It's not faaaaayyyyyyerrrrrr!

[serinde]

Steve spoke hesitantly to his boss yesterday, to find out if there was a possibility he could take more time at Christmas on account of his mom's trouble. His boss responded, "WTF? You've got 16 days of vacation left, and you'd best use them by the end of the year or you lose them." So guess who's taking most of December off.

16 days is, by the bye, more than I get, total. And I get a week more than the rest of the office, because I traded part of a raise for it. He actually gets 24 days, all told (not counting sick days and holidays, which are both much more than mine, too). Waaah.

On the bright side, since he was home anyways, he made breakfast for me. Loving pooky! (He can't cook much, but he's good at eggs. Better than me, usually.)

Comments

[sbp.livejournal.com]

H'mm, I get 24 days too, although I still have a fair bit left. Is having not much holiday common in your part of the world/your type of job? Are there perks you get instead?

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

I guess you must have missed this thread when it came 'round in bofhnet. :)

American companies' concept of vacation (and sick time) is appalling by the general European notion, it seems. Your average job will start at ten days' vacation; sick time varies, but it's usually not more than that. Generally if you stick around for, say, 5 years, they will raise you to fifteen days' vacation. Some positions start at fifteen but won't up it for longer--like, 7 or 10 years.

Universities give a lot more (plus the many more university holidays), but of course they will tend to pay less than corporate-land. Panix is the worst of all worlds: ten days of vacation which never go up (I witnessed the words "Why would anyone want more vacation than that?" escape Alexis' lips) and we get college pay or worse. On the other hand, we have cats and wind-up toys and don't have to pay for our accounts and so on, so there are perks indeed; but for most people it wouldn't compensate. Some days I'm not sure it compensates, but slacker that I am, I'm equally not sure extra vacation would compensate for the annoyances of a more corporate environment.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

sick time varies, but it's usually not more than that

Which I forgot to add "...and often, it's less." We get six sick days, which is why my jaw dances in amazement when I read of my overseas friends & acquaintances taking a month or two off for mental health foo, getting paid through it, and still having a job when they come back. It is not the way of my people; would to God it was. Stupid Puritans.

I should disclaim, however, that Panix didn't used to track sick time; that started as a result of a few people grossly abusing the privilege, like the person who over a six-month period was out 24% of the time (I sat down and counted, I was that pissed off).

[sweh.livejournal.com]

Like when I broke my leg and sat around at home for 6 weeks or so, collecting money and watching lots of TV :-)

It was a big shock to go from 22 days vacation and unlimited sick time to 15 days (they allowed me 15 days 'cos of the change) vacation and 10 sick days. *sigh*