their life. Maybe take your spouse somewhere to just relax on a beach, or climb a mountain with her and/or the kids.

Family time, and personal time, are much more valuable to me than work time.

I work to get the money that allows me to do the things I want to do when I'm not working.

 

[JethroB]

Or we could ship them to France:

French labor law stipulates that full-time employees working a 35-hour week are entitled to a minimum of five weeks paid leave annually. This is accrued at a rate of 2.5 days leave for every calendar month worked, up to a maximum of 30 days leave.

It took me 25 years at the same company to get 5 weeks of vacation. About the same schedule as Moss posted above. Then we got bought and I went back to 4 weeks.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Stepp - I whole heartedly agree with you. I think you SHOULD be running the whole show. We definitely need an upgrade in our leadership.

Please !!! I cherish my anonymity...

 

[oosik]

Thank goodness I'm retired. As previously mentioned - if it's not the dentist and impressions for a mouth guard, six month check up, cleaning - it's my Dr wanting to take more tests. I have 27 results from two tubes of blood. I think the Dr's were disappointed - everything was just fine and I don't have to go back for more tests. At least, for another six months.

I would have been fired if I were working and had to take that much time off.

 

[Frankenkubota]

As a young man, I took a job that was supposed to last my lifetime. I started with:
- 5 paid days off IN 1st year of service.
- 10 paid days off IN 2nd of service.
- 15 paid days off IN 5th year of service.
- 20 paid days off IN 15 years of service.

Then, things started getting weird with the state of the business, economic downturns, pension froze after 19 years of service, sick day policy changes, switch from family model to corporate model, etc... and they started handing out extra days off to keep people from quitting.

Towards the end of 30 years I was up to 28 paid days off.

Then the company outsourced production and we all lost our jobs (not to another country, just a different producer nearby, a business decision that I agree with, as the current model was unsustainable).

At 56 years old, I had to take a serious wage cut and NO paid days off.

So now, as my father said to me 3 times during his working career after being laid off from several jobs, "I have to go back to kid wages." And that means kid benefits as well. I thank my father for those words of reality so many times growing up. Now I face it myself, and it's easier to deal with.

Days off are important for several reasons. To get away from work. To catch up with family. To take care of things around the house that cannot be done on the weekends. Maybe show your kids some of the great things around this country or around the world that everyone should see at least once in their life. Maybe take your spouse somewhere to just relax on a beach, or climb a mountain with her and/or the kids.

Family time, and personal time, are much more valuable to me than work time.

I work to get the money that allows me to do the things I want to do when I'm not working.

yea

days off are nice, especially when you earn them.

when i owned my own business and paid all the bills i took one day off during the week to play golf, avoid the weekenders.

this morning i'm watching cbs news and after 30 minutes of the oprah channel i tried another channel.

a commercial was on talking about the

XYZ wellness company?

i guess i'm out of touch.

 

[riptides]

Interesting topic.

My wellness days are called weekends.

Yes. I am old school. I work until I don't.

 

[MossRoad]

yea

days off are nice, especially when you earn them.

when i owned my own business and paid all the bills i took one day off during the week to play golf, avoid the weekenders.

this morning i'm watching cbs news and after 30 minutes of the oprah channel i tried another channel.

a commercial was on talking about the

XYZ wellness company?

i guess i'm out of touch.

I turn on CBS at 7:00am while eating my granola and hard boiled egg. I like the Your World in 90 Seconds. Then I watch the short news, eat, and check my work email until they say "it's 7:19, time for you local weather", and off it goes. Time to feed the cats and tortoise and be off with my day.