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  • C Christian Graus

    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 )

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    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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    • C Christian Graus

      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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      Super Lloyd
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      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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      • C Christian Graus

        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 )

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        Vikram A Punathambekar
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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.


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        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

          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.


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          Nish Nishant
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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


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          • V Vikram A Punathambekar

            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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            Thunderbox666
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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

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            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

              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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              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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              • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                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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                Christian Graus
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                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....

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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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                  • T Toby Opferman

                    You recieved an offer without an interview? Most likely is either a scam or not a "real" company.

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                    Super Lloyd
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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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                    • C Christian Graus

                      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 )

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                      Andy_L_J
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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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                        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.

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                        this year, we also got Good Friday (Friday before Easter), New Years Eve and New Years Day...

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                        • N Nish Nishant

                          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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                          rastaVnuce
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                          About the same here, in Macedonia...

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                          • T Thunderbox666

                            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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                            Vikram A Punathambekar
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                            With all due respect, I do NOT find that funny.

                            Cheers, Vikram.


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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


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                              My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                              Vikram A Punathambekar
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                              So electing dirty commies has its upside, I see. ;P Of course, it's not like the other states are immune. :sigh:

                              Cheers, Vikram.


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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.


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                                • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                  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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                                  Christian Graus
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                                  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 )

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                                  • A Andy_L_J

                                    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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                                    WOW :omg: I bet you're tempted to cash it all in! Your boss would probably have a cardiac arrest if you do! :laugh:

                                    "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon

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                                    • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                      With all due respect, I do NOT find that funny.

                                      Cheers, Vikram.


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                                      Yeah sorry, it was a cheap joke :( [EDIT]It wasnt me who down voted you either[/EDIT]


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                                      • C Christian Graus

                                        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 )

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                                        Christian Graus wrote:

                                        So, 10 sick days. Any person in Australia gets 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick. Even a janitor.

                                        You obviosly haven't had anything to do with any Work Choice contracts have you. I only have 5 sick days a year and she wonders why I go out of my way to take each and every one of the 5.

                                        Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                                        • C Christian Graus

                                          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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                                          Christian Graus wrote:

                                          We're screaming for good devs where I live.

                                          What about good drunks?

                                          Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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