Quirky
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Me spending the month of May in the field at guncamp is still nowhere made up timewise by having 4 Fridays off in June.
Though no allowance can give you time with family.
Oh yes......the equivelent of one 12 hour overtime shift. Screw family time, we need to pad my Commanding resume.....
Because one day of leave makes up for four weekend days away...
I get that those are the rules imposed on the CAF, but rules like that are exactly why people leave. A member can spend 14-30 days away from home, and get exactly one day off in compensation. Regardless of the missed school events, birthdays, anniversaries, etc...
I think I've said here a few times our leave policy is in dire need of a upgrade. Probably the biggest reason we lose people is we demand they spend 200 +/- days away and throw a pittance of compensation at them and then we get our noses out of joint when they give us the finger.
I'm curious to hear what would be adequate compensation for all this time away. I mean you all volunteered for your positions, surely you'd know time away from home was almost guaranteed in your trade. Complaining about being at sea when you joined the Navy is a little silly.....or are you complaining that you go to sea too much? It's like being a long haul trucker and not liking being on the road all the time.
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