The Work Thread

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Jenuall** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 10:33 pm

I get 25 excluding the bank hols. We used to get an extra 5 days after 5 years with the company but that got ditched when we were bought out years back - I was less than a year away from gaining those extra days leave!

We can buy extra days leave up to 30 a year as well which can be handy, although you have to decide you want this at the start of the year so you can't just opt-in when the need arises.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Green Gecko** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:11 pm

I get all the days because I have no contract but I also have no life. Oh but paid holiday? Lol

Hopefully one day I'll be a Ltd company so legally obliged to give myself paid holiday.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **<]:^D** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:57 pm

taking from one pocket to put it the other :lol:

that self-employed life

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Qikz** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 3:17 pm

I get 21 days holiday which isn't so bad. I wish it were more though.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Moggy** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:34 pm

I work compressed hours (I do 5 days in 4) and so my holiday is on a pro-rata basis. I get 25 days and we have the option of buying up to 5 more per year. I usually buy 3 to give me a full 7 weeks a year.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Lotus** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:42 pm

In my current place I get 25 days, plus the Bank Holidays etc. We close between Christmas and New Year as well so that's usually 3 or so extra. In previous places I had 28 plus the BHs, and could buy/sell holiday, carry over up to 5 days, etc, but I usually struggle to use all my days anyway so my current quota is fine with me.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Lagamorph** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:42 pm

That's not a growth wrote:It's very well boasting about you enjoying the way your shift patterns can work with time off, but the point of saying how much leave you get in a year is that you're saying how much paid time off you're getting. So even if you get 12 days off for using 4 days holiday, you're still only getting paid for 4 of those 12 days. If I take 5 days paid leave, I have 9 days off. This sounds worse until it's reworded as you get 33% of that time paid, but I'll get 55% of mine. Hell, if free time is your primary concern then just go part time.

Stay jelly

If I went 9-5 I'd end up getting paid the same overall but have less time off.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **That** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:58 pm

Off the top of my head I think I get 28 days. I probably end up only taking 15 per year formally, but I work from home a lot, so I don't feel like I have to use up leave outside of booking whole weeks off for holidays or whatever.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Hexx** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:03 pm

Moggy wrote:I work compressed hours (I do 5 days in 4) and so my holiday is on a pro-rata basis. I get 25 days and we have the option of buying up to 5 more per year. I usually buy 3 to give me a full 7 weeks a year.

I'm confuddled - if you work (I'm assuming) flexi hours do to 5 equiv in 4 - why are your holidays pro-rataed?
You're working full wack?

I get 28 holiday + statutaory (been in ages). We don't close other than Xmas/New year though so that's a long period

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Moggy** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:33 pm

Hexx wrote:
Moggy wrote:I work compressed hours (I do 5 days in 4) and so my holiday is on a pro-rata basis. I get 25 days and we have the option of buying up to 5 more per year. I usually buy 3 to give me a full 7 weeks a year.

I'm confuddled - if you work (I'm assuming) flexi hours do to 5 equiv in 4 - why are your holidays pro-rataed?
You're working full wack?

It's a boring calc to work it all out, but basically they pro-rata the holiday, then add on all the bank holidays and then I have to book off any bank holidays that fall on a day that I would work on.

It works out about the same as my "full time" equivalent (I'm actually better off as I don't work Mondays). Otherwise I'd be getting 20% more holiday than everyone else.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Green Gecko** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:36 pm

<]:^D wrote:taking from one pocket to put it the other
that self-employed life

Indeed. Last time I came into some money I thought about visiting family in Japan again or some kind of holiday. Nope, I'll jump forward a few years in the master plan and spend literally all of it in one go on a machine.

Oh well, at least I can probably make myself replacement arms if they fall off.

Before I had statutory paid only. I didn't take any holiday all year, a large part of which during I was the only employee besides directors, and then I went part time. So it added up to like a month of holiday. :lol:

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Victor Mildew** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:55 pm

23 paid, my birthday off paid ( i know its really 1 extra day but i'll take it) and the usual holidays. We can also buy 3 extra days at the start of the year at a reduced salary sacrifice which i'll be doing as you can't say no to more holiday.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Cuttooth** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:03 pm

Ad7 wrote:23 paid, my birthday off paid ( i know its really 1 extra day but i'll take it) and the usual holidays. We can also buy 3 extra days at the start of the year at a reduced salary sacrifice which i'll be doing as you can't say no to more holiday.

Say what? I've never heard of this before.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Green Gecko** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:08 pm

Considering the gooseberry fool you have to deal with in design from busybodies, knowitalls and executive management (usually the client that considers themselves executive management and can overthrow all decisions even when they signed a contract to a completely different effect) you damn well should get your birthday off.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Qikz** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:10 pm

Cuttooth wrote:
Ad7 wrote:23 paid, my birthday off paid ( i know its really 1 extra day but i'll take it) and the usual holidays. We can also buy 3 extra days at the start of the year at a reduced salary sacrifice which i'll be doing as you can't say no to more holiday.

Say what? I've never heard of this before.

We get that too! Our companies give us our birthday off as an extra day of paid holiday. :toot:

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Moggy** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:16 pm

Cuttooth wrote:
Ad7 wrote:23 paid, my birthday off paid ( i know its really 1 extra day but i'll take it) and the usual holidays. We can also buy 3 extra days at the start of the year at a reduced salary sacrifice which i'll be doing as you can't say no to more holiday.

Say what? I've never heard of this before.

He was born on a Sunday.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Drumstick** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:03 pm

25 days + bank holidays and I have the option to work from home if need be (such as this morning).

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:05 pm

What if your birthday falls on a weekend? Ether way, surely it's better to have an extra day of annual leave and then choose if you want to use it on your birthday or not.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **Victor Mildew** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:28 am

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:What if your birthday falls on a weekend? Ether way, surely it's better to have an extra day of annual leave and then choose if you want to use it on your birthday or not.

Then it gets moved to the next working day, or you can delay it till the next Friday and have a long weekend.

PostRe: The Work Thread by **still** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:56 am

Holidays?, lol! Only when it pours down, like today. And no workie, no money!

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