Dickensian

Post #99,014

4/28/03 12:24:14 AM

Dickensian

The place I work has only 8 vacation days a year (versus the standard 10), and gives 16 combined sick days and vacation days a year - if you get sick, you get less vacation.

Sweet Jee-sus! This would not be tolerated in the Western European social democracies (hell, my own vacation+sick=38), but we must always remember: Here in America life is better than it is anywhere else in the world! (Who cares what those sissy French might do during those extra seven weeks of vacation each year? They don't have our freedom!)

cordially,

"Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."

Post #99,015

by inthane-chan

4/28/03 12:31:51 AM

Whoops, clarification.

the 8 days are the 8 standard (Memorial day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.), and then I get 16 "flex days" on top of that.

Not perfect, but not as bad as it sounds.

After 9/11, Bush made two statements:
1. "Terrorists hate America because America is a land of freedom and opportunity."
2. "We intend to attack the root causes of terrorism."

Sounds like everything is going according to plan.

Post #99,016

by rcareaga

4/28/03 12:35:00 AM

Forget what I said, then--

America is the best of all possible worlds.

cordially,

"Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."

Post #99,025

by pwhysall

4/28/03 3:04:09 AM

Time to make you envious

I get 25 days a year holiday. Through the company flexible benefits scheme, I can boost that up to a maximum of 30 days.

I also get *six months* sick leave on full pay, and then another six on half pay.

Post #99,026

by pwhysall

4/28/03 3:04:36 AM

Re: Time to make you envious

Oh, that doesn't include the 14 or so public holidays every year...

Post #99,030

by static

4/28/03 6:26:45 AM

Sounds like I'm somewhere in the middle.

I haven't chased this up with my current employer for various complicated reasons, but at a previous job in a large corp, I got 22 days leave on top of the ten (I think) standard public holidays. I don't remember how many sick days I had - I think without a doctor's certificate I could take up to 10 with pay.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.

Post #99,037

by inthane-chan

4/28/03 9:14:57 AM

Can I kick yer pasty British butt? ;)

Post #99,075

by CRConrad

4/28/03 2:12:27 PM

Well, as for my part... Naah, what the heck.

I assume I wouldn't even have to *make* you envious; if anyone, it's *Peter* I could try that on.

Furthermore, in order to post about my guaranteed-by-law benefits, I'd have to look up what, exactly, they are... And frankly, I just don't know. (Why should I? I trust they're there, as much of 'em as I'll ever need and more.)

All I know is, I have thirty days of yearly paid vacation -- which has *nothing to do* with whether I'm ill or not; WTF do *sick* days have to do with *vacation* days???

(Oh, and in addition, I have three weeks of paid "Fatherhood Leave", the second of which I'm just enjoying now... So it seems weird that I'm posting a lot *less* than usual here, isn't it? Heh -- sheesh, man, I can't wait to get back to work and get some rest! :-)

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