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My former employer mandated that everyone took days off every Friday of July. I happen to live ~2 hours away from the see and 10 minutes away from the lake and
by Curzel 4y ago
My former employer mandated that everyone took days off every Friday of July.
I happen to live ~2 hours away from the see and 10 minutes away from the lake and in a area with a lot of hiking to do, so that was cool.
Still, I can’t picture myself doing it all year around… maybe because I don’t have kids… I would prefer a shorter workday
Also, Friday off, but that it taken out of your own paid leave days!!
I guess this was a big deal 30-40-50 years ago when it was setup, especially for factory workers, but it’s 2022, come on!
- te_chris 4y agoYeah that’s really not the vibe! That’s just stingy by your old boss. In NZ, loads of professional firms shut down over Xmas as it’s summer. They basically make their staff take at least two weeks leave over this time because there’s no provision in employment law to force them to find work for people who don’t want to holiday then. My wife was a lawyer so she got caught up in this, used to annoy the shit out of me being forced to use so much leave at a time we did’t want to.
- Curzel 4y agoMost Italian companies do this for Christmas/new years eve, but also for “Ferragosto” 15th of august, some mandating even 2 weeks off!! Italy, as a whole is basically completely shut off during the central weeks in august, with hotel prices easily doubling July prices… go figure out why hahaah By law, there’s generally 4 weeks go paid leave, and the unwritten agreement is that the employer peeks 2 of them for you… Tech companies generally dont do this, maybe to feel more international and modern