Is the number of paid days of holiday in the US still quite low?
That can't be true, can it? 7-8 days of holiday per year? How can that be? I'm already unhappy with my 25!
Is the number of paid days of holiday in the US still quite low?
Is the number of paid days of holiday in the US still quite low?
Yes. Most companies have between 7 and 11 paid holidays per year.
Employees typically start with 10 paid vacation days too.
Paid sick days are also often limited to about 4 per year.
Vacation days increase with seniority with more progressive companies allowing employees to accrue as many as 20 or even 25 per year. Most companies, however, don't go above 15.
FYI: "holiday" are fixed days off (Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.) whereas "vacation" days are chosen by the employee
How do you think it is that American workers have the "highest efficiency" of Western work forces? Fewer holidays.
Of course if you're a key person or owner you have a lot more flexibility.
Certainly explains why you're all crazy!! j/k
No doubt.
Seriously though, if you're floated an offer and you KNOW they want you, you can push hard for more time off. Most companies won't go over 5 weeks (25 days), but the difference between two weeks (10 days) and five weeks is huge for keeping the spiders at bay.
Well, based on your paragraph resume, you should be in a position to insist on 5 weeks.
Wow. That's really crap. How can you stand that? The more time goes on, the less i want to work. I need my breaks!
What is more depressing is that, had I been working in Aus, I'd be coming up for my second lot of long service leave. Sigh .That can't be true, can it? 7-8 days of holiday per year? How can that be? I'm already unhappy with my 25!
Well if the base salary is much better, then it shouldn't matter as much if the employer doesn't pay for the vacation. Mize what do the employers say about free days without salary?
To me that system sound much better than the European system, where employees can stay home for whatever reason they can come up with and still get their salary. That really hurts the businesses around here, especially on fields where the work output is the thing a company sells. Why should a company pay you money for anything other than the work you do? They should let you have for example 4-5 weeks of free time per year without salary, while keeping the yearly income competitive.
Well if the base salary is much better, then it shouldn't matter as much if the employer doesn't pay for the vacation. Mize what do the employers say about free days without salary?
To me that system sound much better than the European system, where employees can stay home for whatever reason they can come up with and still get their salary. That really hurts the businesses around here, especially on fields where the work output is the thing a company sells. Why should a company pay you money for anything other than the work you do? They should let you have for example 4-5 weeks of free time per year without salary, while keeping the yearly income competitive.
I am not the norm, however. Many companies see travel-on-your-time as part of the job. Personally I think that's bullsh*t.
As to the salaries comparison - if you factor in exchange rate the difference doesn't seem to be all that. Or am I misunderstanding something here (easily done).
Sick squid for a sandwich? I'm sure M&S or Tesco even in Covent Garden will do them for a lot less!If a sandwich costs you $6 in NYC it's 6 pounds in London.
Sick squid for a sandwich? I'm sure M&S or Tesco even in Covent Garden will do them for a lot less!
Sorry but what is the difference between having 5 days of fully paid holidays(= 'my way'), and, say, 5 weeks of unpaid holidays but with a salary which is higher in order to cover those holidays (= 'your way')?
'Your way', the business will actually gain from the employee using the full 5 weeks and 'loses' more the less holidays he uses. On top of that, the salary would be higher than 'my way'.
'My way', the business 'loses' 5 weeks whether the employee stays at home or not. The salary would be, as you said, comparatively lower than 'your way'.
Surely a business is set to lose less doing it 'my way', especially if we start talking about real efficiency of an over-stressed worker: 'being at work' hardly means being efficient, especially if one is over-worked and in need of a break!
You're right about the overstressed part, as many would just stay at work. I have to admit I didn't really thought it through as my main point was just about the responsibilities of the employer and with regards to those, I think it makes sense that they pay for work.
I don't know how holidays work in most places, but atleast in Finland the employee would lose more than 5 weeks in 'London boy way', because they would have to pay 5 week salary + 30 days of holiday compensation (in Finland one holiday week spends 6 days from your earned holiday "reserves") In Finland you earn 2 or 2.5 days of holiday each month and if you don't use them, you get the money. If you use the holiday, then you get pretty much the normal salary+ 50% more when you get back to work.