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[schmenke]

You mean paid statutory holidays?
Eleven I think (generally one per month):

January: New Years Day
February: Family Day
March: Nothing
April: Easter
May: Victoria Day
June: Nothing
July: Canada Day
August: Heritage Day
September: Labour Day
October: Thanksgiving
November: Rememberance Day
December: Christmas Day and Boxing Day


When is your next holiday?

[steveaki13]

Thats unfair. I only count 8 in the UK I think

January - New Year
April - Good Friday & Easter Monday
May - May Day & Spring Bank Holiday
August - Summer Holiday
December - Christmas & Boxing day

8

So after today Christmas Day is our next National Holiday

When do you start planning for Autumn/winter?

[airshifter]

I don't know how many official days off I have per year! I just started with a new company and they do things a little differently. We get every big national holiday off, but unlike many companies I have worked for they also include the following or previous days as paid days off. They also don't count weekends against our vacation time, so I can take five days vacation yet not go to work for 9 days. I think it all works out to more paid days off than I used to have, but I'm not sure yet and have other priorities for now. I work independently and will rarely see a boss, so really they do it more on a trust basic regardless.






Does your opinion of a persons professional work ethic make it hard for you to be friends with those that are "slackers" at their jobs?

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't plan. These 2 horrible things come anyway
Schmenke's q: next days off:
November 30 the _St Andrew (the one who introduced christianism in Romania + December 1 st our national day

How many holiday days from work do you have/year?

[schmenke]

In my current position I have six weeks of paid vacation, or 30 days, per year. I rarely manage to take all 30 days off so I typically carry a balance into the following year. I really don’t know how what my current balance is for the remainder of this year . I’ll likely take a couple of days off, plus a few days during the Christmas break, and then carry over another balance into next year .
Similar to airshifter my company provides every second Friday off as a paid day, so taking two consecutive weeks off (which I rarely do) requires only 9 days of vacation time.

Did you enjoy the weekend?

[airshifter]

I enjoyed the Belgian GP and talking with my daughter and wife who are out of town. Overall I worked a good part of the weekend, so only those parts were enjoyable. But I'll take a "weekend" during the week.



Do you think all people in Canada get too much vacation time, or is there no such thing as too much vacation?

[steveaki13]

I could never get enough vacation time.

How flexible is your job? In terms of days off and time of year.

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't think I understand the q. I have 25 days of holiday/year but our management always turn their noses when we ask for them. The official days off are not a problem but otherwise is difficult to get one. We have to do extra hours and we should get free time instead but our manager refuse to sign the reports of hours or the requests of days off. I think I have more than 100 extra hours.

Do you have siblings?

[airshifter]

I could never get enough vacation time.

How flexible is your job? In terms of days off and time of year.

Fairly flexible. We have a couple periods of time when it's not wise to take time off due to workload being greater, but they won't stop us if we want to do it. I will probably only see my boss a couple times a year on average, so day to day I do what I want and his only concern is if my job gets done. For that matter they don't care if I choose to work in the middle of the night rather than during the day.



Do you think your job pays you fairly for what they expect from you?

[gadjo_dilo]

Oh....Now I understand what flexible means. My job is imprevisible. You never know when an emergency comes. They come all the time lately. We work like slaves on plantation and they always consider it's not enough and insult us.
The paying is decent for the level of our salaries but the responsibility is huge. Then it's the frustration that in other countries people like us earn well. We also may represent our institution in boards and get good extra money but you know I don't have a good opinion on me and keep myself apart. I'd rather have a quiet sleep than complicating my life.

Do you think you'll be happy when you'll retire?