US Job question
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This morning I recieved an exciting job offer from an american company! I wonder how they found my profile? Anyway due to my sickness / allergy to pollution I can't take on the opportunity :sigh: (it's either in Boston or LA!!) (In fact I'm strill trying to find a place I could live well and do some programming job at the same time.. sigh... :sigh: ) Anyway, as I was perusing through the offer I came to read that: "3 weeks vacation and 10 paid holidays" I wonder what that means '10 paid holliday' is 10 extra days on top of the 3 weeks? or are the vacation week unpaid and you have only 10 day paid? I mean can you explain what that means, I'm curious....
I'd be very cautious about any offer out of the blue. I assume it means that you get 10 days like July 4, I know many holidays in the US are not taken by all companies.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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I think the 3 week vacation is a standard paid vacation and the 10 days extra that's mentioned is probably for casual short** leaves you can take in case of illness or some unexpected errands you may have to run. So that's basically 5 weeks of paid leave. That's pretty good :-) ** short as in you cannot just take 10 days in succession.
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkSo, 10 sick days. Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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This morning I recieved an exciting job offer from an american company! I wonder how they found my profile? Anyway due to my sickness / allergy to pollution I can't take on the opportunity :sigh: (it's either in Boston or LA!!) (In fact I'm strill trying to find a place I could live well and do some programming job at the same time.. sigh... :sigh: ) Anyway, as I was perusing through the offer I came to read that: "3 weeks vacation and 10 paid holidays" I wonder what that means '10 paid holliday' is 10 extra days on top of the 3 weeks? or are the vacation week unpaid and you have only 10 day paid? I mean can you explain what that means, I'm curious....
Super Lloyd wrote:
I wonder what that means '10 paid holliday' is 10 extra days on top of the 3 weeks? or are the vacation week unpaid and you have only 10 day paid? I mean can you explain what that means, I'm curious....
That means you get 3 weeks (15 days, weekend don't count) and additional 10 holidays ALL paid. The typical holidays are New Year Memorial Day (last Monday of May) Independence Day (4th of July) Labor Day (First Monday of Sep) Thanks Giving Day (Third Thursday of Nov) ( most companies give 2 days including Friday the day after) Christmas (25th of Dec) (Many Companies give either the day before or the day after) This are the typical 7-8 days, then the rest 2-3 days may come from a range of other holidays or some companies give floating holiday which means you get to pick which holiday you want to take them.
Yusuf
modified on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:48 AM
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So, 10 sick days. Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Christian Graus wrote:
Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.
Yeah it's kinda same in India too (at least in Trivandrum). You get 2 weeks of sick/casual leave and 24 days vacation (2 days for each month worked) per year. So that's a total of 2 + 5 = 7 weeks, and then you get Muslim, Christian, and Hindu holidays totalling 10-15 days extra, + the state/national holidays (usually another 5).
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link -
So, 10 sick days. Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Christian Graus wrote:
Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick.
I also get up to 2 RDO's a month :D
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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I'd be very cautious about any offer out of the blue. I assume it means that you get 10 days like July 4, I know many holidays in the US are not taken by all companies.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
No the offer sounded good and genius, he also gave reference on the company so I could do my own research! Anyway, I'm more like looking for a good .NET job in a town with at most 50.000 people now, so certainly not Boston or LA! ;) and still looking :sigh:
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So, 10 sick days. Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
That's 1.5 months, dude! :omg: Any openings in Aussieland? :-D Everybody in India gets 10 days off for religious/national days chosen by the company -> Govt rule. Apart from that, I get 2 weeks paid leave and 8 days sick leave.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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That's 1.5 months, dude! :omg: Any openings in Aussieland? :-D Everybody in India gets 10 days off for religious/national days chosen by the company -> Govt rule. Apart from that, I get 2 weeks paid leave and 8 days sick leave.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Apart from that, I get 2 weeks paid leave and 8 days sick leave.
And in West Bengal and Kerala you get an extra 2 weeks of hartals and bandhs :rolleyes:
Regards, Nish
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That's 1.5 months, dude! :omg: Any openings in Aussieland? :-D Everybody in India gets 10 days off for religious/national days chosen by the company -> Govt rule. Apart from that, I get 2 weeks paid leave and 8 days sick leave.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Any openings in Aussieland?
Yeah they are opening new call centers every day :P Just kidding
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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That's 1.5 months, dude! :omg: Any openings in Aussieland? :-D Everybody in India gets 10 days off for religious/national days chosen by the company -> Govt rule. Apart from that, I get 2 weeks paid leave and 8 days sick leave.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
That's 1.5 months, dude! [OMG] Any openings in Aussieland? [Big Grin]
While we get two weeks sick leave it cant really be used as holidays. Most employers will require a doctors certificate if you have a friday, monday or more than one day off sick. If an employee used all 10 days with a day here and a day there it wouldnt look good.
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That's 1.5 months, dude! :omg: Any openings in Aussieland? :-D Everybody in India gets 10 days off for religious/national days chosen by the company -> Govt rule. Apart from that, I get 2 weeks paid leave and 8 days sick leave.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
We're screaming for good devs where I live.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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This morning I recieved an exciting job offer from an american company! I wonder how they found my profile? Anyway due to my sickness / allergy to pollution I can't take on the opportunity :sigh: (it's either in Boston or LA!!) (In fact I'm strill trying to find a place I could live well and do some programming job at the same time.. sigh... :sigh: ) Anyway, as I was perusing through the offer I came to read that: "3 weeks vacation and 10 paid holidays" I wonder what that means '10 paid holliday' is 10 extra days on top of the 3 weeks? or are the vacation week unpaid and you have only 10 day paid? I mean can you explain what that means, I'm curious....
You recieved an offer without an interview? Most likely is either a scam or not a "real" company.
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You recieved an offer without an interview? Most likely is either a scam or not a "real" company.
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it does look like a real company, the reply email is from their web site, google news speak of them, etc... anyway, (unfortunetly :sigh: ) I'm not applying!! ;P
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So, 10 sick days. Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
I am lucky since being at the same job for twelve years I get 5 weeks annual leave + 10 days sick leave + 13 weeks long service leave + 1 weeks long service leave per year after ten years service. Seeing that I worked all hours when I was a pleb and took little time off, I have managed to accrue 28 weeks leave (140 days)...+ leave loading @ 17% :cool:
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
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Super Lloyd wrote:
I wonder what that means '10 paid holliday' is 10 extra days on top of the 3 weeks? or are the vacation week unpaid and you have only 10 day paid? I mean can you explain what that means, I'm curious....
That means you get 3 weeks (15 days, weekend don't count) and additional 10 holidays ALL paid. The typical holidays are New Year Memorial Day (last Monday of May) Independence Day (4th of July) Labor Day (First Monday of Sep) Thanks Giving Day (Third Thursday of Nov) ( most companies give 2 days including Friday the day after) Christmas (25th of Dec) (Many Companies give either the day before or the day after) This are the typical 7-8 days, then the rest 2-3 days may come from a range of other holidays or some companies give floating holiday which means you get to pick which holiday you want to take them.
Yusuf
modified on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:48 AM
this year, we also got Good Friday (Friday before Easter), New Years Eve and New Years Day...
Steve
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Christian Graus wrote:
Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.
Yeah it's kinda same in India too (at least in Trivandrum). You get 2 weeks of sick/casual leave and 24 days vacation (2 days for each month worked) per year. So that's a total of 2 + 5 = 7 weeks, and then you get Muslim, Christian, and Hindu holidays totalling 10-15 days extra, + the state/national holidays (usually another 5).
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkAbout the same here, in Macedonia...
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Any openings in Aussieland?
Yeah they are opening new call centers every day :P Just kidding
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
With all due respect, I do NOT find that funny.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Apart from that, I get 2 weeks paid leave and 8 days sick leave.
And in West Bengal and Kerala you get an extra 2 weeks of hartals and bandhs :rolleyes:
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkSo electing dirty commies has its upside, I see. ;P Of course, it's not like the other states are immune. :sigh:
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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I am lucky since being at the same job for twelve years I get 5 weeks annual leave + 10 days sick leave + 13 weeks long service leave + 1 weeks long service leave per year after ten years service. Seeing that I worked all hours when I was a pleb and took little time off, I have managed to accrue 28 weeks leave (140 days)...+ leave loading @ 17% :cool:
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Andy_L_J wrote:
13 weeks long service leave
:confused: So aside from the sick leave, you get 19 weeks off every year? That's close to 5 months! :wtf:
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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Andy_L_J wrote:
13 weeks long service leave
:confused: So aside from the sick leave, you get 19 weeks off every year? That's close to 5 months! :wtf:
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
No, you get long service leave once. Well, I never will, but some people do.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )