Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 19:40:54 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about voting Message-ID: <20000913194054.E264@parish> In-Reply-To: <200009131822.e8DIM6e28777@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>; from bmah@freebsd.org on Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:22:06AM -0700 References: <20000913074150.V11227@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <62550.968809979@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <200009130541.e8D5fHG91697@netplex.com.au> <20000913074150.V11227@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <200009131641.KAA88617@harmony.village.org> <20000913191538.B264@parish> <200009131822.e8DIM6e28777@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>
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[moved to -chat] On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:22:06AM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 10:41:03AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > > The reason that I changed it from 1 week to 4 weeks was at the request > > > of many Europeans. They are lucky enough to get 3-4 week vacations > > > which they tend to take off all at once. > > > > So how many weeks do you get in the States? > > Some 'Merikan companies lump vacation and sick leave time together. > Here at Cisco it's called "Paid Time Off" (PTO). We get four weeks of > PTO total...if you're healthy, you can treat it all like vacation time. Jeez, you're joking. The company I work for has what is regarded as low holiday entitlements but I still get 22 days + 8 statutory (Easter, Xmas, New Year and Bank Holidays) and 6 weeks paid sick leave. If you are in a company pension scheme that (sick leave) usually rises to 6 months on full pay followed by 6 months on half pay. No wonder that when we set up a subsidiary in the US the people who moved out there wanted UK style employment terms (holiday/sick pay and company cars). > At Sandia we only got three weeks of vacation time, but we also had a > nice flex-time/comp-time arrangement. > > Bruce. > > > -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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