What do you do for a living & how much vacation/holiday time do you get?
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I work for a large bank based out of Ireland and I have been with the company for less than a year. I work in the Human Resource Dept and I get 3 weeks off per year and that doesn't include all the bank holidays that we are closed. I am about to go on a company sponsored trip to Spain for a week. All in all I am really happy with the amount of time off we receive.
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I have been in the loan business with the same bank for 21 years. I have maxed out vacation benefits due to seniority at 25 days, 12 sick days (I don't abuse those). Use or lose the vacation each year. Plus 10 holidays. <BR>Always short on time and money... but money is probably the most limiting factor for travel. Like to travel first class at bargain rates. <BR>Thanks to all who have posted here. Was great to check out my benefits in comparison to others.
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I'm Brazilian. Here, anyone that works for a company, is allowed 30 days/year of vacation, according to the law. There is no allowance for sick days. Usually you have to present a doctor statement. <BR>Judges, prosecutors, etc, have 60 days vacation/year. And of course politicians, that work much less than everybody else.
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Own my own business, coffee donut franchise in Canada. Finally after 10 years in business I can feel comfortable leaving my staff and business 3 to 4 times a year. Not for long trips but for no more than a week at a time. Have not been to Europe yet, but soon. Love Las Vegas going in two weeks. Interesting comments on this site.
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I am a dentist who works 3 days a week. <BR>7 hour days (9-5). My family goes to Europe 10 days every June-July. We go to Lake Shasta on a house boat for a week every August. We go to the Caribbean every November for 10 days. We go to Hawaii, Mexico or the Caribbean every Spring Break for a week. We also take time off a X-mas and Thanksgiving for skiing. We travel to football games in the fall. I take home about $275,000/year.
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Fascinating!I'm a doctor (cardiac ansesthesiologist) and my husband is a venture capitalist in Washington,DC.I get 5 weeks vacation plus 1 week CME (conference) time per year.This should hopefully increase to 7 weeks vacation with 1 week CME next year as our group is in the process of negotiating a new contract with the hospital.Travel is a very high priority and hence the reason I took the job I have as this is a lifestyle oriented group.Other colleagues I know get up 13 weeks vacation.The limiting factor for me is my husband, who is a partner in his firm but a workaholic and take less time off than I would like.But, I'm working on it....
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G'day Lucy, <BR>good to see another Aussie here. <BR>Rugards uluru, the temperary closing of the climb won't affect me at all. <BR>I think it's over 3 years now that any of my tour participants actually has climbed the Rock. <BR> <BR>Some of the local operators ( Alice Springs ) I believe have lost some customers. <BR> <BR>By the way - I don't work for a Tour Company, I am the company <BR>Just a 'one man show' and love it that way. <BR>Before I started this I was a consultant ( IT ) and usually just took about 3 weeks time off one year, but anything up to 9 weeks the following year. <BR> <BR>See you in the bush, <BR>Mike. <BR> <BR>
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I'm a retired school principal (42 yrs) <BR>Was off for a year and did some traveling but am now back at work at <BR>a university. When I was a principal I <BR>got July off (without pay) but didn't have the funds to travel too extensively. Now I have time .... flexible schedule- going to Norway in august.
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My husband and I are both American expatriates living in Asia (he's in industrial sales, I'm in marketing). We get 20 days paid vacation plus local holidays (2-3 week-long vacations). <BR> <BR>As expatriates, we also have a US $12,000 travel allowance per year. <BR> <BR>As I've said before on this forum, being an expatriate is a fabulous way to be able to experience life in another country and travel!
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I have to agree with Noname. I too am an expatriate (analyst). I get 5 weeks paid vacation (at time of my choice), plus 10 days paid vacation (when company gears down once a year) plus (usually) 4 weeks unpaid leave if I want to take it - I always do! For my longest vacation each year the company gives me airfare of around $3000 and when I return to work a bonus of around $5,500. <BR> <BR>I get 6 months paid sick leave (but you do have to be sick), plus a further one year's sick leave at half pay (although I hope I never have to use either!) <BR> <BR>Being based away from home also means you can explore a different area of the world on long weekend breaks and vacations. You also learn far more about a country when you actually live in it as opposed to visiting. I've worked in 5 different countries and agree expatriate life is a wonderful way to see the world. <BR> <BR>
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hi everyone, what a great thread this is and very interesting! i am a freelance film producer in chicago, on and off for the last 10 years. after graduating from college, i worked at a law firm that gave me 1 week vacation per year (never used it), then at a couple of small film companies that gave me 2 weeks per year (hardly used the time). because they were small companies, i felt guilty if i left for a couple of weeks, so i hardly took any time off. <BR>when i started freelancing, money was really tight, so i didn't travel much, except for work (traveling for work is tough; i'm trapped for days or weeks with clients, working 12-15 hour days with no time for any sightseeing). i really started traveling only 6 years ago, after being more established in the business and being more comfortable with the fact that i'm potentially losing money by turning down jobs during my planned trips. i realized after a while that life's short and it's a big big world out there to experience and enjoy. so what if i turn down 5 jobs, i'm going to alaska! <BR>i've also figured out better times of the year that i can run off without feeling too much guilt. january is normally slow, since it's right after the holidays and it's cold in chicago; no one will want to shoot then. so the last couple of januarys were spent in the southern hemisphere, in chile (2000) and australia and new zealand (2001). <BR>i love freelancing. there's so much freedom to my job and i don't have to deal with office politics, and i get to work with some really great people. downside: no benefits or paid vacations. oh well.
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It's all a matter of priorities and what is important to each. I was blown away about the lawyer who says sh/e works an average of 55 hours a week! Personally speaking, that is ridiculous. But, I am sure he makes the bucks. On the other side, two of my siblings are teachers and get several months off and travel plenty. Which would you prefer? Personally, I am an architectural designer and try to balance by insisting to take additional vacation when I want to, even at no pay. The last thing I want is to be on my death bed and be saying. "I wish I could have", etc, etc. Some people prefer a lavish 5,000 plus house and never travel, others would rather travel. You can travel too if you really wanted too.
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Its interesting to see this old thread topped (I first responded back in May 2001!) as my company has just introduced a new policy where employees who have been with the company for over 5 years (which I have) get an extra weeks leave which takes my total to 5 weeks!
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I am a teacher from Canada. I teach primary school and one of the benefits of my job is having time to travel in the summer.<BR><BR>In our district schools are in session from September to the beginning of July.<BR>That leaves approximately 8 weeks off in the summer for holidays. I travel abroad every 2-3 years. I cannot travel each year because of courses that I must take and because my salary does not allow for long trips each year(during high season).<BR><BR>
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I'm a teacher in SC and last year my family and I went to London between Christmas and New Years, my husband and I went to Paris on my spring break, we spent a long weekend in Phoenix in July, and are going to Paris again on Christmas. We go on a tight budget, but we've had a great time.