I'm guessing that they're comparing Holy Days to Holidays... as I'm guessing that Medieval peasants didn't get much paid time off work! [grin]
As I understand it American workers have (relatively) very few days off and, again as I understand, very little paid vacation compared to other countries. For example, I used to get 31.5 days paid leave from work - plus National holidays/Bank holidays. If my US readers are willing to share it'd be interesting to compare how much paid leave they are allowed/allocated.
I was actually constantly harassed by my section leader about *not* taking my leave. We could take 10 days over into next leave year which I did most years. So when I retired it was actually 2 weeks before my retirement date because I still had accumulated leave left over.
It varies widely on the job. I get almost all holidays (we don't do President's Day or Columbus Day, for some reason), including two days for KING GEORGE AND PARLIAMENT CAN GET BENT DAY, which we observed yesterday. I also have ten days of 'leave' which can be used for vacations or sick leave. I blew through all of mine in 2021 & 2022 for hospitalization, but the library was incredibly generous and continued paying me during my recovery. I haven't worked anywhere else where I was eligible for benefits: my factory stints were all through staffing agencies, and when I drove for the railroad (prior to getting sick), it was more or less like gig work but with a schedule.
TEN days? Harsh! Especially when its vacation *and* sick. We used to get around 2-3 weeks sick leave per year (rolling 18 months) on top of our 30 days leave. Plus we always get paid, sick, holiday or not. My friend who died of cancer recently was paid up to his last day after months off work. No money worries for him - not that the hospital stay was costing him anything, of course....
Your 30 days' leave doesn't include sick leave?! I'm packing my bags RIGHT NOW.
Only half joking... Right now I have about 2 weeks of PTO in my bank. Granted, I burned about a week last year for moving, and I usually take 1 day off a month for sanity's sake. But I have to make the rest last for vacations and Christmas (if I want extra days than the 2 days we get for Christmas). We do get major holidays separately, but I don't celebrate all of them, so I wish they were floating holidays.
I am planning some big trips for the next decade, so I'm trying very hard to stay in "scrimp and save" mode right now. :( Thankfully I haven't been badly ill in a very long time, otherwise I'd really be in a pickle.
I should add - some tech companies claim to give "unlimited PTO," but I've heard that it's not such a good concept, because it is so vaguely defined. I'd rather be entitled to my 2 weeks of guaranteed PTO than some hazy unknown that I have to ask for every time. :P
Yup, annual leave & sick leave are separate - as they *should* be!
When I joined 'The Company' I got the standard 20 days leave. This increased to 25 after 5yrs in, and to 30 after 10 years. Management was always *very* keen that people took their leave and we had a strong commitment to 'Work/Life balance'. If they found that you were working excessive hours the boss would take you into a room for a chat to find out what was wrong...! [lol] If we had plans for a long time off - for example I had 3 weeks off for the Millennium in Australia - you could always take up to 10 days from NEXT years leave or, if they let you, take off an un-paid leave of absence. They were very flexible as long as it didn't impact on work stuff.
Leave is there so you relax from your work and are fresh again to pick it up again after that. If you are sick for that time, you have not recuperated, on the contrary. We don't have a set number of sick days, we are sick as long as we are sick and that is not deducted from our annual leave. If we get sick during that time, we can either add the days at the end or take it another time, depending what is best for you.
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I'm guessing that they're comparing Holy Days to Holidays... as I'm guessing that Medieval peasants didn't get much paid time off work! [grin]
As I understand it American workers have (relatively) very few days off and, again as I understand, very little paid vacation compared to other countries. For example, I used to get 31.5 days paid leave from work - plus National holidays/Bank holidays. If my US readers are willing to share it'd be interesting to compare how much paid leave they are allowed/allocated.
I was actually constantly harassed by my section leader about *not* taking my leave. We could take 10 days over into next leave year which I did most years. So when I retired it was actually 2 weeks before my retirement date because I still had accumulated leave left over.
Also, they often have to use their sick days for holidays which I find incredible.
It varies widely on the job. I get almost all holidays (we don't do President's Day or Columbus Day, for some reason), including two days for KING GEORGE AND PARLIAMENT CAN GET BENT DAY, which we observed yesterday. I also have ten days of 'leave' which can be used for vacations or sick leave. I blew through all of mine in 2021 & 2022 for hospitalization, but the library was incredibly generous and continued paying me during my recovery. I haven't worked anywhere else where I was eligible for benefits: my factory stints were all through staffing agencies, and when I drove for the railroad (prior to getting sick), it was more or less like gig work but with a schedule.
TEN days? Harsh! Especially when its vacation *and* sick. We used to get around 2-3 weeks sick leave per year (rolling 18 months) on top of our 30 days leave. Plus we always get paid, sick, holiday or not. My friend who died of cancer recently was paid up to his last day after months off work. No money worries for him - not that the hospital stay was costing him anything, of course....
Your 30 days' leave doesn't include sick leave?! I'm packing my bags RIGHT NOW.
Only half joking... Right now I have about 2 weeks of PTO in my bank. Granted, I burned about a week last year for moving, and I usually take 1 day off a month for sanity's sake. But I have to make the rest last for vacations and Christmas (if I want extra days than the 2 days we get for Christmas). We do get major holidays separately, but I don't celebrate all of them, so I wish they were floating holidays.
I am planning some big trips for the next decade, so I'm trying very hard to stay in "scrimp and save" mode right now. :( Thankfully I haven't been badly ill in a very long time, otherwise I'd really be in a pickle.
I should add - some tech companies claim to give "unlimited PTO," but I've heard that it's not such a good concept, because it is so vaguely defined. I'd rather be entitled to my 2 weeks of guaranteed PTO than some hazy unknown that I have to ask for every time. :P
Yup, annual leave & sick leave are separate - as they *should* be!
When I joined 'The Company' I got the standard 20 days leave. This increased to 25 after 5yrs in, and to 30 after 10 years. Management was always *very* keen that people took their leave and we had a strong commitment to 'Work/Life balance'. If they found that you were working excessive hours the boss would take you into a room for a chat to find out what was wrong...! [lol] If we had plans for a long time off - for example I had 3 weeks off for the Millennium in Australia - you could always take up to 10 days from NEXT years leave or, if they let you, take off an un-paid leave of absence. They were very flexible as long as it didn't impact on work stuff.
Leave is there so you relax from your work and are fresh again to pick it up again after that. If you are sick for that time, you have not recuperated, on the contrary. We don't have a set number of sick days, we are sick as long as we are sick and that is not deducted from our annual leave. If we get sick during that time, we can either add the days at the end or take it another time, depending what is best for you.
Exactly how it should be.
So, uh... you got any jobs over there?! Asking for a friend... ^_^ will live on fish & chips!
I think there isn't a better time than coming to Europe. We are all desperate for workers.
[grin]
Post-Brexit (with the end of free movement of people within the EU) we're crying out for educated highly trained people. Go for it!
And Corona did the rest for all the other countries.
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