If you want more holidays.......
Oct 1st 2007, 7:06 pm
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If you want more holidays.......
Interesting article at:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...6323e80_1.html
If you're coming to Canada for more vacation time then you maybe want to think about it some more?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...6323e80_1.html
If you're coming to Canada for more vacation time then you maybe want to think about it some more?
Oct 1st 2007, 7:25 pm
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Re: If you want more holidays.......
People come to canada for more holiday?
Oct 1st 2007, 7:39 pm
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Re: If you want more holidays.......
You've heard it all said before:
"We're emigrating because we want more family time together and time to explore the vastness of the country."
I accept you MAY get more family time because you get home at a decent hour rather than a God-awful commute but you ain't going to get more family holidays together.
"We're emigrating because we want more family time together and time to explore the vastness of the country."
I accept you MAY get more family time because you get home at a decent hour rather than a God-awful commute but you ain't going to get more family holidays together.
Oct 1st 2007, 8:06 pm
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Re: If you want more holidays.......
You've heard it all said before:
"We're emigrating because we want more family time together and time to explore the vastness of the country."
I accept you MAY get more family time because you get home at a decent hour rather than a God-awful commute but you ain't going to get more family holidays together.
"We're emigrating because we want more family time together and time to explore the vastness of the country."
I accept you MAY get more family time because you get home at a decent hour rather than a God-awful commute but you ain't going to get more family holidays together.
Oct 1st 2007, 10:23 pm
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Re: If you want more holidays.......
This "only 2 weeks vacation a year" is a crock, I think. Mind you, I just retired and had only worked up to 4 weeks a year, but was only in my last job for 10 years. But 3 weeks plus stats seems to be more the norm.
I went shopping today during the daytime - a novelty for me, but as I said, it was my first real day of retirement - and bumped into a Safeway cashier I've known for years, at the store. She told me she's putting off retirement because she has it so good with her employer. 7 weeks paid holiday a year, full benefits, "family days" and on and on. I've evidently been in the wrong kind of job all these years.
I went shopping today during the daytime - a novelty for me, but as I said, it was my first real day of retirement - and bumped into a Safeway cashier I've known for years, at the store. She told me she's putting off retirement because she has it so good with her employer. 7 weeks paid holiday a year, full benefits, "family days" and on and on. I've evidently been in the wrong kind of job all these years.
Oct 1st 2007, 11:16 pm
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Re: If you want more holidays.......
This "only 2 weeks vacation a year" is a crock, I think. Mind you, I just retired and had only worked up to 4 weeks a year, but was only in my last job for 10 years. But 3 weeks plus stats seems to be more the norm.
I went shopping today during the daytime - a novelty for me, but as I said, it was my first real day of retirement - and bumped into a Safeway cashier I've known for years, at the store. She told me she's putting off retirement because she has it so good with her employer. 7 weeks paid holiday a year, full benefits, "family days" and on and on. I've evidently been in the wrong kind of job all these years.
I went shopping today during the daytime - a novelty for me, but as I said, it was my first real day of retirement - and bumped into a Safeway cashier I've known for years, at the store. She told me she's putting off retirement because she has it so good with her employer. 7 weeks paid holiday a year, full benefits, "family days" and on and on. I've evidently been in the wrong kind of job all these years.
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Oct 2nd 2007, 12:01 am
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Re: If you want more holidays.......
I used to get 25 days per year + Bank Holidays in the UK, here I get 15 + the stats and to be honest I'm not bothered at all.
The most important thing for me here is my ability to work 1hr extra per day and leave early on a Thursday and take every 2nd Friday off. Pure bliss.
The most important thing for me here is my ability to work 1hr extra per day and leave early on a Thursday and take every 2nd Friday off. Pure bliss.
Oct 2nd 2007, 10:30 am
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Re: If you want more holidays.......
Interesting article at:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...6323e80_1.html
If you're coming to Canada for more vacation time then you maybe want to think about it some more?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...6323e80_1.html
If you're coming to Canada for more vacation time then you maybe want to think about it some more?
Oct 2nd 2007, 12:28 pm
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Oct 2nd 2007, 12:49 pm
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Oct 2nd 2007, 1:00 pm
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Oct 2nd 2007, 4:58 pm
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