A thread about America, Australia, ARB and many other points

[Garfish]

Ouch, 2 weeks annual leave . I just negotiated with my employer for 6 weeks per year. I couldn't survive on two.

Where I worked previously. The RDO's and 5 weeks annual leave were taken in blocks of 5 weeks every 8 month for the manufacturing staff, , for each 6 roles we needed a seventh person to cover the leave.

[hainess]

I have been self employed for the last 30 years.
Longest time off in 1 stretch is 10 days.
2004 family holiday.
2011 cataract surgery.
2014 family holiday.
But i do enjoy long weekends when I can organise them.
The bottom line is, I don't work, I don't get paid. End of story.
No 4 weeks paid,plus bonus,Holiday.
No paid public holidays.
No paid sick leave.
No employer paid super.
No paid long service.

Thats why I charge $90 an hour.

Rod
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[HuskyInAuz]

Ouch, 2 weeks annual leave . I just negotiated with my employer for 6 weeks per year. I couldn't survive on two.

Seriously... too much TV and just plain media hysteria, there is a lot of variation.   US Goverment workers have three stages of vacation accumulation plus holidays.  Get to leave group 3, in 6 years and you end up taking 3-5 weeks a year off.

Private companies vary but in general most competitive IT after 3 years your getting at least 3 weeks plus holidays, many 'shutdown' over the Christmas and New Years holidays which is not included in leave (holiday).  After 10 years I had a 3 month sabbatical (aka long service) and I sat at the same table as the CEO. 

And .. I'm actually off to the old country for 8 weeks if you want a on-the-ground perspective from Oregon.

Be safe all!

[dales133]

I have been self employed for the last 30 years.
Longest time off in 1 stretch is 10 days.
2004 family holiday.
2011 cataract surgery.
2014 family holiday.
But i do enjoy long weekends when I can organise them.
The bottom line is, I don't work, I don't get paid. End of story.
No 4 weeks paid,plus bonus,Holiday.
No paid public holidays.
No paid sick leave.
No employer paid super.
No paid long service.

Thats why I charge $90 an hour.

Rod
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[Bill]

Seriously... too much TV and just plain media hysteria, there is a lot of variation.   US Goverment workers have three stages of vacation accumulation plus holidays.  Get to leave group 3, in 6 years and you end up taking 3-5 weeks a year off.

Private companies vary but in general most competitive IT after 3 years your getting at least 3 weeks plus holidays, many 'shutdown' over the Christmas and New Years holidays which is not included in leave (holiday).  After 10 years I had a 3 month sabbatical (aka long service) and I sat at the same table as the CEO. 

And .. I'm actually off to the old country for 8 weeks if you want a on-the-ground perspective from Oregon.

Be safe all!
All the above is true for the small minority, but your average worker (90% of the workforce) only get 2 weeks per year.
Excluding when I was in the Military I only ever got 2 weeks off in the 20 years I worked before moving here.
You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw all the holidays I was entitled to and my pay rate when I got my first job here. And it was just a crap job at Target.
Bill