Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:55:53 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: marko@freebsd.org, chat@freebsd.org Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about voting Message-ID: <200009131855.e8DItrM56191@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20000913194054.E264@parish> 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> <20000913194054.E264@parish>
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--==_Exmh_-1694213988P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit If memory serves me right, Mark Ovens wrote: > [moved to -chat] Yeah. Thought it was already moved. > 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. I neglected to mention paid holidays, I forget how many of them there are. > 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). Company cars?!? Bruce. --==_Exmh_-1694213988P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: i/QgnlY3OPwfkts2HEKgaHUorehwxH2T iQA/AwUBOb/NudjKMXFboFLDEQISBgCdHuElI+oP++ZpqTQcWSHIIre1QcsAn1FL FvBuR2N+1RPT/7z8t4GoArh+ =XnA3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1694213988P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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