I recently got a promotion and negotiated a new vacation allotment (in addition to new salary).
The first version of the contract said "your previous vacation allotment will remain unchanged." My previous vacation allotment was "15 days" -- which is generally taken to mean 3 weeks.
However, I asked for an extra week of vacation, and I got it. The new contract says my vacation allotment is "four weeks."
My question is: do I take "four weeks" as 20 days off, or do I take it as 4x7=28 days off?
This is a medium sized company and the person I negotiated with is not my direct boss. It is likely that whichever way I interpet this, no one will really notice.
My idea is to schedule 28 days off and if anyone challenges me, point to the contract. Wondering if you think this is a bad idea? What would you do?
I am genuinely confused as to how to interpret this. I am not acting in bad faith, but of course I want to take as much vacation as possible.
Thanks