Wielder of the Spork
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:12 AM
I wish I could take two years off paid to do nothing...
I don't think anyone gets two years......
I know pretty much all mine are travel related but it's a big deal in London. Today, people in tube stations who walk along still reading their kindles. It's about 10 degrees hotter than the surface, there are hundreds of people all around, please don't make me spend a second longer down there than I have to by the fact that you're holding a screen in front of your nose and dawdling.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:20 AM
I don't think anyone gets two years......
I think it's a year for leave and about 10 months for maternity pay. And in terms of pay it's actually not good, I think my sister got close to full pay for the first 6 weeks or something and then the rest of the time you get like £140 a week...effectively you're forced back to work after a couple of months.
Wielder of the Spork
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:42 AM
I think it's a year for leave and about 10 months for maternity pay. And in terms of pay it's actually not good, I think my sister got close to full pay for the first 6 weeks or something and then the rest of the time you get like £140 a week...effectively you're forced back to work after a couple of months.
You can take 52 weeks leave. Statutory pay is 90% of your wages for 6 weeks, then ~£140/week or 90% of your wages (whichever is lower) for 33 weeks, then your company can offer more than that if they want. Usually the final 1/4 year is unpaid though...
🍴Aioli-American🍴
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:44 AM
You can take 52 weeks leave. Statutory pay is 90% of your wages for 6 weeks, then ~£140/week or 90% of your wages (whichever is lower) for 33 weeks, then your company can offer more than that if they want. Usually the final 1/4 year is unpaid though...
Man, I got 6 weeks unpaid leave and then I had to go back or lose my job.
Wielder of the Spork
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:52 AM
Man, I got 6 weeks unpaid leave and then I had to go back or lose my job.
Yeah, employee benefits in the US suck compared to here...your annual leave is ridiculously low as well right?
🍴Aioli-American🍴
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:53 AM
Yeah, employee benefits in the US suck compared to here...your annual leave is ridiculously low as well right?
I got a week a year.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:57 AM
I accrue 40 hours a year, which can roll-over and does not expire
Yeah, employee benefits in the US suck compared to here...your annual leave is ridiculously low as well right?
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:58 AM
I think I got something like 27 days of holidays + bank holidays this year.
Wielder of the Spork
Posted 23 July 2014 - 10:59 AM
I got a week a year.
.....Yeah.....it sucks.
We get a statutory minimum of 20, plus public holidays (so NY, Xmas, Boxing Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Summer Bank Holiday).
I get 26 days plus bank holidays, plus we shut down between Xmas and NY anyway.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 11:05 AM
Yeah, employee benefits in the US suck compared to here...your annual leave is ridiculously low as well right?
Good ole America, the No-Vacation Nation.
What type of industries do you other Americans work in? I get 12-13 holidays annually and 14 vacation days to use at my leisure. I also get 12 sick days a year.
Edited by talbs, 23 July 2014 - 11:07 AM.
I have no friends.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 02:56 PM
Good ole America, the No-Vacation Nation.
What type of industries do you other Americans work in? I get 12-13 holidays annually and 14 vacation days to use at my leisure. I also get 12 sick days a year.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 02:57 PM
I work in an office, small growing company.
I got paid vacation after 90 days with the accrual rate of 40 hours a year. No sick pay, but most major holidays paid.
M'lord
Posted 23 July 2014 - 03:49 PM
I have no friends.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 03:58 PM
Bare in mind what job I work for, I've known a girl who was actively trying to get pregnant and found out she was two weeks up the duff. Straight away placed in a nice cushy office so we have to pick up the pace, she was gone for about 6 months and then got all the additional leave, on top of our 28/29 days annual leave + banks holidays.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 04:07 PM
Interesting stories. My current job as well as my previous one both operated the same way regarding the vacation, sick, etc. Both jobs were government jobs, the first one was through local government whereas the current one is through the state. I guess I don't feel as bad for making sub par pay then. Everyone always said the only upside to public service was the benefits, although I don't foresee myself staying put for very long.
M'lord
Posted 23 July 2014 - 04:50 PM
So what you're saying is we all need to go and work with you, let you get us pregnant, and life will be da bomb?
Wonder Woman
Posted 23 July 2014 - 05:04 PM
One of my professors was 4-5 months pregnant when I started my spring semester in January. Her plan was to have the baby during the summer and then come back to teach in the fall. Not a bad plan, really.
Posted 23 July 2014 - 06:02 PM
I work at a retail pharmacy. We are open every day of the year, but get time and half on certain holidays. Paid time off is earned through a complicated accrual system where factors such as your position and length of service with the company dictate how fast you gain paid hours.(As of today, I have 61 pto hours available, 41 FROZEN pto hours, and 259 FROZEN sick leave.) I can't use anything that is frozen unless I use the 61 first. I can't use the sick pay unless I use up all my pto, and even then, I'd have to get sick.
Basically, I have 12 days of vacation I can use and the rest is just a number.
I am basically in an assistant manager position and I've been with the company for 10 years. So everyone who is less than that, gets less than I do. Which is equivalent to JACK SHIT.
Da fuck, did you ever use sick time? My boss used to just use it for us near the end of the year if we wanted to use it so we got paid more
🍴Aioli-American🍴
Posted 23 July 2014 - 07:52 PM
So what you're saying is we all need to go and work with you, let you get us pregnant, and life will be da bomb?
Pregnant women at my work keep working pretty much until the due date... even when taking it easy, you're on your feet for more than 7 hours, and having to be nice to people the whole time. On several occasions, they worked their last day before maternity leave, and had the baby the next day, I'm not even kidding.
When I was pregnant with Jill, I went to work for about 6 hours washing dishes, then walked around the mall for an hour and my water broke at 3 pm. She was born at 5 am the next morning and the nurse couldn't comprehend why I'd be a little bitchy.
Wonder Woman
Posted 31 July 2014 - 02:29 PM
Posted 31 July 2014 - 03:06 PM
THIS FUCKING HEAT! FUCK YOU SUMMER AND YOUR 100 DEGREES! I'M MOVING TO ANTARCTICA!!
#YESCAPS
Wonder Woman
Posted 31 July 2014 - 03:39 PM
THIS FUCKING HEAT! FUCK YOU SUMMER AND YOUR 100 DEGREES! I'M MOVING TO ANTARCTICA!!
#YESCAPS
Posted 01 August 2014 - 03:20 PM
People who ask to borrow something like say a study sheet....and 5 minutes later you have to ask them "are you done using it"
"oh yeah, thanks man"
rustles my jimmies
Posted 06 August 2014 - 02:56 PM
What really grind my gears is when someone cuts you off, and then gives you the finger like I've done something wrong.
What really grinds my gears is when someone coughs, but doesn't cover their mouth but instead, turns right in your direction.
Posted 06 August 2014 - 09:16 PM
What really grind my gears is when someone calls me and then are talking to someone else and make me wait... 
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