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Snippylynn
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God I love European schedules
Today, I found out that there are national holidays next week! I work half a day on Wednesday, not at all on Thursday, Friday is the 'bridge' day (so you don't have to work on a FRIDAY after a holiday!!) and then Monday is another holiday. hahaha... Awesome.
Too bad it's not the right day for me to visit with Pandabutt.
Too bad it's not the right day for me to visit with Pandabutt.
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Re: God I love European schedules
This is right in keeping with this article from CNN yesterday. We need better vacation benefits in the US.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?iref=NS1
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[QUOTE]I'm so jealous! Do you have any plans for your long weekend? This is right in keeping with this article from CNN yesterday. We need better vacation benefits in the US. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?iref=NS1" rel='nofollow'>http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?iref=NS1</a>
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I read that article. It's kinda crazy we are like the only place without federally mandated vacation time. Unfortunately I doubt it would ever pass.
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Im jealous. My family in Scotland always talks about how we can work so much here. I think she said she gets like 8 weeks off per year.
I also have only Monday off and a hell of a drive home on Friday since everyone is heading to Vegas. Yay.
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Well hey! At least I'll have some company round here next week!
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[QUOTE]Im jealous. My family in Scotland always talks about how we can work so much here. I think she said she gets like 8 weeks off per year. I also have only Monday off and a hell of a drive home on Friday since everyone is heading to Vegas. Yay.
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I'm going to Vegas this weekend. We're leaving around lunch time on Monday and I expect it will take 7-8 hours for us to get back.
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Vacation in the US is kind of a joke. I'm lucky because my job is only 37.5 hours a week and I get EO Friday off on a flex schedule. But the most people get here as far as vacation is about 4 weeks a year.
Have fun this weekend!!
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It's tempting to just move to the UK for a while to be closer to my dad, save money in pounds, enjoy the vacation time, and then head back to the US rich and having seen all of Europe.
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[QUOTE]Honestly, I worry about adjusting to a US vacation schedule when we move back. I think that'll have to be part of salary/benefits negotiation at any job. Right now I get 3 weeks off/year plus I can work weekends to get extra days off, and that feels like the bare minimum in terms of being able to get to the US and UK to see family and friends and also have some "fun" travel. It's tempting to just move to the UK for a while to be closer to my dad, save money in pounds, enjoy the vacation time, and then head back to the US rich and having seen all of Europe.
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Ha. If only that's how it worked out.
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[QUOTE]Honestly, I worry about adjusting to a US vacation schedule when we move back. I think that'll have to be part of salary/benefits negotiation at any job. Right now I get 3 weeks off/year plus I can work weekends to get extra days off, and that feels like the bare minimum in terms of being able to get to the US and UK to see family and friends and also have some "fun" travel.<strong> It's tempting to just move to the UK for a while to be closer to my dad, save money in pounds, enjoy the vacation time, and then head back to the US rich and having seen all of Europe.</strong>
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'd do that if I were you.
And about vacation time here, I don't think employers have realized or have taken into consideration that some people live really far away from their families. If my office didn't close down for Christmas I would have to use all my vacation just to see my family a few times a year. It wouldn't be such a big deal if my parents and inlaws just lived down the street.
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Everytime I say that I'm not taking summer vacation, people are like, "But you know you can, right? We don't force you to keep working!" Like, they're totally worried about me not feeling like I can take a break from everything. Hilarious.
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That's really cute that your coworkers want you to take vacation. I guess from your perspective, you're kind of all staycation-ed out after the past few years.
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[QUOTE]Oh God Mery that is awful. We usually stop in Stateline and gamble for a while and leave there about 8 or 9 pm. But that is probably more feasible for me since I am only like 3 hours away compared to about 5 (?) for you usually. But my 70 mile commute home usually takes me at least 1.5 hrs, but I expect it will take closer to 3 this weekend. I am so excited. Have fun this weekend!! :)
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Thanks! It's usually about 4 hours (around 280 miles?), but it's taken up to 6 hours. Once when I left LA on a Friday and had to deal with rush hour, once when I drove back on a weekday, hitting rush hour in San Bernardino AND LA. And if there's construction ont he 5, all bets are off! We might try to stop for dinner in San Gabriel at a Chinese restaurant my H has been wanting to try. We're going to try to drive out there early Saturday morning, maybe leaving at 7, so we get in by lunch time.
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[QUOTE]Well, we could live in my dad's guest house for free, but then we would be living on a dirt road in the northwest of England with a dairy farm and a plant nursery for neighbors. I think London is slightly more our speed, it's just unfortunate that we would have to eat ramen every day. That's really cute that your coworkers want you to take vacation. I guess from your perspective, you're kind of all staycation-ed out after the past few years.
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I am indeed. But also, I want to save the time to go home for Christmas. I haven't seen my family in 7 years for the holidays.
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[QUOTE]Honestly, I worry about adjusting to a US vacation schedule when we move back. I think that'll have to be part of salary/benefits negotiation at any job. Right now I get 3 weeks off/year plus I can work weekends to get extra days off, and that feels like the bare minimum in terms of being able to get to the US and UK to see family and friends and also have some "fun" travel. It's tempting to just move to the UK for a while to be closer to my dad, save money in pounds, enjoy the vacation time, and then head back to the US rich and having seen all of Europe.
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I used to get 11 holidays and 4 weeks (20 days) of PTO a year at my job, and then they cut us down to 6 holidays and 3 weeks PTO. It seems like I rarely have time off saved up anymore and I'm always only taking a day or two here and there. Plus, with family living so far away, I have to take 2-3 days off, at least, when I want to visit them, and that seems like all my vacation time. Is your dad splitting his time between CA and England now?
Oh, and my H works for a company that was taken over by a French company. He got 2 days off at Christmas, 2 at NYE, 2 for MLK day, and he gets a half day on Friday. And when he puts in a lot of overtime his boss lets him take days off without documentation. He was working until 2am last night, so he decided to sleep in til about 11 today. It's like the French company says, "you only get 3 day weekends?! Oh no, you need more holiday time than that."
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Mery, the French are NOTORIOUS for their "working hours", even within Europe. Want a day off? STRIKE. Don't like the flowers in the lobby? STRIKE. It's ridiculous.
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
Wouldn't mandating 4 weeks vacation be a way to create jobs? We have too few people having to work themselves to death, stress, ulcers, unhappiness. Meanwhile, others can't find jobs at all. If we could have more people working more reasonable schedules, wouldn't that spread things out a bit and put more people back to work?
I get 10 paid days off a year, and I work weekends and holidays. It frickin' sucks.
I guess part of that is because I was promoted to management about 3 months ago.
My FI however gets three weeks of vacation time this year since he's been with his company for 7 years. But I don't think he can take it consecutively.
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