How much 'vacation' time do you get?

[MagnusTheBrewer]

2 weeks, 3 days

 

[HAL9000]

I could; but it would mean taking a position at a lower school when I graduate; probably teaching twice as much. It's all about gaining prestige for the university, so the richest universities get the most prestigious researchers. If you don't publish in the more prestigious (most cited, main-stream) journals then you are picked up by less prestigious universities, get paid less and have to teach more classes.

So I could write anything I want and never worry about where it lands, as long as it lands somewhere, if I wanted to make 7k/month and teach four classes a semester.

Ah, OK that makes a lot of sense actually, we have the same kind of system here, but we don't have a word for when you've reached a certain level.

 

[brianmanahan]

3 weeks vacation plus 5 sicks days plus like 10 scheduled holidays

dont get 4 weeks for another 4 years

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

4 weeks holiday + 2 weeks sick leave (or carers leave or whatever).

3 months long service @ 10 years.

 

[brianmanahan]

i so wish i could get a sabattical someday. maybe if i have enough money saved and get sick of my job at one point, i will just take a few months off to travel the world before i get too old to enjoy it.

 

[velillen]

A lot of people think like that - it works out better in the end when you file your income tax. You really do make more money, but it doesn't appear that way because the temporary change in income affects the way the withholding works. I know a few guys who occasionally have long weeks. My son ran into a couple of them with 252 hour weeks (18 hours a day, 7 days a week, at double time.) To avoid a HUGE extra chunk withheld for tax purposes, he changed his withholding to 99 dependants for 2 weeks, then changed it back. It avoided a lot being taken out in taxes. Then, when he filed his tax return, he still got money back. YMMV, consult one of the gurus.

O i know theres ways around it as coworkers do it (like the claiming 99 crap). But I just figure after 30 hours I'd rather just earn an extra day off. Or if i end up not using it in a year then itll just convert back to OT anyways. Its nice to end up with 6-8 weeks of annual leave off a year instead of the normal 4 or least to me my time is worth more than money

 

[brianmanahan]

my son ran into a couple of them with 252 hour weeks

252 > 24 * 7

 

[slightlyhuman]

So how many times have I posted this month? What have I been up to?

Yeah... You know fuck all.

congrats. you haven't posted much this month. so what about the other 20k posts in less than 2 years? eat one, nancy.

 

[HAL9000]

congrats. you haven't posted much this month. so what about the other 20k posts in less than 2 years? eat one, nancy.

Nancy?

yeah I post a lot sometimes and never other times...

 

[dr150]

I wonder how many people that posted 4 weeks work for Cisco... :sneaky:

 

[Chapbass]

2 weeks vaca, 4 days sick, 6-8 holidays, something like that.

I work for a german company but work in the US...been trying to get that German holiday time

 

[TheNinja]

I'm 3 weeks. So i'm no sure if I should pick 2-3 or 3-4 in this poll

ya, lame poll. Surprsingly, I see this stuff everywhere though. Like I sign up for a summer rec class for my kid and it's like

3-4
4-5
5-6
6-8

I don't understand what they mean. Is 3-4 for 3 year olds who aren't 4 or can you include 4 year olds who are younger?

 

[wantedSpidy]

3 weeks paid vacation
5 paid personal days/floating holidays - I really don't get the difference between the two
+ public holidays

 

[KMFJD]

20 Vacation Days, 7 Holidays and 5 paid sick days

 

[bfdd]

only counting my "vacation" 14 days.

 

[Lonyo]

25 days
11 days public holidays
1 day around Christmas (day chosen by employer)
Up to 5 extra days as part of benefits (vs getting medical insurance/etc)

 

[brianmanahan]

the only way it really makes sense is:

(0, 1)
[1, 2)
[2, 3)
[3, 4)
[4, 52)
[52]
[0]

 

[ethebubbeth]

I have 10 vacation days allotted to me per year. Vacation must be used before the anniversary of my hire date with the company.

I accrue 4 hours of "personal" time per month, which can be scheduled or used as sick time. This adds up to 6 personal days per year. Personal time rolls over from year to year.

I have 9 paid company holidays per year.

This is a total of 25 paid days off per year.

 

[Corporate Thug]

1st year...zero
I'm starting my second year so I get 2 weeks, which will be the same until 5th year where its bumped up to three weeks.

 

[brianmanahan]

1st year...zero
I'm starting my second year so I get 2 weeks, which will be the same until 5th year where its bumped up to three weeks.

o_0

you really must be a corporate thug then, because corporations pretty much give everyone more vacation than that. even here in the us.

well, if you are white collarr

 

[herm0016]

From your link:


Holy crap. How the hell did you guys ever get this passed? Inquiring (and insanely jealous) US workers want to know. We work ourselves to death over here in comparison....and it shows in our physical/mental health. We get zilch in terms of mandated vacation. 2 weeks is customary for full time salaried employees, but thats if you are lucky.

holy crap. DO NOT WANT. i would not be able to have 1/3 of the year off! a max # of days? screw that. if you want more time off, get a different job.

work 14 days and get 7 off, plus 2 other weeks of my choosing. plus i only work on holidays if there is a scheduled job. otherwise i get them off, and if I do work, i get paid 2x. and 2 personal days. woot!

 

[Ns1]

o_0

My first job out of college had 0 vacation days the first year.

 

[brianmanahan]

My first job out of college had 0 vacation days the first year.

O_O

mine had like 3 week

 

[Sho'Nuff]

I'm an attorney. I work when my clients want/need me to work. Which is pretty much all the time.

That said, I did take 6 weeks off in the last 3 months for medical reasons. Typically, I take ~3 weeks off. One full week at christmas, and ~10 three day weekends over the course of the year.

 

[Wyndru]

4 weeks vacation, and 30 days of personal. Sad thing is I can never take any of it, so it just collects.

My first job out of college had 0 vacation days the first year.

That's pretty common, the last 3 jobs I've had were like this, you had to wait a 1 year to accumulate any days.