ripper
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Post by ripper on Jan 3, 2018 12:52:28 GMT -6
And to whoever made the comment about working in the US vs the rest of the modern world. Spot on. Sucks to be you.
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Post by angelashly on Jan 3, 2018 12:52:35 GMT -6
literally me right now eating lunch and reading how a job sucks for only providing 4 weeks vacation+ all that other shit per year girlfriend, I was just poking the pobre. My real beef with her comments was that a job apparently doesn't need you if you can take 6 weeks off in a row. I wholeheartedly disagree (except for in no/low skill industries angelashly, before you flip out). So you are saying people with low or no skill jobs shouldn't be able to take off extended periods? Or am I reading wrong
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Post by misskilljoy on Jan 3, 2018 12:53:15 GMT -6
Pre-retirement leave? Like an extra vacation before they retire for good on top of their regular paid vacation? Yes. You can take up to 40% of your contract/2 days per week off in the two years leading up to your retirement. Pay is reduced, but benefits and pension contributions aren't.
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Post by littlechevy on Jan 3, 2018 12:53:47 GMT -6
I'm at the laundromat because my kid peed in her sleeping bag, so here I sit perusing Glamour magazine. 🤔 Is it from the 90's?
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Post by goldenbird on Jan 3, 2018 12:53:50 GMT -6
I have been so hungry today. Like out of control. That's a good thing How are you feeling? I'm feeling alright, thanks. That weird pain didn't reoccur so I think it was just a weird day for me.
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Tlex
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Post by Tlex on Jan 3, 2018 12:53:53 GMT -6
Pre-retirement leave? Like an extra vacation before they retire for good on top of their regular paid vacation? Yes. Something like that. Extra weeks in the last years before they are eligible for retirement. It’s a physically demanding job so I think it’s to compensate for a lot of sick time or to avoid long term medical leaves into retirement. I’m sure my mother has told me but I don’t listen. She talks constantly. I need breaks. A lot of Feds also banked months or more worth of leave before the rules changed (I think they changed?) and they take a year "vacation" before they officially retire etc. And laugh and high five each while wondering why their 28 year old son can't find a good federal job and still lives in their basement. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by mack on Jan 3, 2018 12:54:08 GMT -6
literally me right now eating lunch and reading how a job sucks for only providing 4 weeks vacation+ all that other shit per year girlfriend, I was just poking the pobre . My real beef with her comments was that a job apparently doesn't need you if you can take 6 weeks off in a row. I wholeheartedly disagree (except for in no/low skill industries angelashly , before you flip out). she said if you can take 6 weeks off AND NO ONE MISSES YOU
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ripper
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Post by ripper on Jan 3, 2018 12:54:28 GMT -6
girlfriend, I was just poking the pobre . My real beef with her comments was that a job apparently doesn't need you if you can take 6 weeks off in a row. I wholeheartedly disagree (except for in no/low skill industries angelashly , before you flip out). So you are saying people with low or no skill jobs shouldn't be able to take off extended periods? Or am I reading wrong Not at all. I think everyone should have all of the vacation. See bolded above.
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Post by angelashly on Jan 3, 2018 12:54:46 GMT -6
That's a good thing How are you feeling? I'm feeling alright, thanks. That weird pain didn't reoccur so I think it was just a weird day for me. Good!
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gimmeaQ
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Post by gimmeaQ on Jan 3, 2018 12:54:59 GMT -6
this is less time than people "take" for maternity leave....
the long vacation is fairly common (in my experience) with people who are originally from Asia (India mostly) and go to visit their families. I used to work with VPs who would do this, and just like anything else people just cover for you since you have the time to use.
Right. But if someone can cover for you for 6 weeks, why does your position exist? And I'm not talking about a VP.
Someone covered my maternity leave for 10 weeks. I have things to do.
Of COURSE this will vary. Of course. But I don't think it's completely insane that a person takes his vacation all at once. My point about the VP was that he had a very prominent job and high-level responsibilities and the world kept turning while he was in India for 6-7 weeks. We managed to survive even though he has a credible position.
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Post by goldenbird on Jan 3, 2018 12:55:01 GMT -6
I have been so hungry today. Like out of control. This has been me for the last 4.5 months. I guess I need to start eating protein with every meal and snack lol. I had cereal and cantaloupe for breakfast and it held me for an hour, tops.
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jaidit
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Post by jaidit on Jan 3, 2018 12:55:09 GMT -6
In France, most companies overstaff to account for vacation time. My whole mentality of work changed when I moved. I used to think, If I'm irreplaceable at work I'm doing it well. Now, it's more, if the job runs smoothly while I take longer leaves, then that's great and there's more to life than work. It will be there for me when I come back. My desire to be the best person in the company has lessened, and I don't think that's a bad thing.
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ripper
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Post by ripper on Jan 3, 2018 12:55:37 GMT -6
girlfriend, I was just poking the pobre . My real beef with her comments was that a job apparently doesn't need you if you can take 6 weeks off in a row. I wholeheartedly disagree (except for in no/low skill industries angelashly , before you flip out). she said if you can take 6 weeks off AND NO ONE MISSES YOU semantics. I mean the same.
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Post by Yogurt on Jan 3, 2018 12:56:33 GMT -6
I'm at the laundromat because my kid peed in her sleeping bag, so here I sit perusing Glamour magazine. 🤔 Is it from the 90's? Aug 17 😱😨😝
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Post by littlechevy on Jan 3, 2018 12:57:07 GMT -6
Maybe I should become a CEO of my life so I can take 4 weeks off and big ass trips to wherever my heart desires.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Jan 3, 2018 12:58:32 GMT -6
Right. But if someone can cover for you for 6 weeks, why does your position exist? And I'm not talking about a VP.
Someone covered my maternity leave for 10 weeks. I have things to do.
Of COURSE this will vary. Of course. But I don't think it's completely insane that a person takes his vacation all at once. My point about the VP was that he had a very prominent job and high-level responsibilities and the world kept turning while he was in India for 6-7 weeks. We managed to survive even though he has a credible position.
We notice far less when our branch president leaves for a month than we do with anyone else. Corporate probably notices but it makes zero difference in our lives.
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Post by goldenbird on Jan 3, 2018 12:58:43 GMT -6
The BFing hunger is even worse for me than pregnant hunger. I didn't think I could possibly eat more in a day, and here I am. For sure. While pregnant I am either nauseated or crammed full of baby squashing my stomach but when BFing I just want to eat all the things! I'm enjoying eating now even with having to keep it small bc reflux since I know within four months I'll have no room in there.
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Post by angelashly on Jan 3, 2018 12:59:07 GMT -6
My work accrues vacation time. You get 2 weeks put in your bank after a year and then whatever amount based on your position each pay. Same with sick.
I basically bank 4 weeks a year of vacation and another 4 weeks of sick. we also can roll over time.
That all being said my work would not be ok with me taking all 4 weeks at one time for vacation. Medical leave such as maternity leave is different, but even then I was missed and basically asked to come back early because I worked for a small company at the time and was needed
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bobyn
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Post by bobyn on Jan 3, 2018 12:59:57 GMT -6
Jumping right in. All I know is my current vacation policy is leaps and bounds better than what I had at the hospital.
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Post by goldenbird on Jan 3, 2018 13:00:05 GMT -6
Gross. I have zero tolerance for BO. It is one of the few smells that will nearly make me . Do you have a hygiene policy at work, readyornot? There are two people here who have a problem with this. It's horrible, especially now that my sense of smell is in overdrive.
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pobre
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Post by pobre on Jan 3, 2018 13:00:31 GMT -6
Someone covered my maternity leave for 10 weeks. I have things to do.
Of COURSE this will vary. Of course. But I don't think it's completely insane that a person takes his vacation all at once. My point about the VP was that he had a very prominent job and high-level responsibilities and the world kept turning while he was in India for 6-7 weeks. We managed to survive even though he has a credible position.
We notice far less when our branch president leaves for a month than we do with anyone else. Corporate probably notices but it makes zero difference in our lives. Same. My boss is gone for huge amounts of time, although he is working but on shit that doesn't effect me, and I hardly notice.
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Post by pobre on Jan 3, 2018 13:01:14 GMT -6
I currently have the best boss I've ever had.
Or maybe he just seems amazing because my last one was a micromanaging dill hole.
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Post by rvasc on Jan 3, 2018 13:01:15 GMT -6
It's one thing if it started out as a mini-break to an all inclusive. it's an entirely other thing when we talk for 2 years about the "big trip" and discuss a number of ideas only to have one or two people say that they can only take 3 days off or their husband doesn't want to watch the kids or that their husband doesn't agree to them spending so much money. It was a giant trip tease and now I am bummed, ok? I think that’s fair. I also think maybe they kept thinking it wouldn’t really happen but enjoyed the fantasizing and then realized they couldn’t actually do it.
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Post by angelashly on Jan 3, 2018 13:01:16 GMT -6
Someone covered my maternity leave for 10 weeks. I have things to do.
Of COURSE this will vary. Of course. But I don't think it's completely insane that a person takes his vacation all at once. My point about the VP was that he had a very prominent job and high-level responsibilities and the world kept turning while he was in India for 6-7 weeks. We managed to survive even though he has a credible position.
We notice far less when our branch president leaves for a month than we do with anyone else. Corporate probably notices but it makes zero difference in our lives. Yes this. Our upper administration could be out for months and I wouldn't know but if his assistant was out I would notice and wouldn't be able to finish portions of my job
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Post by leatherpants on Jan 3, 2018 13:01:21 GMT -6
In France, most companies overstaff to account for vacation time. My whole mentality of work changed when I moved. I used to think, If I'm irreplaceable at work I'm doing it well. Now, it's more, if the job runs smoothly while I take longer leaves, then that's great and there's more to life than work. It will be there for me when I come back. My desire to be the best person in the company has lessened, and I don't think that's a bad thing. For the first time in my adult life, I have actual real work/life balance and I'm starting to feel the same way. I felt like I was doing a good job by killing myself day in and day out for years. I'm not longer killing myself and I'm just as good of an employee. Now, work is just a piece of my life and not the defining factor. Its liberating but its been a hard fought battle. Those thoughts and assumptions - from myself and others - are hard to break out of. (And OMG I'm only speaking for myself here).
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Post by littlechevy on Jan 3, 2018 13:02:22 GMT -6
I kept trying to figure out why my yarn is so tangled and then I remembered J was using it as a tow line the other night to connect his tractors to his tow truck.
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Post by McBenny on Jan 3, 2018 13:02:59 GMT -6
Do you know where you are at? I am sure there are some here that haven't bathed/showered here for about that long - based on previous posts.
Ok but I'm not sitting in an office with those people smelling their days old BO. I can only worry about myself in this situation, McB! This is true. I just didn't want you to expect overwhelming pearl clutching when some people here I am sure have funky monkey's or fish tacos.
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Post by angelashly on Jan 3, 2018 13:03:30 GMT -6
I guess I feel I have a good work/life balance but I can't take off a bunch of time all at once. It is what it is
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Post by littlechevy on Jan 3, 2018 13:03:45 GMT -6
Ok but I'm not sitting in an office with those people smelling their days old BO. I can only worry about myself in this situation, McB! This is true. I just didn't want you to expect overwhelming pearl clutching when some people here I am sure have funky monkey's or fish tacos.
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Post by earlybird on Jan 3, 2018 13:03:46 GMT -6
Omg. I had some friends and their kids over this morning. It seemed to be controlled chaos and the kids all got along. Well I was just cleaning up and I see that one of my kitchen windows is cracked. It’s near the play kitchen so I assume wood play food got thrown at it. I don’t know how we didn’t hear it but I am not amused.
We are renting but I assume they won’t fix this since it was our fault. I really don’t want to buy a new window. Also it’s cold here and I can already feel the cold air coming in.
Just omg. It’s going to be a while before I host again
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