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There are two common schemes: one that combines vacation and sick leave in "Paid Time Off" ("PTO") banks and one that tracks them separately. It is almost unifo
by sidlls 10y ago
There are two common schemes: one that combines vacation and sick leave in "Paid Time Off" ("PTO") banks and one that tracks them separately. It is almost uniformly the case for programmers outside the Bay Area to work for companies with one or the other (usually the former).
This is one reason why I think it's funny when developers mistakenly think of their managers and higher as "colleagues." Software developers are much closer to blue collar workers than white collar workers from a social status perspective.
- paulddraper 10y ago"White collar" doesn't have to do with management or social status. White collar work is in an office setting. Blue collar work is manual labor. Telemarketers are white collar. Construction managers are blue collar.
- bryanlarsen 10y agoWhite collar means a job that traditionally would require a suit and tie. Blue collar means a uniform.
- paulddraper 10y agoThat is the origin of the word. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collar_workers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collar_workers But so few jobs require suit and tie compared to 60 years ago, that the definition has shifted to "office job" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker.
- bryanlarsen 10y agoYup, which is why I used the word "traditionally".
- paulddraper 10y agoVery traditionally.