And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
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And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
Paid vacation for 21 of the richest countries:
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
Yes, but to be fair you do spend another 53.7 days per annum on the internet at work.
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
Going from 7 weeks vacation in the UK plus sick, holiday etc.to zero here, is very depressing, but I realize the only thing that stopped me from setting up my own business in the UK was how great my benefits were.
As I get zero here, I am on my way to beng a business owner!
As I get zero here, I am on my way to beng a business owner!
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
Going from 7 weeks vacation in the UK plus sick, holiday etc.to zero here, is very depressing, but I realize the only thing that stopped me from setting up my own business in the UK was how great my benefits were.
As I get zero here, I am on my way to beng a business owner!
As I get zero here, I am on my way to beng a business owner!
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
My husband had 6 weeks vacation at his job in the UK, before we left. He currently has 25 days now. We've actually been ok with his time off, we haven't had to miss anything we have wanted to do. He always has a week off around Christmas and work is so slow that he does light work from home. I work for a school district, I get all the school holidays and that's perfect for me.
However, before I left the UK, I was entitled to (which is more common these days, from what I've heard) 4 weeks holiday. The downside was I had to book those weeks off at the beginning of the year. What a shame that you can have all that time off and you can't have the flexibility to take it off, when and if you need it. It prevented my husband's aunt (almost 12 years ago) from coming to our wedding. She hadn't previously booked the time off.
However, before I left the UK, I was entitled to (which is more common these days, from what I've heard) 4 weeks holiday. The downside was I had to book those weeks off at the beginning of the year. What a shame that you can have all that time off and you can't have the flexibility to take it off, when and if you need it. It prevented my husband's aunt (almost 12 years ago) from coming to our wedding. She hadn't previously booked the time off.
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
You always bring this up as if it's the norm in Britain - but it always seems to me like you're just about the only one on here who was ever affected in this way. I certainly never knew anyone who had to book all their time off in advance at the start of the year.
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
Maybe you don't travel in wide enough circles.
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
The comment about not knowing people is frankly odd.
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It's quite common in factories though...so they can schedule cover etc....usually being seniors put their requests in first, going down the line, so the new person always ends up with shit times of the year
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
And of course the amount of people who respond to these posts on BE certainly make up the majority of UK citizens....
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
I'm curious as to why you think you know everything about Britain and we don't have a clue.
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Re: And Brits never believe me how crap the vacation time is here.
But here you go:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employme...ff/DG_10034711
Your employer can decide when some or all of your holidays must be taken. For instance, they may require you to take some of your holiday to cover the bank holidays, or may require the whole company to take holiday during a Christmas shutdown.
This may be in your contract of employment, or it may be normal practice built up over time. An employer has to give the same amount of notice as you do.