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on Tuesday April 29 2014, @12:45AM
from the I-am-on-vacation-right-now-and-loving-it dept.
from the I-am-on-vacation-right-now-and-loving-it dept.
According to Glassdoor's Q1 2014 Employment Confidence Survey, the average U.S. employee (of those who receive vacation/paid time off) only takes half (51%) of his or her eligible vacation time/paid time off. In addition, when employees do take paid time off, three in five (61%) admit doing some work. Each quarter, the Glassdoor Employment Confidence Survey monitors four key indicators of employment confidence: salary expectations, job security, the job market and company outlook. This quarter's survey also took a look at employee vacation time, including the percentage of eligible vacation time/paid time off employees actually take, how much they work and why while on vacation, among other realities.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday April 29 2014, @01:00AM
The Joke's on them -- I take a day off as soon as I save up 8 hours of sick or vacation time. That way they can't screw me out of it if I get let go on bad terms.
Hahahah. BAAhahahah. WaaaHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!
Filter Error: shut the fuck up, you loud obnoxious asshole!
(Score: 3, Informative) by TheGratefulNet on Tuesday April 29 2014, @01:13AM
were you born yesterday?
they legally have to give you all your earned vacation time, in pay, when you leave.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by redneckmother on Tuesday April 29 2014, @03:20AM
Yeah, right... all of your "earned" time... except for all the "off the books, unofficial 'comp' time" that you accumulated from the 72 hour weekend implementation gigs. Eff 'em.
Mas cerveza por favor.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday April 29 2014, @12:44PM
Or you've used their tuition reimbursement program and they've decided to give a very generous take-it-or-leave-it 40K/yr offer after you graduate your computer science or engineering coursework.
That nice Mr. Tate down the street is offering me 60K, so I'll pay you back whenever I feel like, haha. Thanks for the free college, but no thanks!
(Score: 2) by TK on Tuesday April 29 2014, @02:28PM
I don't know how yours is set up, but for all the tuition reimbursement programs I've seen the setup is usually like this.
1. Pay for class(es) and book(s)
2. Finish class with C or better
3. Get reimbursed up to a limited dollar amount based on grade and/or yearly limit set by HR.
Then you have two options, with two sub-options.
A. Keep working there for some period of time (2~3 years)
B. Ditch those losers are go work for $CoolCompany
a) Pay back original company the cost of all tuition reimbursement within the period of time specified in A. Possibly prorated.
b) Have $CoolCompany pay you all or part of that money as a signing bonus.
I've never seen a program that allows anyone to take the "thanks for the free degree, see you suckers!" route.
The fleas have smaller fleas, upon their backs to bite them, and those fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum
(Score: 2) by darinbob on Wednesday April 30 2014, @02:51AM
Unless they're out of business and can't even make payroll.