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> As an American reading this The working conditions at SNCF are not even imaginable for an American. We are taking unlimited sick days, between 28 and 38 day

> As an American reading this The working conditions at SNCF are not even imaginable for an American. We are taking unlimited sick days, between 28 and 38 days off a year excluding sick days, 10 bank holidays, retirement between 50 and 60 with pensions calculated on the last few years of work, subvention on train tickets for family members. That’s while working less than 40 hours a week and despite that they still manage to strike at least a week a year generally when it’s the most annoying for people actually working.

simgt 2y ago
> unlimited sick days Everyone with a French employment contract does > between 28 and 38 days off a year excluding sick days, 10 bank holidays 25 days is the legal minimum, more is common in many industries, including most engineering fields. Of course we all have the same bank holidays in the country. > retirement between 50 and 60 with pensions calculated on the last few years of work Yep, that's a good one. A relic from when their life expectancy was much shorter due to coal. Indeed that's hard to justify. > subvention on train tickets for family members Annoying too... but I'm not sure it's significant. > That’s while working less than 40 hours a week The legal working time in France is 35h/week, if you do more than that your employer must compensate in a way or another. That SNCF abides by that law isn't shocking, what is shocking is that our NHS doesn't. > they still manage to strike at least a week a year generally when it’s the most annoying for people actually working. The latest strike was about the freight branch that is being sold to competitors to please the EU commission... Not exactly a request for more champagne next to the coffee machine of the drivers. [0] I, too, dislike the SNCF because my trains are unreliable and expensive, and their customer support is absolute rubbish, but you clearly are arguing in bad faith and repeating whatever is in our current wave of reactionary media, all without having provided a single source yet. [0] https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/11/21/demantelement-de-fret-sncf-comprendre-les-raisons-de-la-colere-des-cheminots_6406236_4355770.html https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/11/21/dema...
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simgt 2y ago

> unlimited sick days Everyone with a French employment contract does > between 28 and 38 days off a year excluding sick days, 10 bank holidays 25 days is the legal minimum, more is common in many industries, including most engineering fields. Of course we all have the same bank holidays in the country. > retirement between 50 and 60 with pensions calculated on the last few years of work Yep, that's a good one. A relic from when their life expectancy was much shorter due to coal. Indeed that's hard to justify. > subvention on train tickets for family members Annoying too... but I'm not sure it's significant. > That’s while working less than 40 hours a week The legal working time in France is 35h/week, if you do more than that your employer must compensate in a way or another. That SNCF abides by that law isn't shocking, what is shocking is that our NHS doesn't. > they still manage to strike at least a week a year generally when it’s the most annoying for people actually working. The latest strike was about the freight branch that is being sold to competitors to please the EU commission... Not exactly a request for more champagne next to the coffee machine of the drivers. [0] I, too, dislike the SNCF because my trains are unreliable and expensive, and their customer support is absolute rubbish, but you clearly are arguing in bad faith and repeating whatever is in our current wave of reactionary media, all without having provided a single source yet. [0] https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/11/21/demantelement-de-fret-sncf-comprendre-les-raisons-de-la-colere-des-cheminots_6406236_4355770.html https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/11/21/dema...

RandomThoughts3 2y ago
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