Off Topic 2011

[dan_457]

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The other 35%, approx 13% of it is "in between" working and not working.

What part of that 13% is allocated to bathroom breaks, or does that go elsewhere?

[OSUFan_88]

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What part of that 13% is allocated to bathroom breaks, or does that go elsewhere?

6.5%

What part of that, though, is allocated to strippers and booze with partners from Japan?

[SPTO]

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I've got a mad case of the Monday's going on.

Whoever created the five-day work week needs to be dug up and shot.

During our working years, we spend 71.4 percent of our days at work. There's just something insanely wrong with that.

Okay, I'm done.

As someone else said, move to Europe.

At least it's not as bad as Japan where they basically work until they die.

[mburke2]

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Dude, wayy too many numbers and percentages of percentages flying around in here today..

Anyway I'm at the school library trying to get some work done in a lobby area upstairs that has a few computers and is usually pretty quiet. But today there's this one kid sitting on one of the couches here and he must be on Skype or something cause he's on his computer and has headphones on and is just talking out loud to what seems like himself. The problem is he's being loud as **** and I have a paper to write. I wanna slap him so bad.

[Dog]

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What part of that 13% is allocated to bathroom breaks, or does that go elsewhere?

6.5%

What part of that, though, is allocated to strippers and booze with partners from Japan?

Of the 6.5%, around 1.5% (approx) is allocated to what you mentioned.

[JBH3]

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As someone else said, move to Europe.

Yea...don't certain countries in the EU have mandatory vacation periods?

[SPTO]

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These are '09 numbers that i've found from CNBC. Some of these are not in Europe.

Austria: 25 vacation days, 13 for holidays
Brazil: 30 Vacation Days, 11 for holidays
France: min. 30 vacation days, 10 for holidays
India: only 12 vacation days but made up with 16 holidays
Lithuania: 28 vacation days, 13 holidays
Russia: 28 days leave, 12 holidays
UK: min. 28 days off but only 8 holidays
Poland: min. 26 days off, 10 holidays
Greece: 25 days off (though i'm sure that's changed due to their situation now)
Singapore: min. 14 days off, 11 public days
Finland: min. 30 days off, 10 for holidays
Denmark: min. 25 days off, 9 for holidays
Switzerland: min 20 days off, 9 for holidays
New Zealand: min. 20 days off, 11 for holidays
South Korea: min 19 days off, 15 for holidays
Taiwan: min. 15 days off, 13 for holidays
Hong Kong: 14 mandatory days off, 12 holidays


By contrast Canada and the US has the fewest with Canada only having a min. of 10 days off with 9 holidays and the US typically having 15 days off with 10 public holidays.

[Bellsprout]

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*Moves to England*

Most days off without me having to learn a new language.

Bloody 'ell!

[Husker_OS]

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I haven't had an off day since April 4th. So everyone in this thread needs to cease with the nasally bitching.

I give folks who start original threads credit. If your thread doesnt catch fire, that must be kinda disheartening.

And this...I seriously laughed at this. Well done.

[JBH3]

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These are '09 numbers that i've found from CNBC. Some of these are not in Europe.

Austria: 25 vacation days, 13 for holidays
Brazil: 30 Vacation Days, 11 for holidays
France: min. 30 vacation days, 10 for holidays
India: only 12 vacation days but made up with 16 holidays
Lithuania: 28 vacation days, 13 holidays
Russia: 28 days leave, 12 holidays
UK: min. 28 days off but only 8 holidays
Poland: min. 26 days off, 10 holidays
Greece: 25 days off (though i'm sure that's changed due to their situation now)
Singapore: min. 14 days off, 11 public days
Finland: min. 30 days off, 10 for holidays
Denmark: min. 25 days off, 9 for holidays
Switzerland: min 20 days off, 9 for holidays
New Zealand: min. 20 days off, 11 for holidays
South Korea: min 19 days off, 15 for holidays
Taiwan: min. 15 days off, 13 for holidays
Hong Kong: 14 mandatory days off, 12 holidays

By contrast Canada and the US has the fewest with Canada only having a min. of 10 days off with 9 holidays and the US typically having 15 days off with 10 public holidays.

How are those mandatory vacations sanctioned/executed?

At my job we accrue leave, and it's dependent upon you to schedule/take it. Through an entire year I accrue about 20 days of leave. However, I can mostly only take it a few days, to a week or two at a time, given my job/responsibilities.

[SPTO]

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How are those mandatory vacations sanctioned/executed?

At my job we accrue leave, and it's dependent upon you to schedule/take it. Through an entire year I accrue about 20 days of leave. However, I can mostly only take it a few days, to a week or two at a time, given my job/responsibilities.

No clue, I'm guessing since those are mandatory for the most part that there's some kind of shifting whereby one group gets a block of time off like a week or two and then another group, so on and so forth.

[TracerBullet]

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I think my sociology teacher is the brother of the Portland Trailblazer's GM. That would explain all the Trail Blazer's gear he has even more.

Which also explains why we got out of class early last Thursday.

[BurghFan]

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I wish something this cool would happen when I go to the ballpark.



http://tinyurl.com/3p68j2b

That's a hawk. Peregrines are gray with a cream colored chest and have yellow beaks.

Why do feel like I've heard this before?

So I'm not the only one. I could've sworn someone made a similar post some time ago.

[Scottdau]

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With holiday and my unasign time I think I am off 15 weeks a year. Plus it is paid time off.

[OSUFan_88]

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How are those mandatory vacations sanctioned/executed?

Usually businesses just close down shop.

It's going to be a foreign concept to any American/Callinghambacon Eater but Europeans just have a different philosophy to life than NA's do which goes back to certain economic and philosophical thoughts *and also political thoughts that I cannot get into on this board*.

Needless to say, let's just say Americans are more prone to working for more stuff whereas Europeans don't necessarily care about having the newest things, they value time over material things. Thus why they take such long vacations/holidays and Americans do not.