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In France, expect beaucoup de vacation[^]
Generous management? No. Ever since the 35-hour work week was instituted in France, the government mandates five weeks of vacation for everyone, and those who work more than 35 hours -- like most white-collar workers -- earn an additional two weeks.
*sigh*
Todd Smith
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My company combines vacation and sick time, and it totals less than 2 weeks (not counting holidays). 
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we use to get paid for our unused sick leave each year  now, if you don't use it, its lost ... and I've only been out sick 2 days in my 41 years of full time employment 
Steve
_________________
I C(++) therefore I am
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Steve MayfieldTyphoid Mary wrote:
I've only been out sick 2 days in my 41 years of full time employment :->
Sounds like you need to see your doctor about an ethicectomy.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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that's horrible! i weep for you!
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The French example might be a bit much, but I always thought you Americans were mugs for putting up with only 2 weeks off (sorry - that sounds more pejorative than I meant it to!).
In the UK most white-collar jobs give you 4 or 5 weeks, and even here in the tiny NZ economy I get 4.
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Yeah, that's america... work, work, work... 
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Those of us with jobs have to work more so the people on wellfare can have more.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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Is it wrong or is it a step towards the betterment of life?
Aren't there other European countries with even more "lax" working hours?
Economically it may prove to be unwise but I am "work to live" than "live to work" kind of person.
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin
Edbert
Sydney, Australia
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Both ways to look at it are right. Every living thing must work hard just to stay alive. Without having (purposeful) work you very quickly have not much of a life. Reaching a comfortable balance is the art, especially the 'purposeful' part.
"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011
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I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011
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I have been spending far too much time hiding in bushes recently, and nowhere near enough at home with my spouse.
I just can't get this lurk wife balance right.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Yes. I had that phase as well. Lurking in bushes all week and perhaps getting home on weekends. Do they also make you wear weird camo clothing and a helmet or even give you a rifle?
"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011
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I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011
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Je vais en France!
*sigh*
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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J'y suis déjà!
I moved from the UK four years ago, just got sick of all the cack... been struggling financially ever since - it turns out the start of a worldwide economic meltdown isn't the best time to set up a company in a new land! - but the quality of life is superb and more than outweighs the skintness 
Cheers,
Wilber.
"I was fortunate to be raised among men, in the old sense of the word. I learned to hunt and shoot, and I learned to appreciate fine guns." - Ted Yost "My response to people saying slang destroys the language is: bollocks." - Jonathon Green
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A couple of years back I worked for a company that gave me 6 month holiday, they went bankcrupt and closed their doors and it took me 6 months to find another job that I was willing to accept.
Ego non sum semper iustus tamen Ego sum nunquam nefas!
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Since the 35 hour week rule came in RTT, the time off if you work over, was excessive. A friend had every other friday off, thats 25 days on top of the already 24 (plus the 12 days bank hoiday).
I had an extra two weeks off.
Its a joke, when you arent working 60 days of the year thats almost 3 months!
Not to mention the fact none of them actually work 8 hours. More like 5 a day.
Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost
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It's a step in the right direction.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Simply awesome[^] 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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As if I didn't have enough sh*t in my basement, now I have to build one of these...
Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. "
— Hunter S. Thompson
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the corpses don't count 
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Saw Nemanaja's thread on Resign Patterns, and thought it might be different ways to turn in one's resignation.
Had an interview which went well this morning. I've got a good, but not great, feeling about it.
I rather expect that I'm not going to be able to stop myself from burning bridges. Our development group got swallowed up by this company which is contracted to provide network support, and they've pretty much screwed up everything in the transition.
So, what's everybody's best (whatever that means to you) resignation story?
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At my previous company I was sent on a Management Development Program that ran once a month for a year. The culmination of this was an individual presentation to the board about why I was important to the company and that sort of thing.
During the course of the year I was on the course I became increasingly disillusioned with the place, and eventually found myself a new job and the timing was such that I wrote my presentation as a resignation speech explaining exactly what I thought was wrong with the place and why I wanted to leave.
It is with deep regret that I have to go on to report that due to problems with getting the board together to receive our presentations it kept getting called off and in the end I had to just scribble a note and hand it to my manager.
The story does pick up a bit here, I was at that time heading up a team of two that was re-writing our entire system. The other lad had already handed in his notice by the time I got there that day. Neither of us knew the other was going to do that.
The IT Director hasn't spoken a single word to me since the moment I handed my notice in, I had to serve 6 weeks notice and have been at a few functions where he has been in the nearly 4 years since I left.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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oh, how much I hate such things. I don't want to hold speeches about how great and important I am, otherwise I would have gone into politics.
"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011
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I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011
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Well if you *really* don't care you could always try this:
Don't quit! Just stop showing up for work. First take vacation time. Then perhaps call in sick, maybe contract some voracious disease. After a miraculous recover perhaps take a day off from the new job and pop in at the old one just to show your face. Perhaps you can work from home. Then maybe just stop communicating and see how long it takes before you get axed. Perhaps it's possible you could nurse this along and get 2 salaries for as long as a month or two.
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I've seriously considered just doing the Office Space thing, and just not going any more.
I've (so far) come the decision that I'm not going to actively try to get fired, but I'm not going to do anything to stop it, either.
I mean, I didn't bother to tell anyone that I'd be out this morning, or request any time off or anything. I just didn't show up.
I like the people (mostly) with whom I work, so I'm going to try to figure out a way to savage the organization and the incredibly poor manner in which they handled the transition, but not my before-and-after coworkers.
(Well, with the possible of a couple of them who fall squarely in Scott Adams' definition of cow-workers).
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