At my job we accrue 1.4 hours of vacation per week (all of these increments are at my current level), 1.4 hours of sick leave per week, we are given 25 hours of family sick leave (to care for a family member) per year, 8 hours of personal leave (for meetings and such) per year and 2 personal days per year, and you can buy two more vacation days for the entire year. When i first saw this i thought “okay i can deal with this, this seems reasonable for someone just starting to work here”. Nope. The family sick leave and personal leave come out of your accrued sick leave. So if my 2 year old gets sick and i gave to take off two days for her, not only do i have to make sure I have the time in family sick, but i have to have it in regular sick as well. Same for if i have to take off early for a meeting with the daycare. They separate it out to make you think you have more time to take off than you actually do.