[Byxtysaaqwuz]

What insane taxes? You mean the ones where we don't have to worry about paying insane amounts for healthcare or Oerdin's ludicrous HOA costs, for example? Or that nothing adds up to a round number in most US states cos they add a whole bunch of taxes on top of what you pay for stuff...?

Either way, I'd prefer all my time off compared to being shackled to some characterless cubicle farm...

[doogiehoussi]

What is a personal day? You get to sit in the corner with a box of kleenex...?

Doctor's appointments etc?

[vipbunter]

What is a personal day? You get to sit in the corner with a box of kleenex...?

Doctor's appointments etc?

You can do whatever you want with them.

What I do is keep them for most of the year incase I need them for short term illnesses (flu), or appointments, etc. Then if near the end of the year I haven't used them (and I usually don't), I take a couple weeks off as a vacation using the balance of my personal days.

At my company, if you don't use them they also get cashed out at the end of the year. So 10 unused personal days = 10 extra days of pay.

[Qutlsilh]

For us, they only gave you 1/2 day pay for unused personal days. Then last year, under the guise of a trouble economy, the even took the 1/2 reimbursement away. SO we just make sure we use them all now.

[xtrupoke]

Now that is what I call increasing efficiency !

[amagmasia]

My old job gave me a bunch of personal days but did not allow me to take them, stating I was too instrumental to the operation. Cash out was also not an option. As I said earlier about companies I've worked for not allowing me to use or get paid out (my preference) for vacation days, I am surprised you all have so much luck with these companies. They're obsessed with this idea of coming under budget and not paying out vacation and personal days which are already accounted for is a common way to get under budget.

What beneficial corporate overlords are you all working for? Can't be typical for companies in America.

[RichardHaads]

I never had that problem because I was always considered part of the overlords.

[pavilionnotebook]

I never had that problem because I was always considered part of the overlords.

No see it's a hierarchy of overlords... I was the overlord over other people, forcing them to work off the clock as per orders. Then I was dicked by the person above me and the person above them probably dicked them.

[HoqCBYMl]

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[TorryJens]

No see it's a hierarchy of overlords... I was the overlord over other people, forcing them to work off the clock as per orders. Then I was dicked by the person above me and the person above them probably dicked them.

Actually I have always been given a lot of freedom in this area and I was normally bound by the same rules I administered. And the first lesson I learned as a manager was that I'm only as good as my people, so it's never a good idea to abuse them for too long. To encourage them to go above and beyond when necessary, yes, but never on an ongoing basis since it leads to burned out and unmotivated employees.

[b3JOkwXL]

Oh how I LOLed when I read that *smug European*

That's why your economies suck

[jurhoonee]

most relevant post of the thread

Hey you know what... I've spent my entire adult life working, often two jobs, with going to school for several years. I have over a decade of combined working experience. I can chill and play video games all day for a while if I want to.

[arraxylap]

A decade of combined work experience stacking shelves. The value of that kind of experience plateaus after about two hours

I've never stacked shelves in my life, well except for when I was doing community service for the Library.

Regardless, in my most recent job, I managed over 100 union employees in a business that generated $45K in DAILY sales. Yes, I ran my entire shift and the entire day on the weekends. I was THE person to speak to whenever I was on and it's more than you think to manage a full-staff kitchen as well as several brands.

Before (and during) that, I was the de facto general manager of a fast food place and in charge of inventory, scheduling, etc.

[pataagusata]

Yeah, so you're a glorified burger flipper/washer upper?

Broken fridges? Oh the technical challenge!

[ggandibazz]

Do the central tenets of Buddhist philosophy advocate being a slob?

[Golotop]

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[AngelinaTheElf]

slob is such an ugly "british" term, i prefer the word 'faineant' to describe my habits.

Sir Nigel