[ariniaxia]

You left SK?

[gugamotina]

PH, don't you Euro-trash get 4-6 weeks of vacation per year? That's hardly working.

[arrasleds]

I get 4 weeks here in the US

of course it took 12+ years in the same job to get it

[njfeedd3w]

Originally posted by DaShi
Yeah, some get more. I get zero days holiday, no sick pay or bank holidays.

[mnhloot]

Originally posted by DaShi
What do you do? Self-employed. I can take holiday but don't get paid for it. I earn a little more than I could in permenant employment, but at the price of insecurity and lack of genuine chill-time.

[Stoniaanapy]

Back in the sixties they were talking about how technological progress, and consequent increases in per capita productivity would mean that people would have to work less.

In fact... we've had technological progess and increased productivity... and we have to work more.

[Veveseinlep]

Originally posted by Oerdin
PH, don't you Euro-trash get 4-6 weeks of vacation per year? That's hardly working. I get 7 (or will when I start the job)

[f6HLLFcw]

Originally posted by Drogue

I get 7 (or will when I start the job)

[JessePex]

I'm self-employed. When you do that, you only eat what you kill. So yeah, like CortHaus, it means no paid vacation. But contrary to Pekka's assertion, length of vacation does NOT equal quality of life.

Because all year long, I set my own schedule, don't commute, and have the option to reject working with jerks. I can (theoretically) take in a movie, go golfing, or do whatever, as long as I meet my deadline commitments.

Since all my work is done on a PC, the world is my office. All I need is a mobile phone and Internet access. So I do travel, go places with the family etc.

I worked in corporate world for over 20 years. My price to go back would be VERY high.

Why? Becasue my quality of life has greatly improved.
working for yourself

[Rwujnezq]

"But contrary to Pekka's assertion, length of vacation does NOT equal quality of life."

In your case.

[ireleda]

Originally posted by Oerdin
PH, don't you Euro-trash get 4-6 weeks of vacation per year? That's hardly working. 33 days me

[Retapleapse]

Yes, I know. That was the point of the joke.

[RichardHaads]

You need to get a better job Dis...

[alicewong]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
You need to get a better job Dis... but the people I work with are fantastic.

[huylibizonoff]

It's a small family type business. Small businesses never have the benefits big companies do.

But I got a bonus (only a gift certificate, but I'll take it) one of the managers and general manager last weekend. They aren't even in my chain of command (I'm a tech, I don't work for the individual managers). It's nice to work for a place that appreciates your work. When I worked for a big company I was pretty much ignored, and never got any recognition. But I'd be getting 3 weeks of vacation a year if I stayed.

And I can take vacation, I just won't get paid for it. I'll probably take some time off next year.

[flielagit]

Originally posted by Drogue

I get 7 (or will when I start the job) I get 7.3 (37 days), a 35 hour week and a 12 minute commute by bicycle.

I recently figured out how to do a long weekend for using just a half day by driving into work for 8am (I can park opposite my office for the equivalent of 24p/hr) and leaving direct from the office at 11:30am. Usually we're too lazy in the morning that we don't leave before noon anyway...

I figure I could do 74 long weekends a year not including public holidays...

[RLRWai4B]

Loyalty if deserved, yes, but the fact is, we work to live, not live to work...well I do anyway...

[inmeirulez]

Depends on the grounds. If legitimate then yes, dismissal should be acceptable. I dislike a lazy sh*t as much as the next person. But without any level of protection for the worker in there, the law can be abused and used as leverage against someone.

[infinkPoode]

Well everyone gets hurt. But at the end of the day, the company will cope whereas a persons life can easily be shattered by something like this.

[yK2VgoEI]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Um, you know there are only 52 weekends a year, right? Are you deliberately preying on my incredibly low opinions on the mental capacities of Poly posters...?