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Was out last night and some American bloke in pub by, your base at Menwith Hill, was saying that in the USA workers only get about 10 annual leave in their jobs, Is this right or was he bullshitting us ? I didn't believe him.
I get 30 plus 11 1/2 days bank holiday plus my traditional annual week's sick ;) and that is still not enough !!!
Grateful for any input
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We have several American subsidiaries of the company i work for and I go over there quite a bit. I also have canadian family in Toronto.
Yes, it's true, most Americans get two weeks of holiday a year. That is why there prodictivity per capita is amongst the highest in the world.
two weeks ??????
thats pants ! one summer holiday and its all gone ! :'(
Where do you work to get so many holidays, Mark?
I live out in Korea and my 10 days a year is actually considered good. My wife's company doesnt give any holiday leave because they have only recently stopped opening on a Saturday!!
For our vacations she will be mysteriously sick for a week twice a year! ;D
Back home in England I would never consider less than 4 weeks a year hols time....
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it used to be you had to be there 15 years to get 30 days but now standard for new starters. When you been there 20 years you get a one off week's holiday extra too - i hope to retire before then.... :-\
isn't the standard for UK jobs about 22 anyway ?
Nice one.
Working Time Directive states all workers should get 4 weeks, but some comapnies interpret this to include bank holidays, so they are really only offering 12 days.
We offer 20 to start, but that can go up to a maximum of 26, so a national average of 23 sounds beliveable.
guess we are pretty lucky as we get extra 3 1/2 bank holidays too
I will stop moaning
I am so glad I don't work in US
Still if its the norm I guess you would get used to it
i get 5 weeks annual leave
2 weeks worth of hours in my annal leave for wen i need extra days off
and u get a week off after every set of nights u do and u do about 3 sets a year
so i get bout 10 weeks off a year not to bad
Two weeks is considered alot for most I know. I am self employed and rarely take more than 3 days at a time.
I did not know what the eff you were taking about when you said annual leave
we calls it vacation
yes it true two weeks vacation is the norm plus some people put in 10 hour days when they work
me I start work at 7AM and leave by 6Pm, sometimes 5:30PM
I heard about Germans having about 4 weeks off. I did not know the Brits were the same
so in short
eff all of you
that is all
new rule
if you are going to post at Saddo's
you are allowed only two weeks off at max
well with 10 weeks off a year max i'll be thinking of my american friends when im lazing about on my 3rd week ;)
Fuk, I'm lucky to get Sunday off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
Dont know about anyone else but Im a bit concerned about the extra time beds gets off for annal leave.
you're right - the dirty bastard !!! Bet he hes to take a couple of days off after it sick with a sore arse aswell !
I have 35 days leave to use (we are allowed to carry 10 over) before April 2007.
Anyone any ideas of how I can use them ?! ;D ;)
In the states depending on who you work for and how high up the food chain you are depends on how much vacation (leave) you get. I have worked several jobs where I didnt get any vacation time till after one year of full time employment (hourly pay rate job). If you are paid salary then you usually will get 2 weeks to start with and it goes up the longer you work there. Typically an additional week for every year of service up to whatever the company puts the max at.
fuck all that. Work is shit ! You spend all your good years under lock and key, make a shit load of money you can't enjoy, finally retire , 2 weeks later you die of heart attack, fuck all that ! O0 :D
True - live for today that's what I say.
About 6 years ago we had a woman at work who went 60 and retired - had talked about what she was going to do for years ie travel here there etc... As it was aparticularly busy, end of financial year, time she agreed to stay on for an extra 8 weeks to help collate the budgets.
Totally out of the blue she dies of a stroke about half way through the extended period. :-[
was tragic and put everything in perspective for the rest of us.
Enjoy yourselves now ;)
average age of death of a prison officer is 62 nd a half years
hopefully i'll extend to a bit longer than that though :)
what the hell you doing out of bed at this time !Quote:
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I can't sleep but no way am I getting up just yet it's too cold ;)