I have 4 weeks of PTO, and are paid for extra hours either in cash (every six months) or with corresponding time off (this needs to be consumed within the month that you worked extra; makes for nice "I'm taking Friday off" weeks although having that as a norm is not well received)
Now working in the US, coming from Spain, I seem to be among the lucky ones when it comes to paid time off. Salary has no comparison whatsoever, much higher now for software development at this side of the pond. On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Robert Casto <casto.rob...@gmail.com>wrote: > My brother-in-law works for a company where they allow you to buy > additional vacation time. I think it is up to 2 extra weeks on top of the > time you already get. He does this all the time and has lots of time to > spend with family, go on trips and do other things. It means he ends up with > a lower income through the year, but that is his choice and he enjoys the > extra time off. I would definitely take advantage of something like that. > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Henrique M. Gontijo > <henri...@gontijo.org>wrote: > >> In Brazil we have officially 30 days off per year. Most companies give >> you the option to take parts of these days during the year (10 + 20, >> 15 +15 etc) >> If the company doesn't give to the employee a vacation in two years, >> there's a penalty! >> Sick leaving you have 15 days at most paid by the company, after that >> period it'll be paid by the government (but in fact you must prove you >> aren't bad well to the go back to work). >> >> In maternity leave, the woman has 6 months (paid by the government) >> and the man has 4 days (paid by the company). >> >> If you're working in a contract (non-official labor contract) the days >> off aren't usually paid. >> >> On Sep 3, 10:04 am, Gunnar Hillert <gun...@hillert.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Interesting discussion! The New York Times had a series of articles >> > about all this: >> http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/08/04/why-dont-americans-ha... >> > (Read the comments, they also give you insights from various >> > countries) >> > >> > Anyway, as a German living in the US, one important issue to consider >> > is the subject of sick leave. In my experience American companies >> > increasingly lump together sick-leave and normal time-off together >> > into a Personal Time Off (PTO) bucket. So you may have 15 PTO days per >> > year but you better do not catch some nasty disease :-) >> > >> > In Germany, as far as I understand it, you can be sick 6 weeks per >> > disease and get paid for it (at 100%). Thus, if you catch a new >> > disease, another 6 weeks. After each 6 weeks, your paycheck decreases >> > somewhat. Oh and then there is the whole subject of paternity leave >> > etc... ;-) >> > >> > To counter-balance things, though, the US monetary income for Software >> > developers is higher IMO, compared to Germany - Thus, to some degree >> > it depends on what metric is important to you. Some further reading >> > materials: >> > >> > http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lab_vac_min_vac_tim_aro_the_wor_leg. >> .. >> > >> > http://www.mcgill.ca/files/ihsp/WFEIFinal2007.pdf >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Gunnar >> > >> > On Sep 2, 3:14 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" <vjosulli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > I'm currently on leave from work, in Mauritius with my family for ten >> > > days watching my daughters master wind and kite surfing. Meanwhile, >> > > my addiction to computers and Java forums is driving my wife scatty... >> > >> > > Anyway, while surfing (the internet) I came across this article on >> > > leave allowances in various countries (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ >> > > world-11139960). Being British I find the 20 day allowance about >> > > normal (though I actually get 26 paid leave days myself). The French >> > > figure seemed excessive but it was the American figures that were the >> > > most shocking. No paid annual leave seems to be the norm! Is that >> > > really true? >> > >> > > How many days paid leave do other software developers normally get >> > > from their employers? >> > >> > > Vince. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > > > > -- > 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. > -- Juan Marín Otero GIS Consultant -------Visita mi blog en--------------------- http://guachintoneando.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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