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goosey_84 Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:21 PM |
| question for all my UK friends...how many days do you guys have off throughout the year??....we have about 10 here in the states...i'm just wonderin'.... |
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Darran Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:21 PM |
If I only got ten days off I would go doo lally.
I think we get 20 plus bank and public holidays. |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:24 PM |
| 6 weeks |
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weirdmom Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:26 PM |
goosey_84 wrote: question for all my UK friends...how many days do you guys have off throughout the year??....we have about 10 here in the states...i'm just wonderin'....
You shouldn't ask that question to Europeans. The answers will just depress you. |
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Peewee Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:26 PM |
| I get 27, but Im lucky. I get all my public and bank holidays too so it's about 35 or sumat. :-/ |
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Peewee Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:27 PM |
Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: 6 weeks
Is that 6 weeks off school or uni?!? lol |
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deebee Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:29 PM |
| Just to really depress you, I'm just starting my holiday and go back on the 4th SEPT!!! Oh, I teach, BTW :-) |
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goosey_84 Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:29 PM |
| that's it...i'm moving to the UK post haste!...seriously...haha!~ |
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Ruudio Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:33 PM |
| I temp so can have as many holls as I want! |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 3:36 PM |
Peewee wrote: Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: 6 weeks
Is that 6 weeks off school or uni?!? lol
Work , not that i do a great deal. |
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boxty Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 6:36 PM |
| i've 21 days plus bank holidays, but i work in Northern Ireland even though im from the south, In the republic we get the same but we have an extra bank hoilday i think, the english ones or not all the same as the irish so that can be a balls. |
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harry potter Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 6:40 PM |
dude those frickin' little red book quoting commies over in the UK and Europe have all the time in the world to do what they want since they're barely doing the minimum in the jobs they have.
no wonder the USA is the economic engine for this planet, no doubt. |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 05 Jul, 2007 6:45 PM |
| i had 7 1/2 weeks |
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Peewee Posted Fri 06 Jul, 2007 8:19 AM |
harry potter wrote:
dude those frickin' little red book quoting commies over in the UK and Europe have all the time in the world to do what they want since they're barely doing the minimum in the jobs they have.
no wonder the USA is the economic engine for this planet, no doubt.
ha ha listen to you! Your just jealous ;P heehee |
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Hanne Posted Fri 06 Jul, 2007 8:31 AM |
I've got 30 days. 25 days is a standard here, and the other 5 days are an extra benefit, a bit like we get pension schemes and stuff.
When I worked in the UK, I had 20 days off, so this is a lot better. I guess the unions are extremely strong here, which means that we keep on getting more rights, like 6 months maternity leave and 3 weeks paternity leave. The maternity leave can even be split between the parents so that the mother doesn't have to stay at home all that time.
Having said that though, the holiday situation for a new graduate is difficult. You have to 'earn' your holidays from January - December, and then you can spend those holidays from May the next year. I started working where I work now in November 2005. I managed to 'save up' 4 holidays in November and December. I only had those 4 days, and at some point I got those extra 5 days. Now I saved up holidays during 2006, which I can spend from May this year to May 2008. Dunno if it makes sense, the system is very silly. But the end-effect is that you have to work for at least a year before getting any holiday.
Sorry about the long explanation, just needed to vent over a silly, albeit generous, system. |
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