Thinking about employee benefits from recent dash convos and ultimately I am very fortunate. I'm really (like humiliatingly) underpaid for having an advanced degree, but I also had full funding for grad school and don't have debt from undergrad. Plus my public employer is currently hamstrung about raises due to wretched GOP state reps and the only way to get an appreciable bump is to get a new job and I can't take that on right now.
I get 24.5 days of vacation a year, plus 4 'personal holiday' days, plus a bunch of legal holidays. Sick leave is separate and accrues every two weeks, even after going through the ordeal of treatment I still have tons of sick days in my balance and it will keep going up. This is mostly because I've been at this place for a long time, don't have kids, and previously was very healthy, but even so the sick leave for new employees is ample. Because I've worked here for so long, I am vested and can also bank leave- so I have a bunch of permanent leave banked that I can use whenever including early retirement. Further, because the state used to be a bastion of progressive politics, the university system has one of the best pension programs in the nation and I will get a very livable payout (combo of percentages of my highest salaries), which should be very comfortable when combined with other savings I have. My health insurance is likewise excellent, I spent $2000 over the course of last year out of pocket to treat a very serious disease that routinely bankrupts people (sign of a truly ethically abhorrent society). Basically even though my paychecks are small and I don't find purpose in my work, AND it is totally bullshit these things (healthcare esp) are tied to your job, I am really really REALLY grateful for my job. I'm super lucky. And I'm gonna live!!!!
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