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My mother (in France) ended up with 8 weeks off, while the normal stuff is 5 weeks, because with time you're rewarded more days off. The other trick is that it
by nraynaud 13y ago
My mother (in France) ended up with 8 weeks off, while the normal stuff is 5 weeks, because with time you're rewarded more days off. The other trick is that it is paid time off, you can still do overtime if you want to (there was even a tax break on overtime for a few years here). But as I said on another topic, since you're paid to work 218 days in the year as a software engineer (and not by the hour), overtime would mean working during the week-end. You can also do a good job and ask for a bigger salary.
- splintercell 13y agoYou can also do a good job and ask for a bigger salary. I am sorry but if I do a good job, and ask for a bigger salary, that means without mandatory vacation laws I would get an even bigger salary. I don't understand how you think that's actually an equal solution?
- nraynaud 13y agoIt's all relative, it's the feeling of having more, not the actual amont of money that counts. the relative feeling of increase, having more than the Jones and stuff like that. Because the actual trick to have an absolute lot of money is not linked to the hours worked. It's about working in Wall Street, or in some criminal activities, or in some investment. It's never about time spent at the desk, the whole point of earning loads of money is to decouple the revenue from the time worked. You have to earn money while you sleep. Then, why not earning while you tan? That's the whole discussion between J.Schwartz and B.Gates on the java patents. And I think Gates knows a little bit about having loads of money (I can't say the same about Schwartz).