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....
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
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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.
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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:
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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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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....
The 10 paid holidays are days like Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving (the third Thursday in November), the day after Easter, and so on. Different companies have different sets of days, but ten paid holidays is pretty standard. The paid holidays are fixed (you can't change the date for the time off). The 3 weeks of vacation are paid time off that you choose the dates. Your employer may require that your supervisor approve the dates you select, so that they have appropriate coverage if you have critical responsibilities.
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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....
Most companies that I've seen have 9 or 10 holidays which are designated by the company (e.g. Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, ...) and some have 1-2 "floating holidays" which are essentially free days off that you have to use within the year (to cover themselves for non-majority religious holidays). In addition to (i.e. separate from) the holidays, they offer vacation (or "paid time off") days which vary from 2-3 weeks, though most increase that over time up to around 4 weeks if you stay with the company a long time. You should also clarify how they manage their "sick days". My current employer groups all time off from one pool (both sick and vacation). Another employer used separate pools for sick and vacation time. And another offered only 2 weeks vacation (for the first couple of years), but they offered "unlimited" sick days (though you are expected to only use them when actually sick and they might question it if you used more than the average).