I would disagree with Casper with regards to only teachers and lawyers getting good vacation days
I am Canadian and think that mine are good, but I always could use more :) For Ontario (my province) with get 10 "public" holidays on top of the vacation days that you receive from your employer. My employer current gives 15 paid vacations days, plus an additional 3 days off during Christmas. You receive an additional week after 5 years and another after 10. Vacation days are also considered a benefit and are usually negotiated with your employer when applying for a position and once you start your job can use them right away. Sick days are paid but there is no set amount as they are for being sick and not a vacation day, so if you don't use them they do not carry over or anything like that. A note on maternity leave (or parental leave) in Canada you get 1 year off, this can be split between both parents :) Just one of the reasons why Canada is the best place to live :) On Sep 2, 10:48 am, Matthew Beldyk <m...@beldyk.org> wrote: > American with a non-profit research-ish job: > 25 days/year PTO (accrue about one day every two weeks) I started at 20 > days, but after two years bumped up to 25, I think there's another bump at 8 > years. > 10 paid holidays > No sick days (it all comes out of the paid time off pool) > > Unfortunately, I've been using most of my PTO to work on projects for grad > school near the end of every semester. > > -Matt > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Moandji Ezana <mwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Les Stroud <stroud....@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> As a side note, I have never understood the concept of paid vacation. > >> I think it is an artifact of trying to simplify payroll systems and > >> does not reflect reality. > > > I thought it was a result of social progress. In France, paid vacation was > > obtained after massive strikes in the mid-1930s, with help from a > > worker-friendly government. > > > It's a shame that companies can't be flexible enough to let you take > > > what you need to take and only pay you for what you work. > > > Could be interesting, but it's a slippery slope to everyone just becoming a > > contractor. > > > Moandji > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
