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cholestrol Posts: 21 Joined: 2007/07/19	2007/08/09, 02:32 AM Is it true u only get 2 weeks anual leave from work?

Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2007/08/09, 02:53 AM It varies so much nowadays it can go from no vacation to up to a month if not more depending on how long you are employed with a company. -------------- Bettia You Get What You Train For! - Unknown
Pemdas Posts: 973 Joined: 2004/07/22	2007/08/09, 09:09 AM We also work 40 hour weeks, unlike some European countries.
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2007/08/09, 11:47 AM It all depends where you work... some start at two weeks and after a few years you get more... I can't remember the last time I worked a 40 hour week. ;) -------------- I see the words you are typing, but all I read is clickclickclick \"He may be gone, but Sanjaya proved that it doesn\'t matter how talented you are - if you believe in yourself, you can annoy literally millions of people.\" Jimmy Kimmel
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2007/08/09, 12:46 PM Where I work we get PTO, which is earned at just under 7 hours per 2 week pay period and accumulates to a max of 300 hours (at which time we can request a cash payout if we don't want to take time off). Sick days, personal days, mandatory holidays and vacation all come out of the one bucket and it works out to a little over a month altogether. It would be unusual for someone to actually take off for more than a week straight. Some employees will not take a vacation for years, then plan a two week vacation. Most of us just take off a couple of days tacked on to a weekend for little mini-vacations. Then people like me almost never take time off--we have a policy here that you can cash out 40 hours of PTO at a time, as often as you want, as long as you keep 80 hours in your PTO bank. I like to do that and put the money in my savings account at 5.05%. What we call 'leave' is time off without pay where basically they promise you will still have a job when you come back (not necessarily the same job, but something comparable), and is usually only granted under special circumstances.
georgiagirl Posts: 421 Joined: 2006/07/11	2007/08/09, 05:02 PM time off? what is time off? when you own a business you may not get even a long weekend off.:love: -------------- My Catahoula did it. I saw a book titled "Sex for Dummies" and wondered why anyone would teach dumb people how to reproduce?
tuin Posts: 80 Joined: 2005/03/02	2007/08/09, 05:06 PM See the "good side" of it... at least is your own business and you are not working for someone else to become rich... :surprised:
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2007/08/09, 06:54 PM Where I work, we get 3 PTO days per year, plus 3 sick days. Besides that we get stat holidays, and the labour laws here require an employee to 4% pay or time off per year as vacation. After 3 years it is 5%. -------------- Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Ivan Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2007/08/09, 09:33 PM I get 2 months off during the summer months, two and a half weeks for Christmas, a week for Thanksgiving, a week for spring break, plus all the major holidays off. I rather enjoy teaching... :big_smile: -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
georgiagirl Posts: 421 Joined: 2006/07/11	2007/08/10, 08:23 AM What do you teach? You definately fit in the "hot teacher" catagory! ============ Quoting from jbennett: I get 2 months off during the summer months, two and a half weeks for Christmas, a week for Thanksgiving, a week for spring break, plus all the major holidays off. I rather enjoy teaching... :big_smile: ============= -------------- My Catahoula did it. I saw a book titled "Sex for Dummies" and wondered why anyone would teach dumb people how to reproduce?
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2007/08/10, 09:28 PM He teaches how to get extended holiday's!:laugh: -------------- Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Ivan Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2007/08/10, 10:54 PM Exactly! Nothing irks me more than killing myself to lavishly clothe some other guys family. ============ Quoting from tuin: See the "good side" of it... at least is your own business and you are not working for someone else to become rich... :surprised: =============
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2007/08/11, 12:35 AM Very true which is why self-employment is the way to go. You can be your own boss, make your own money for yourself and make your own schedule.:big_smile::big_smile: Had I not been self -employed as I am right now, I wouldn't be able to have as many vacations as I have taken this year alone.:) -------------- Bettia You Get What You Train For! - Unknown
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2007/08/11, 03:14 PM ============ Quoting from georgiagirl: What do you teach? You definately fit in the "hot teacher" catagory! ============= High school Biology Honors. As for the hot teacher... yeah, it's hot in FL and I do sweat a lot... :)
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2007/08/11, 06:50 PM or ya could be unemployed like me.....:( -------------- Let me show you Sweet smell of a delicate whisper Behind the vision of gardens Go and read of your life Tiny ripping at the heart Drunk from a rose
georgiagirl Posts: 421 Joined: 2006/07/11	2007/08/13, 03:38 PM Bill I offered you a job as my #1 playtoy but you just didnt want to move.... so no whining from you buster... ============ Quoting from bill06: or ya could be unemployed like me.....:( ============= -------------- My Catahoula did it. I saw a book titled "Sex for Dummies" and wondered why anyone would teach dumb people how to reproduce?
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2007/08/14, 09:31 AM I feel pretty fortunate, after 20years at the same company, I have 5 weeks paid vacation + the week between Christmas and New years + 6 stat holidays for a grand total of 36 paid days per year. I get another week after 25 years. We even have the option of taking and extra week off without pay if we desire. We don't have defined "sick days", but if you're sick you stay home...no questions asked. Most people are happy to come to work everyday here and some even find it tough to use all the holiday time-not me. We have a "use it or loose it" policy for vacation, so the place is usually pretty quiet duing the last few weeks of the year:) Love living in Canada! -------------- Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. -------------- The harder you fall, the higher you bounce
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2007/08/15, 03:00 PM woah, i must've missed that #1 playtoy invitation, ask me again, just let my heart heal a lil bit before you do .. :love: -------------- Let me show you Sweet smell of a delicate whisper Behind the vision of gardens Go and read of your life Tiny ripping at the heart Drunk from a rose
amyksmith76 Posts: 601 Joined: 2005/07/26	2007/08/17, 01:12 PM Fly, now you're just showing off. "Oh, my job's so great..." ha ha. Just giving you a hard time. We have pretty standard time off here, 2 weeks vaca, 5 days sick time and 2 personal time. BUT, we are on call 24 hours a day and have to take our cell phones with us on weekends, vaca and sick time. Kind of like NEVER getting a day off! But, I'm not bitter!!! BUT!!! I also know that if I don't like it, I can work elsewhere. :)