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In theory, it is 7 hours a day (for 35 hours a week contracts). In reality, most office workers are pulling unpaid extra hours. It's also possible to get 38.5
by alex_duf 10y ago
In theory, it is 7 hours a day (for 35 hours a week contracts).
In reality, most office workers are pulling unpaid extra hours.
It's also possible to get 38.5 or 40 hours contracts, where you would get extra holidays to compensate (over a year).
I've worked as a programmer in France, Canada and England. In my experience France and England are pretty much the same in terms of work-time (8 hours/day, 5 week holiday), Canada is behind by lack of holiday (8 hours/day, generally 3 weeks holiday)
Edit: bare in mind this is based on my experience and will presumably be very different depending on the employer.
- strictnein 10y agoFor the holiday length mentioned, out of curiosity, which length is it? 5 weeks x (5 days / per work week) = 25 days off or 5 weeks x (7 days / per week) = 35 days off
- Symbiote 10y agoIt means 25 days off. Contracts always state the period in days, or hours for part-time workers, but it's normal to divide by five and say "weeks" in conversation.
- rhblake 10y agoIn France it's 25 paid vacation days or 36 if you include paid public holidays. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_b.... 20 paid vacation days is the EU minimum [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Time_Directive_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Time_Directive_2003