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posted by Woods on Tuesday April 29 2014, @12:45AM   Printer-friendly
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: 3, Insightful) by redneckmother on Tuesday April 29 2014, @03:20AM

    by redneckmother (3597) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @03:20AM (#37499)

    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.

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday April 29 2014, @12:44PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @12:44PM (#37620) Homepage

    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

      by TK (2760) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @02:28PM (#37670)

      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.

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