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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by nikki dreaming
(Post 11410996)
the biggest thing I noticed moving here was the amount if vacation people carry over, ! In uk everyone used every day up by the cut off
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
I want to know how to get all this extra vacation time...lol
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by ann m
(Post 11410575)
I can't complain at all about my vacation and time off package. It's awesome ;), and the main reason I stay where I am. Not to brag, you understand, but simply to highlight that some employers are not stingy.
In February I go up to 5 weeks, plus I get 11 flex day, plus 5 Xmas days, and then all the public holidays. See, that's why I stay. |
Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 11411469)
I want to know how to get all this extra vacation time...lol
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Lunathecat
(Post 11411472)
Blimey! Where do you work? I'm moving to Calgary from bc in November - husband has a new job. I'm going to be looking for work - I'm a corporate communications manager - my choices are really corporate headquarters and government jobs - wondering which would be better.
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 11411503)
Be part of the self selecting group of educated middle class Brits emigrating at a point in their careers where their age/experience can command a premium.
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Gozit
(Post 11409989)
Vacation time here sucks big time. Besides the bloody awful climate, that's the second biggest reason for me to move away from here. Doesn't give me any time to make trips home once or twice a year and maybe go on a vacation once a year. Living in the UK would. :)
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by happyhammers
(Post 11411562)
I do apologies if I'm wrong , but I thought you was a teenager and not old enough to work full time in Canada ?
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Gozit
(Post 11411539)
Going on what has been said in this thread, government!
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 11410861)
That may be true but Canadians are all but irrelevant to my current workplace. There are some but they're usually managers or in the Human Resource department, bimbos and himbos, hired due to rampant nepotism (and yes I acknowledge exploiting that nepotism myself). I can't recall an instance of going to someone to get a problem fixed and finding they were Canadian.
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 11411503)
Be part of the self selecting group of educated middle class Brits emigrating at a point in their careers where their age/experience can command a premium.
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Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Gozit
(Post 11411539)
Going on what has been said in this thread, government!
10 days after you have worked one year i.e. basically no vacation days for the first year! 15 days per year after you have worked two years. 20 days after you have worked eight years. etc, etc. No sick pay until after you have worked 6 months. When you do get sick pay its only 90% of salary. This ensures that people who are sick come into the office and spread their germs around because they don't want their pay docked by 10% :sneaky: The 'norm' is for people to work a little extra time each day for every third Friday off. I have compressed mine a bit more for a 9 day fortnight so that helps a bit. The plus side is pension (only if you are 'permanent' or have stayed for two years - a load of positions are 1 or 2 year contract). Benefits are fairly average and salary is on a set scale and better for some professions, not so good for others. |
Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Flossie and Jim
(Post 11413598)
I work in unionized municipal government. Vacation is as follows:
10 days after you have worked one year i.e. basically no vacation days for the first year! 15 days per year after you have worked two years. 20 days after you have worked eight years. etc, etc. No sick pay until after you have worked 6 months. When you do get sick pay its only 90% of salary. This ensures that people who are sick come into the office and spread their germs around because they don't want their pay docked by 10% :sneaky: The 'norm' is for people to work a little extra time each day for every third Friday off. I have compressed mine a bit more for a 9 day fortnight so that helps a bit. The plus side is pension (only if you are 'permanent' or have stayed for two years - a load of positions are 1 or 2 year contract). Benefits are fairly average and salary is on a set scale and better for some professions, not so good for others. That is now it's been everywhere I have worked, but its also the provincial minimum, but never had a job that allowed vacation until after 12 months. The rest are pretty good benefits, I'd love to even have the sick pay even if its only 90%, at all the jobs I have had, if your sick you get paid 0% of your salary, so if I got 90%, I'd not go in sick like I do now.. Sounds like awesome benefits to me personally. |
Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Originally Posted by Flossie and Jim
(Post 11413598)
I work in unionized municipal government. Vacation is as follows:
10 days after you have worked one year i.e. basically no vacation days for the first year! 15 days per year after you have worked two years. 20 days after you have worked eight years. etc, etc. No sick pay until after you have worked 6 months. When you do get sick pay its only 90% of salary. This ensures that people who are sick come into the office and spread their germs around because they don't want their pay docked by 10% :sneaky: The 'norm' is for people to work a little extra time each day for every third Friday off. I have compressed mine a bit more for a 9 day fortnight so that helps a bit. The plus side is pension (only if you are 'permanent' or have stayed for two years - a load of positions are 1 or 2 year contract). Benefits are fairly average and salary is on a set scale and better for some professions, not so good for others. |
Re: Stingy Vacation Time.
Sounds decent for Canada. Compared to the EU its awful.
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