How much paid holiday do you get?

[buh_buh]

For those of you who work full time, how many paid holiday days do you guys get per year, not including stat holidays, and how long have you been working at your current company for?

[JfuckinC]

IF i were an employee here, i'd get 2 weeks, plus a bonus week at christmas..

[Mitsu3000gt]

3 weeks base + Christmas week + half day every Friday in the summer off (May 1 through Sept long weekend) + about 30 additional days for being "on call" every weekend (checking gas accounts in the mornings on Sat & Sun, I don't even need to leave my bed). If I don't use all my holidays I get paid for them. Works out to about 11 weeks/year.

[j.garner]

I get 3 weeks plus 1st and 3rd friday of the month off.

[Tarrantula]

3 weeks and every other friday off.

and from december 24-jan 4th off.

[yeahyeah]

3 weeks a year, been with the company for a year and a few months now.

[adam c]

fuuu.... i only get 2 weeks plus 5 flex days so 3 weeks total... would be nice to have what you guys have

[G-ZUS]

3 weeks

[LadyLuck]

3 weeks anytime through out the year
Additional 2 weeks during christmas
One week in february, and every other friday off between May and August.

Going on 6 years with the company.

[TimG]

3 weeks + 3 flex days

[Modelexis]

Whatever the minimum is, 4% if I remember right.
I think it works out to be about 2 weeks.

[thepyrofish]

2 weeks, been here for 1.5 years. I forget when I get another week. Probably not for a little while yet.

[Aleks]

5 weeks vacation, 2 weeks flex days.

[beyond_ban]

i got 1 week in my first year, 2 weeks in my second year and then i will get 3 weeks in my third year. I will finally jump and get capped at 4 weeks in my 5th year.

[shadowz]

Work at a University

3 weeks any OT goes towards this, During xmas when students are gone we are also off as well most days when students are gone

[mo_money2supe]

Only been with my current company for 3 months (changed companies) and have 2 weeks vacation but will be up to 3 once my 1 year mark rolls by. I also get to bank all my hours for time off. Thus far in the last 3 months, I've banked about 5 days worth of time off, so if this same trend follows, I guess I will get be getting ~6 weeks off this year and ~7 weeks come a year's time?

[in*10*se]

4 weeks not including flex days.

OP said how many weeks of vacay you have... not vacay plus the number of flex days... :nut:

[Dave P]

4 Weeks

[Sapo]

4 weeks + 1 flex day + OT going toward days off

[ericchoweg]

i only get two weeks but really only work full time during the summer and part time during the school year

[A790]

4 weeks plus flex.

[89coupe]

5 weeks
7 years at my current employer, 17 years in the industry.

[austic]

4 weeks + 12 flex days

About 2 years with the company

[Tomaz]

Right now, 2 weeks.

My employer hands out more every 5 years:

0-4 years: 2 weeks
5-9 years: 4 weeks
10-15 years: 5 weeks
20+ years: 6 weeks

[wintonyk]

I think I need to find myself a new career, one where I can more than a month of holidays each year

[Crymson]

3 weeks holidays, 2 weeks flex. 6 years exp.

[jazzyb]

3weeks holidays, 2weeks flex, 1 week @ xmas.

[sabad66]

Back in school now, but during my internship last year:
15 vacay
17 flex
2 floaters

[Abeo]

3 weeks, 2 floaters, every second Friday off, 12 stat holidays

[LUDELVR]

Around 3 months or so. :dunno:

[rob the knob]

people who have friday off. how many hours per week do you work?

[Abeo]

Originally posted by rob the knob
people who have friday off. how many hours per week do you work?

Averages to 40, 9 hr days mon-thurs and 8 hr on the fri I work. Before they implemented it, I was working 9 hrs a day anyways :/

[Jlude]

I take a couple months off every year, but it's not paid.

[78si]

Originally posted by LUDELVR
Around 3 months or so. :dunno:

We have the same holidays! :D

[2002civic]

2 weeks, get 3 after 5 years FML. I have been at with my employer for 2.5 years.

[Cos]

3 weeks base plus I bank OT to do vacations. Most of my vacations are 25 hours of vacation and the rest bank time. So really get close to 5 weeks.

[Calgaryrocky]

I work for a Credit Union,

We get 3 weeks plus 2 Flex days, after 5 years it gets bumped up to 4 weeks.

3 weeks seems to be pretty standard.

[n1zm0]

3 weeks which i havent even used yet :banghead:

xmas bonus every year, we rarely take stat holidays on the actual holiday tho, kind of bank them for when you need them

[EG STyLeZ]

I get 2 weeks vacation days, 2 years with the company.

When is it appropriate to ask for additional vacay days? I thought I'd be up to 3 weeks by now but I'm not

[eblend]

4 weeks vacation (just bumped up this year, 5 years experience, only 3 of which at this company) + 2 flex days a month + banked overtime (can get it paid out but prefer time off) + 1 floater per year.

Last year all this added up to 7 weeks, this year I already went on 4 weeks worth of vacations, got 2 more weeks during christmas and about another 4 worth of flex days and banked overtime....man i didn't realize that I get so much time off until I just wrote it out, crazy!

[thrasher22]

16 days (3 weeks but I somehow got an extra day...).
Been here for two years, but that's what I started with. I don't think there is any realistic hope to get more as none of my superiors seem to have more.

+ whatever overtime I've worked

[Euro838]

Wow, after reading this thread, I definitely feel like I'm working hard, and not smart :(

No paid vacation, no paid holidays, no overtime pay :(

[Tarrantula]

Originally posted by Euro838
Wow, after reading this thread, I definitely feel like I'm working hard, and not smart :(

No paid vacation, no paid holidays, no overtime pay :(

no overtime is illegal.

[Cos]

Originally posted by Tarrantula


no overtime is illegal.

Unless he is a manager

[Euro838]

Not a manager but I do spend extra hours unreported. Maybe I'm one of the last "I love my job" type of people! LOL!

[lint]

Originally posted by Euro838
No paid vacation, no paid holidays, no overtime pay :(

sounds like you're a contractor

[Euro838]

part time daytrader and I'm pretty bad at it :(

[ExtraSlow]

Three weeks base vacation, 12 flex days, 12 stat holidays, we have flexible benefits, so i can buy up to 10 days extra vacation.
Get banked time for time on-call or in the field on the weekend, so that's usualyl another 10 days or so a year.

This year it all added up to 45 days plus the 12 stats.

I get to 4 weeks base vacation at 10 years expereince, and I'm a feww years from that.

[yellowsnow]

I get 3 weeks in Canada. But talking to people from other countries like France, Australia, Switzerland... they get minimum 4 weeks to start. Most of them have 6 weeks vacation on avg.

France is the best place to work. Minimum 2 months vacations per year. Plus if a public holiday falls mid-week (eg wednesday), they'll get thursday, friday and the weekend off automatically.

makes me think we work too hard in n. america. it's sad to think we just think 2 weeks vacation per year is okay. most of us are in the 3 weeks bracket.... which is still pretty sad compared to the rest of the world :(

[Cos]

Originally posted by yellowsnow

makes me think we work too hard in n. america.

We do work a lot harder than France but have you seen how 'productive' they are? Ever try to order something form France? Frustrating as hell.

[ercchry]

Originally posted by Cos


We do work a lot harder than France but have you seen how 'productive' they are? Ever try to order something form France? Frustrating as hell.

the trick would be to be... uhh french? :rofl:

[A790]

Originally posted by yellowsnow
makes me think we work too hard in n. america. it's sad to think we just think 2 weeks vacation per year is okay. most of us are in the 3 weeks bracket.... which is still pretty sad compared to the rest of the world :(
Move to Japan or China. I think our quality of life is just fine. I don't want any more vacation time- I'd have no idea what to do with it.

[AG_Styles]

5 weeks base + Compensation Days for valid OT. 2+ years at the company.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Really? Some of you guys don't want more holiday?

I get roughly 11 weeks of holiday and I would love to have twice as much, even 3 times as much. I can think of a billion things I'd rather be doing than working all day, and I like my job.

Also I believe it's been proven that people are more productive with shorter work days. I think it is Spain that has a higher per capita GDP than anywhere in North America and they work WAY less than what the norm is over here.

[buh_buh]

Thanks to you guys and this thread, I just negotiated my way up to 3 weeks from 2 haha. But we don't have it that bad, the worst countries in terms of paid holidays are the US and Japan, which by law only allows for 1 week.

[Altezza]

52 weeks :D

[thrasher22]

Originally posted by Tarrantula


no overtime is illegal.
Haha but welcome to salary jobs :(

I didn't even get to start banking most my overtime until recently when I got a new manager.

[Awd-Tsi]

Errydays a holiday :bigpimp:

[Tarrantula]

Originally posted by thrasher22

Haha but welcome to salary jobs :(

I didn't even get to start banking most my overtime until recently when I got a new manager.

That sucks man.. im on salary and I get to bank time.. never had a problem with it... I guess a lot of places are like this after talking to some of my friends.

[Kloubek]

Jesus... I think I'm up to 5 weeks now or something like that.

Been at my job for entirely too long...

[89coupe]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
Really? Some of you guys don't want more holiday?

I get roughly 11 weeks of holiday and I would love to have twice as much, even 3 times as much. I can think of a billion things I'd rather be doing than working all day, and I like my job.

Also I believe it's been proven that people are more productive with shorter work days. I think it is Spain that has a higher per capita GDP than anywhere in North America and they work WAY less than what the norm is over here.

11 weeks? LOL, do you work for yourself?

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by 89coupe


11 weeks? LOL, do you work for yourself?

Nope, but I monitor the company gas account on the weekend (Read: check it from bed with my iPhone and go back to sleep 1 minute later assuming I did my job properly on Friday) and I get holiday in lieu every time I do that. Nobody else in the company wants to do that, so I get to do it every single weekend. In addition to that I get 3 weeks base, a week at Christmas, and half day every Friday from May 1 through Sept long weekend. Over the course of a year my time off works out to roughly 11 weeks, including my half day Fridays which works out to about a week of that. I don't work any extra hours in a regular day for these perks either.

I should add I can't just take off for a month at a time or anything, and I probably won't use all my holiday in any given year, but I would get paid for what I don't use.

[89coupe]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt


Nope, but I monitor the company gas account on the weekend (Read: check it from bed with my iPhone and go back to sleep 1 minute later assuming I did my job properly on Friday) and I get holiday in lieu every time I do that. Nobody else in the company wants to do that, so I get to do it every single weekend. In addition to that I get 3 weeks base, a week at Christmas, and half day every Friday from May 1 through Sept long weekend. Over the course of a year my time off works out to roughly 11 weeks, including my half day Fridays which works out to about a week of that. I don't work any extra hours in a regular day for these perks either.

I should add I can't just take off for a month at a time or anything, and I probably won't use all my holiday in any given year, but I would get paid for what I don't use.

Ahhh I see, I was thinking everyone was just posting regular holiday time.

Most companies give you the last week in December off, just the norm.

...and don't forget Stampede, thats another week thats a complete right off.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by 89coupe


Ahhh I see, I was thinking everyone was just posting regular holiday time.

Most companies give you the last week in December off, just the norm.

...and don't forget Stampede, thats another week thats a complete right off.

That is correct my base technically is 3 weeks + Christmas + the half day Fridays from May-Sep but really considering I do nothing and get another ~30 days of holiday per year, it might as well be added onto my base. It's not like some of the other people here who work an extra hour every day to get every other Friday off or whatever.

You're right about the Stampede, even if you're in the office it's basically a week of holiday.

[Shlade]

I get about 120hrs of vacation time

10 days of sick time
2 personal days also

Really the 120hrs of vacay goes quick since I do 12hr shifts

[Cooked Rice]

10 days per fiscal year. If you've been with the company for more than 3 years, you get 15.

[darthVWader]

4 weeks + one Friday a month + Christmas week off.

[Revhard]

Technically, I get 46 working days I think.
Then, week off at Christmas, so somewhere in the 10-11 weeks.

[Tik-Tok]

Start with 2 weeks
3 weeks after 5 years
4 weeks after 10 years
an extra week for management

No official flex days, but if it's a slow day, and someone wants it off, we'll usually let them (with pay).

Depending on my boss's ever fluctuating mood (he's fucking nuts), he might not submit a week of your vacation time or not, so in effect you get an extra week. This has only happened to me twice in 8 years, but his little bootlicker gets this treatment every year.

[Cos]

Originally posted by Revhard
Technically, I get 46 working days I think.
Then, week off at Christmas, so somewhere in the 10-11 weeks.

Man now I know I want to apply for an instructor position in electrical

[DENZILDON]

4 weeks
12 Flex days

[Anomaly]

I'm a contract employee, so I get 4%ish on each paycheck. it sucks because I SHOULD put it aside, but I don't. Hence, I've only taken 2 weeks vacation in the last 2.5 years.

[GOnSHO]

15 paid holidays, 12 flex days, 3 designated days off (company closes) and all normal stat holidays

[Masked Bandit]

I have a question for all the people that get three to five weeks vacation a year but make $45,000 - $75,000.

Would you go down to two or three weeks vacation in exchange for raising your income by $30,000 a year?

[cdnsir]

15 holidays (no carryover or payout), 3 flex... FML

[Cos]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
I have a question for all the people that get three to five weeks vacation a year but make $45,000 - $75,000.

Would you go down to two or three weeks vacation in exchange for raising your income by $30,000 a year?

By 30k? yes. When we get our raises we are offered cash or vacation for it so I usually take the cash because I have 3 weeks now (plus bank time). If they offered me 1 week less for 15k I would live at the office.

[Euro838]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
I have a question for all the people that get three to five weeks vacation a year but make $45,000 - $75,000.

Would you go down to two or three weeks vacation in exchange for raising your income by $30,000 a year?

Is there even more than 1 answer to this question? For an extra $30K? That is a boost of 40-67%!!!

Losing a week of vacation or time off only equates to 2%!!!!

The real question would be if they would lose a week or two of vacation AND get butt-fucked everyday by the 300lb dude on top for a $30K raise!

[rinny]

For those of you who get fridays off, don't you work extra half hour or so every day to get those fridays off?

[ryaraines]

6 years at my job
I get 3 weeks vacation per year
I always have Christmas Day off, but any other holidays vary with how my shifts land.

[polarice]

What are flex days?


I get 3 weeks paid vacation, 3 months of paid sick days, all stat holidays, but if they are worked on I get triple time, and can bank it all.

I usually work 40 hours a week (4 tens, or 3 tens and 1 nine), but technically have to have 79 hours on my pay cheque as I am classified as a "part time" worker. I consider myself to be full time though lol.

I have been permanent employee since April I think, but have been with the City of Ed since '07. We have insanely good benefits, its really ridiculous.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Nothing paid. Been working for the same place for 2.5 years.

[HiTempguy1]

For my first year, I get 2 weeks plus an additional 12 days off for coming in 15 minutes early and leaving 15 minutes later each day (which I get paid for). So I essentially get very close to 4 weeks of paid vacation right off the bat. I believe this will go up to 5 weeks after my first year. AND, I can take it off whenever I want unless we have a business trip somewhere (like Fort Mac). If I want, I can not come in on any given day (obviously a call in is nice) and just write it off as a used holiday.

Not bad, but clearly not as nice as some people have it. Of course, the job is relatively low stress so far with amazing benefits and a good bump of overtime whenever we travel :D

[btimbit]

Nothing. If I'm not there, I'm not getting payed.

Don't get payed breaks either.

Been here over two years

[Masked Bandit]

I have to say I'm surprised by the amount of time off lots of people have access to. I don't know what I would do with four or five weeks off a year. I seem to spend A LOT of money while I'm on vacation too.

Am I correct in assuming that most of the people on here who have more than three or four weeks time off are paid a flat salary versus commission?

[BrknFngrs]

Originally posted by polarice
I have been permanent employee since April I think, but have been with the City of Ed since '07. We have insanely good benefits, its really ridiculous.

Can you elaborate on the type of benefits that you would receive as a city employee? I've always been curious to see how it compares to other jobs.

I end up with 3 weeks vacation base, 6 additional days off in the summer to make long weekends that don't come out of this base, christmas eve-new years off and then banked OT. (salary as opposed to commision work)

[Cos]

Originally posted by BrknFngrs


Can you elaborate on the type of benefits that you would receive as a city employee? I've always been curious to see how it compares to other jobs.


Cant speak for him but the BC government was about the same as Oil and Gas in Alberta with less pay!

[Aleks]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit

Am I correct in assuming that most of the people on here who have more than three or four weeks time off are paid a flat salary versus commission?

That's probably a safe assumption.

[friedn00dles]

3 weeks vacation + 10 sick/personal days.

my time off sucks

[Supa Dexta]

6 months. :bigpimp:

[BrknFngrs]

Originally posted by Cos


Cant speak for him but the BC government was about the same as Oil and Gas in Alberta with less pay!

I figured it would be fairly similar for the core type benefits (ie: 100% medical/dental, LTD, etc) but I always wondered if the city workers get the more "perk" type benefits that you see in open industry (fitness spending account, childcare, concierge service, etc)

I suppose being union that the pension would be the best benefit compared to open market hey?

[Cos]

Originally posted by BrknFngrs


I figured it would be fairly similar for the core type benefits (ie: 100% medical/dental, LTD, etc) but I always wondered if the city workers get the more "perk" type benefits that you see in open industry (fitness spending account, childcare, concierge service, etc)

I suppose being union that the pension would be the best benefit compared to open market hey?

Yeah they always pull the BS that they are 'fair market' but really the benefits are the same and pay always a little less. No bonuses. Pay is always average. You USED to get a defined benefit (DB) pension. That means that you get 60% of your best 5 years for life once you qualify to retire. That was always the best perk. However now you get defined contribution (DC) which means that you get xyz% of your total pay put into a sunlife financial account and you retire when you can. Same as most big companies now.

Fitness spending, yes, but so were all the other places I have worked.
Concierge, no, maybe for the execs but not for everyone.
Child care, no.

Thing that sucked is that you had to worry about everything perception. One guy who worked for us was an engineer and his wife was a heart surgeon. They made good money and he had a Porsche and Merc SL something. He got pulled in by the bosses one day and was told he either had to park his car around back or wasnt allowed to drive it anymore. They were afraid someone would complain that Hydro employees made too much money. We bought dodge ram trucks for everyone (company use) and they paid $1000.00 EXTRA to have the power windows and power door locks removed because they didnt want to seem flashy. They wasted money to appear cheap. :nut:


That was a big reason for me to return to working at a contractor.

[polarice]

Originally posted by BrknFngrs


Can you elaborate on the type of benefits that you would receive as a city employee? I've always been curious to see how it compares to other jobs.

I end up with 3 weeks vacation base, 6 additional days off in the summer to make long weekends that don't come out of this base, christmas eve-new years off and then banked OT. (salary as opposed to commision work)

Well, the 3 months sick pay is nice, anything longer is long term disability think. 500$/ year health spending account, 100% dental, bereavement pay, pension plan, life insurance (if I die 2 years wages go to whomever I leave it to... I think its 2 years, maybe 1), major medical stuff. Although, this stuff isn't free medical: 8.11, LTD: 44.23, Dental: 8.43, and life: 2.43 (All per month).

I would say I get paid above average for the job I do (Unskilled laborer/ glorified cashier), ~25 an hour, extra 1.50/hr on weekends, and ~28 as forman (which on most days means you do a whole lot of nothing).

[BrknFngrs]

Thanks for breaking it down, I was always curious about how everything stacked up.

[Zewind]

Originally posted by friedn00dles
3 weeks vacation + 10 sick/personal days.

my time off sucks

Ive got this amount too.

[calgary350z]

7 weeks...worked for the company for 15 years though

[calgary350z]

my staff call me captain vacation cause in summer i am never there

[Skyline_Addict]

Just starting with a new company.

2 weeks vacation + additional 5 days if vacation is taken during non peak periods + 10 personal days.

[Masked Bandit]

So all you guys with these "personal" days, what's the difference between a personal day & a vacation day?

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
So all you guys with these "personal" days, what's the difference between a personal day & a vacation day?

Personal days here are for things like dentist appointments, getting your car fixed, having to be at home for something, etc.

We actually had 15 personal days until a year or two ago (so I am told) that were taken away due to abuse. :dunno:

[Cos]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
So all you guys with these "personal" days, what's the difference between a personal day & a vacation day?

Where I worked and had ERD days (earned rest days) it was more meant for a one off day. You werent supposed to take 2 weeks of ERD off and you werent supposed to use 1 day of vacation to extend a weekend or something.

Also we had 12 ERD days and you were supposed to use them in the month they were earned.