US Job question
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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:
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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:
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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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 )
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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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.
Josh Gray wrote:
If an employee used all 10 days with a day here and a day there it wouldnt look good.
Just need to get Doctor's certificates each timee, nothing they can do.
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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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 )
Can you provide some references (to companies seeking devs)?
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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
My Boss will lend me that amount again if I want to cash in my leave and buy a house in the area. He really wants to keep me around. :-\ However, if there came a time when it looked like the Company was failing, I would just quit and cash that baby in! :-D
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My Boss will lend me that amount again if I want to cash in my leave and buy a house in the area. He really wants to keep me around. :-\ However, if there came a time when it looked like the Company was failing, I would just quit and cash that baby in! :-D
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Andy_L_J wrote:
He really wants to keep me around.
Let the arm twisting begin! :D
"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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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 linkNishant Sivakumar wrote:
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 ...
Sorry mate, not in USA. There is no such thing as short time leaves. It means paid holidays like New Year, Memorial, July 4th .... I have come across only handful that give sabbatical, paternity leave and some extra paid day offs, let alone short term leave. :((
Yusuf
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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....
3 weeks vacation are good for the us, it is usually 2. 10 paid holidays are standard, but many companies offer 11 or 12 (that comes on top of the vacations). And you should also have sick days (extra days to be taken when you are sick, not really vacation). So if you are not interested in this offer, why don't you share it with your little codeprojects buddies?
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Andy_L_J wrote:
He really wants to keep me around.
Let the arm twisting begin! :D
"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
I started at this company as a labourer working shift work and lifting up to 15T per shift. :doh: (Actually took the job to save the money to get married) I have worked my way into my present position and now have a budget of around 20M per year and eighty staff and I get to travel (mainly to Europe and China). So it is a pretty sweet wicket. Although there have been many rounds of serious negotiation when it comes to raises, I have always acheived my goal in the end. However, I was in my late twenties when I changed career, and therefore had very clear ideas as to what I wanted to acheive. So, it seems that I already have the "mans" respect. The main thing for me is to not get too comfortable. Complacency leads to unemployment. :-D
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
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3 weeks vacation are good for the us, it is usually 2. 10 paid holidays are standard, but many companies offer 11 or 12 (that comes on top of the vacations). And you should also have sick days (extra days to be taken when you are sick, not really vacation). So if you are not interested in this offer, why don't you share it with your little codeprojects buddies?
if my understanding is right this 10 holliday are not day that the employee could decide to take whenever he wants but merely public holliday (at given date), is it?
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if my understanding is right this 10 holliday are not day that the employee could decide to take whenever he wants but merely public holliday (at given date), is it?
Correct. The US usage of holiday is only Christmas/new years/etc. We never use it to refer to a week on the beach.
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4.... -- El Corazon
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if my understanding is right this 10 holliday are not day that the employee could decide to take whenever he wants but merely public holliday (at given date), is it?
yep! In some countries that would seem awkward, as people would just assume they do not work on holidays. But in the US, this is part of the package a company offers.
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yep! In some countries that would seem awkward, as people would just assume they do not work on holidays. But in the US, this is part of the package a company offers.
Pierre Leclercq wrote:
In some countries that would seem awkward
Indeed so!!
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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.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Of course, it's not like the other states are immune.
Yeah, look at what's happening in Bombay - oops Mumbai. :sigh:
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link -
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....