Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:30:59 -0700 From: bmah@freebsd.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Holidays and other perks of the job [Was: Question about voting] Message-ID: <200009131930.e8DJUx656915@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20000913202222.F264@parish> References: <20000913074150.V11227@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <62550.968809979@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <200009130541.e8D5fHG91697@netplex.com.au> <20000913074150.V11227@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <200009131641.KAA88617@harmony.village.org> <20000913191538.B264@parish> <200009131822.e8DIM6e28777@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20000913194054.E264@parish> <200009131855.e8DItrM56191@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20000913202222.F264@parish>
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--==_Exmh_-1496085612P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit If memory serves me right, Mark Ovens wrote: > What's the difference between "paid holidays" and PTO? Do you mean > "public holidays" like Labour Day, Thanksgiving etc? Yeah. It's things like Independence Day, Memorial Day, Christmas, etc. I'd post the complete list but for some reason, our payroll calendar is marked "Confidential". :-p > > > No wonder that when we set up a subsidiary in the US the people who > > > moved out there wanted UK style employment terms (holiday/sick pay and > > > company cars). > > > > Company cars?!? > > > > Oh yeah, it's something that is pretty much unique to the UK. Even > (relatively) lowly positions on the company ladder get a car as part > of their remuneration package. Hmmm. That's pretty interesting. You can do that if you work for a car company here (a friend of mine works for a department of BMW, nice!). But other than that, such arrangements are pretty unusual. Bruce. --==_Exmh_-1496085612P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: 9Rq1Puc+zCaus9zpeY8+2CzUW1xdaUUX iQA/AwUBOb/V89jKMXFboFLDEQI6QgCgj5LCM6DGm0RyEdfVQM3y4kYSPPsAn2GP VMRqfwQLmBRiCoG4Wmd/0GhY =YJ0+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1496085612P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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