07-02-2005 15:34									#61
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Yeah, plus as I live in London, you need a lot of money to afford it...

	07-02-2005 15:38									#62
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A mindless, boring job for less than £20,000 a year and a laughable (but very american) 2 weeks of holiday?

You're kidding me right?

	07-02-2005 16:12									#63
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It's sh*t like that that puts me off ever emigrating to the US.

	07-02-2005 18:49									#64
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Stipulations: You are GUARANTEED the job for life. You will never, ever, ever get promoted or get raises past inflation's effect. The job is mindless and boring, while not physically demanding or hard, it is boring as hell. You get 2 and a half weeks of paid vacation a year and good health benifits/insurance. Would this job make you happy?

I've got that job, except I get paid a little more and have over 30 days vacation a year, and can post here for about half of my shifts. It doesn't make me happy, but it does a damn good job of staying out of my way and being tolerable while I make myself happy.

	07-02-2005 19:21									#65
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I wouldn't take it for the following reasons:

Holiday entitlement - I'd go crazy with that little. It's insane. 20 days would be the minimum I'd consider. Would expect 25 days.

Pay - $40,000 would be a pay cut (and working longer hours). I don't consider myself extremely overpaid at the moment.

Boring - My job isn't the best in the world but it's not boring.

Healthcare - we get free healthcare anyway on the NHS so that's not relevant. If I was in the US then that'd be a massive selling point, but that's another reason for not living in the US.

So I'll keep my better paid, less hours, more interesting job with double the holiday because the only advantage that one has is being guaranteed and I'm confident/skilled enough not to worry about that too much.

	07-02-2005 19:33									#66
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This sounds like most government jobs. Never get fired, assumered good pay, and boring as hell.

	07-02-2005 19:33									#67
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quote: Originally posted by pchang No. That would be a HUGE step down for me.

Amen. Massive pay cut, less time off and no opportunity for advancement? No thank you.

	07-02-2005 19:40									#68
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It would be a stretch but if your wife worked even part time and you lived in a rural area then this job would pay for a family. I'd still want to get some sort of interesting side business to raise extra cash but it could be done.

	07-02-2005 19:45									#69
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison It's sh*t like that that puts me off ever emigrating to the US.

Don't forget that they only have 4? paid national holidays.

	07-02-2005 19:46									#70
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It's a wonder they don't emigrate somewhere better.

	07-02-2005 19:46									#71
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It is actually 9 or 10 (depending upon the company) for most workers.

	07-02-2005 19:47									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki Amen. Massive pay cut, less time off and no opportunity for advancement? No thank you.

Ditto.

	07-02-2005 19:48									#73
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It is? Dang, I always though it was much less. My bad.

	07-02-2005 19:50									#74
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Yeah, let's see:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
Independance Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas

I think that's it. But I could be leaving out one or two.

	07-02-2005 19:53									#75
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You got a paid holiday because of some crappy film?!

How about easter?

	07-02-2005 19:53									#76
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You aren't leaving out any, but Thanksgiving and Christmas are 2 day holidays for most.

	07-02-2005 19:54									#77
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We get (UK)

New Year
Good Friday
Easter Monday
May Day
Spring Bank Holiday
August Bank Holiday
Christmas
Boxing Day

	07-02-2005 19:55									#78
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Clearly banks have an inordinate amount of power in the UK

	07-02-2005 19:56									#79
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And civil servants get the queens birthday and other stuff as well.

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quote: You got a paid holiday because of some crappy film?!

quote: How about easter?

Nope... Easter is just for the Christians... and it's always on a Sunday (though that doesn't stop getting a Monday off when Christmas falls on a Sunday ).

quote: but Thanksgiving and Christmas are 2 day holidays for most.

And for others the 2nd day isn't a paid holiday but a day when just about everyone takes off .

	07-02-2005 19:58									#81
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH And civil servants get the queens birthday and other stuff as well.

Ah, we government workers only get an extra day off if an ex-President kicks the bucket. If the current one did so, I'm sure just about everyone would have a day off.

	07-02-2005 19:59									#82
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Interesting incentive for assasination

	07-02-2005 20:01									#83
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1. New year
2. Easter
3. Labours day
4. Some religous one ( 6th thursday after easter )
5. Pinkster ( 7th sunday/monday after easter)
6. 21 July national holidday
7. 15 august motherday ( officialy it's another religious one)
8. 1 November
9. 11 November ( WW1)
10. christmas

The more south you go in Europe, the more holidays btw

	07-02-2005 20:07									#84
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quote: Imran:

Oh c'mon dude, don't tell me I needed to add a smiley.

quote: Nope... Easter is just for the Christians... and it's always on a Sunday (though that doesn't stop getting a Monday off when Christmas falls on a Sunday ).

Here if a holiday is on a saturday/sunday, you automatically get it next monday, or in some cases at a later date ( restaurants, hotels, police etc..). Same goes if it happens during your vacation or if your sick.

	07-02-2005 20:42									#85
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Nope. Easter is not a Federal holiday here in the US.

	07-02-2005 20:46									#86
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Well, to be honest, we only get the easter holiday if it's on a sunday...

	07-02-2005 20:47									#87
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quote: Oh c'mon dude, don't tell me I needed to add a smiley.

I didn't know which one you were talking about. We have loads of crappy films that reference holidays .

quote: Here if a holiday is on a saturday/sunday, you automatically get it next monday

If the holiday is on Saturday, we get the Friday off.

	07-02-2005 20:49									#88
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quote: If the holiday is on Saturday, we get the Friday off.

Ah, that could be the same here, long time since I had a 9 to 5 job.

	07-02-2005 21:33									#89
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quote: Originally posted by alva 1. New year 2. Easter 3. Labours day 4. Some religous one ( 6th thursday after easter ) 5. Pinkster ( 7th sunday/monday after easter) 6. 21 July national holidday 7. 15 august motherday ( officialy it's another religious one) 8. 1 November 9. 11 November ( WW1) 10. christmas The more south you go in Europe, the more holidays btw

I assume your Labour Day is the commie May Day?

Sixth Thursday after Easter is (Christian) Pentecoste. Pinkster? Never heard of it, have no idea why it would be tied to Easter.

15 Aug is the somewhat more obscure Feast of the Assumption when Mary is supposed to have died (but didn't quite die, instead was "assumed" into heaven).

"I'm not dead!"

	07-02-2005 21:40									#90
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quote: I assume your Labour Day is the commie May Day?

Yep, though in my previous job, all the managers got the day off while us grunts had to work.