Only 10 Days Vacation per year
Mar 1st 2012, 6:20 am
#76
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
Is this the same Texas that was an independent state for about 9 years then begged to join the Union because it was broke? The same Texas that rejoices in being independent of the electrical grid of the rest of the USA but can't now generate enough electricity to meet its needs? Is it that Texas?
Anyway, enjoy the long weekend!
Mar 1st 2012, 11:38 am
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
How does Texas Independence work?
Is this the same Texas that was an independent state for about 9 years then begged to join the Union because it was broke? The same Texas that rejoices in being independent of the electrical grid of the rest of the USA but can't now generate enough electricity to meet its needs? Is it that Texas?
Anyway, enjoy the long weekend!
Is this the same Texas that was an independent state for about 9 years then begged to join the Union because it was broke? The same Texas that rejoices in being independent of the electrical grid of the rest of the USA but can't now generate enough electricity to meet its needs? Is it that Texas?
Anyway, enjoy the long weekend!
Mar 1st 2012, 12:04 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
Food is really expensive in California. I was amazed how cheap food is still in the UK when I visited last month. I went to a pub with my Dad and I paid 3.50 GBP in Lincolnshire for a roast dinner with all the trimmings. I had pie with 2 scoops of mash, liquor and a cup of tea twice with my Mum and it was only 5.20GBP total. I was shocked. I actually asked the girl if she added it up correctly. I also got a huge 1LB Melton Mowbray Pork Pie for 3.20GBP. Bread in Asda was 0.80p or less. I pay $3 to $4 in Safeway. Clothes also cheap.
However - even taking that into consideration - 3.50 for an entire roast dinner does sound like a blinder of a deal. Was it actually edible?
Mar 1st 2012, 12:19 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
Totally agree with the OP.
I had to work a year before I got 5 days, and 3 years before I got 10 days.
Noone here believes how much vacation I was used to in England. They literally think I am making it up.
I had to work a year before I got 5 days, and 3 years before I got 10 days.
Noone here believes how much vacation I was used to in England. They literally think I am making it up.
Mar 1st 2012, 1:03 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
England gave me more time with friends and family to build my character, traits, personality, identity, humour etc whatever you want to call it, something that I am slowly losing here and lately I am realising it more and more. Travel broadens the mind, but there is something to be said being amongst your own ones.
I completely agree with everything you say. It's so hard to deal with aging parents, homesickness etc but not have the time to go home. I think I have shrunk as a person since living here, I feel like a zombie. My family did try living in England and my USC husband said he felt like a zombie there. When you fall in love you don't think of having to give up these things, like you said, it's an adventure, now it's closer to a prison sentence.
I completely agree with everything you say. It's so hard to deal with aging parents, homesickness etc but not have the time to go home. I think I have shrunk as a person since living here, I feel like a zombie. My family did try living in England and my USC husband said he felt like a zombie there. When you fall in love you don't think of having to give up these things, like you said, it's an adventure, now it's closer to a prison sentence.
Mar 1st 2012, 3:10 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
England gave me more time with friends and family to build my character, traits, personality, identity, humour etc whatever you want to call it, something that I am slowly losing here and lately I am realising it more and more. Travel broadens the mind, but there is something to be said being amongst your own ones.
I completely agree with everything you say. It's so hard to deal with aging parents, homesickness etc but not have the time to go home. I think I have shrunk as a person since living here, I feel like a zombie. My family did try living in England and my USC husband said he felt like a zombie there. When you fall in love you don't think of having to give up these things, like you said, it's an adventure, now it's closer to a prison sentence.
I completely agree with everything you say. It's so hard to deal with aging parents, homesickness etc but not have the time to go home. I think I have shrunk as a person since living here, I feel like a zombie. My family did try living in England and my USC husband said he felt like a zombie there. When you fall in love you don't think of having to give up these things, like you said, it's an adventure, now it's closer to a prison sentence.
Mar 1st 2012, 3:37 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
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Mar 1st 2012, 8:28 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
How does Texas Independence work?
Is this the same Texas that was an independent state for about 9 years then begged to join the Union because it was broke? The same Texas that rejoices in being independent of the electrical grid of the rest of the USA but can't now generate enough electricity to meet its needs? Is it that Texas?
Anyway, enjoy the long weekend!
Is this the same Texas that was an independent state for about 9 years then begged to join the Union because it was broke? The same Texas that rejoices in being independent of the electrical grid of the rest of the USA but can't now generate enough electricity to meet its needs? Is it that Texas?
Anyway, enjoy the long weekend!
Mar 2nd 2012, 1:56 am
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
I get 23 days holiday per year plus public holidays.
Goes up to 28 days a year after 5 years (I'm nearly there), then 33 days a year after 10 years.
Needless to say we have a lot of very long-serving employees working there. It's not public sector either.
Goes up to 28 days a year after 5 years (I'm nearly there), then 33 days a year after 10 years.
Needless to say we have a lot of very long-serving employees working there. It's not public sector either.
Mar 2nd 2012, 1:38 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
I live a bit further out in Worcester County - so it does get unpleasantly humid out here. My inclination (during the daytime) is to sweat it out and not turn the air-con on (except just before we go to bed) - but needless to say this doesn't wash with the misses. She is also similarly unimpressed when I tell her to go and chop some wood or do something energetic instead of cracking the thermostat to the upper 60s.
I've been lucky enough to continue working on a contractor basis for my old employer on the Isle of Man, so my vacation days will be the ones I want to take and lose the pay for, rather than be limited by my employer - my wife is lucky enough to be up to 20 days vacation a year now, so we can match better.
Mar 2nd 2012, 5:12 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
Those complaining about vacation days are those lucky enough to have a job.
Mar 2nd 2012, 5:20 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
I've been lucky enough to continue working on a contractor basis for my old employer on the Isle of Man, so my vacation days will be the ones I want to take and lose the pay for, rather than be limited by my employer - my wife is lucky enough to be up to 20 days vacation a year now, so we can match better.
Wife is a teacher so gets the state holidays and the summer off (which she needs as it's a brutal job for the first few years)
Mar 2nd 2012, 5:25 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
So for any of you who are living in the UK, please consider something that may not be a big deal at the time, but will eat away at you over time living in the USA....Vacation allowance.
I am a British Expat living in California. I start a new job next week after being unemployed for 8 months. And as much as I appreciate a new job, yet again I have to laugh and cry at the poor vacation allowance you get in America. Oh and I was told they usually only give new employees 5 days per year, but they wanted to give me 10 days. I should feel special I guess.
So if you live in the UK right now and get between 25 to 30 days per year holiday allowance, would you be willing to give that up and come to America to work 50 or 51 weeks of the year instead?
If you lose your job in the UK you can still get treated on the NHS for FREE. While in America you can be broke with no healthcare. A friend of mine who recently moved to America had to pay $125 doctors fee just to see him for 15 minutes for a antibiotic prescription for a cold virus. He was shocked. My reply was "Welcome to America".
My plan is to stay here for another 4-5 years while I finish University, pay off most of the house and wait for the housing market to rise/or rent our property.
I like many things about America, but I need my work / social life balance back again. Something which you already get while living in the UK. So please think ahead before moving to America.
I am a British Expat living in California. I start a new job next week after being unemployed for 8 months. And as much as I appreciate a new job, yet again I have to laugh and cry at the poor vacation allowance you get in America. Oh and I was told they usually only give new employees 5 days per year, but they wanted to give me 10 days. I should feel special I guess.
So if you live in the UK right now and get between 25 to 30 days per year holiday allowance, would you be willing to give that up and come to America to work 50 or 51 weeks of the year instead?
If you lose your job in the UK you can still get treated on the NHS for FREE. While in America you can be broke with no healthcare. A friend of mine who recently moved to America had to pay $125 doctors fee just to see him for 15 minutes for a antibiotic prescription for a cold virus. He was shocked. My reply was "Welcome to America".
My plan is to stay here for another 4-5 years while I finish University, pay off most of the house and wait for the housing market to rise/or rent our property.
I like many things about America, but I need my work / social life balance back again. Something which you already get while living in the UK. So please think ahead before moving to America.
Back home, asking my boss for a random week off was never a problem as long as it didn't clash with month end. In 9 year of living here, I have only taken 2 complete weeks off since I started work and that was to go on holiday.
Of course, if you were a workaholic in the UK, you most likely won't feel it. As for me, I'd rather work to live, not live to work. That is a balance missing from American society.
Mar 2nd 2012, 10:21 pm
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Re: Only 10 Days Vacation per year
Workers taken ill on holiday will be given extra time off
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9119957/Workers-taken-ill-on-holiday-will-be-given-extra-time-off.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9119957/Workers-taken-ill-on-holiday-will-be-given-extra-time-off.html