In article <memo.20080218113625.3924A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Paul Dormer <prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <fpa2ot$79i$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Keith F.
>Lynch) wrote:
>> Nearly everyone in the US does get weekends ... There are, I think,
>> ten federal holidays, and most office workers get most or all of
>> them off.
Ha. I've never gotten most of them, as a programmer type. At my
current company, I get
- New Year's Day (January 1)
- Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
- Independence Day (July 4)
- Labor Day (first Monday in September)
- Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
but NOT Friday, so if I want that day off, I have to take a day
of vacation
- Christmas Day (December 25)
That said: IBM gave off the Friday after Thanksgiving. Also, IBM and
my current company give four or so extra days as "floating holidays":
in practice, they act much like vacation days.
Other than them: 10 days of vacation per year. N days of sick days at
the current job. IBM had the far more sensible policy of "if you feel
sick, go home; when you feel well, come back". I suspect that the
latter policy really cuts down on sickness around the office.
> There are also various state holidays in various states.
I've never gotten a hint of getting those days off.
>My company could actually force you to take two weeks holiday each
>year in the summer as part of the staff agreement.
The only industry in the US where I've heard of mandatory vacation is
from my sister, who works in the banking industry. I gather that it's
required to take a large block of time each year so that you're not
on-hand to continue any scheme to cook the books.
>You could also carry over leave days
I remember when that used to be allowed. Not in my last few jobs.
At least $CURRENT_EMPLOYER allows sick days to carry over.
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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