Government run "anything"......

[rickyb]

from the report "no vacation nation":

"In the absence of a legal requirement for paid vacation and paid holidays, about one fourth of the U.S. workforce has no paid vacation or paid holidays in the course of their work year. The sum of the average paid vacation and paid holidays ― 16 in total ― offered in the private sector in the United States would not meet even the minimum required by law in 19 other rich countries analyzed here. (The average in the United States only exceeds the legal minimum of ten days in Japan.)"

So there is no law in america guaranteeing vacation; it is not planned by the government. It is left to the market. and the result is you take half as much vacation as roughly 90% of all developed countries do.

 

[teamer]

from the report "no vacation nation":

"In the absence of a legal requirement for paid vacation and paid holidays, about one fourth of the U.S. workforce has no paid vacation or paid holidays in the course of their work year. The sum of the average paid vacation and paid holidays ― 16 in total ― offered in the private sector in the United States would not meet even the minimum required by law in 19 other rich countries analyzed here. (The average in the United States only exceeds the legal minimum of ten days in Japan.)"

So there is no law in america guaranteeing vacation; it is not planned by the government. It is left to the market. and the result is you take half as much vacation as roughly 90% of all developed countries do.

wow must be tough to live in Canada?

 

[rickyb]

wow must be tough to live in Canada?

i worked for one of the biggest railways as a conductor, it was unionized and we only got 5 weeks vacation after 18 years seniority. meanwhile the ceo had one of the biggest ceo pays in the country.

 

[newfie]

i worked for one of the biggest railways as a conductor, it was unionized and we only got 5 weeks vacation after 18 years seniority. meanwhile the ceo had one of the biggest ceo pays in the country.

He earned it. Start your own hot dog stand and work your way up to having your own weiner company.

 

[BrownArmy]

He earned it. Start your own hot dog stand and work your way up to having your own weiner company.

Huh.

The only one in this thread linking Canada and hot-dog stands is you.

Curious.

 

[newfie]

Huh.

The only one in this thread linking Canada and hot-dog stands is you.

Curious.

whats wrong with the analogy? if you don't like that the CEO gets those perks start your own company risk your capital and be the CEO.

 

[rickyb]

Huh.

The only one in this thread linking Canada and hot-dog stands is you.

Curious.

again too!

 

[rickyb]

He earned it. Start your own hot dog stand and work your way up to having your own weiner company.

i kinda doubt CEOs produce more value than the 10s of millions of dollars they are paid for doing their job. i think ralph nader said something about ceos and boards of directors getting together to fix the rate at which their paid.

 

[rickyb]

from the report "no vacation nation"

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

from the report "no vacation nation"

Guess everyone should work at UPS. Problem solved.

 

[rickyb]

Guess everyone should work at UPS. Problem solved.

yea but because of the market how long did you have to wait for 5 and 6 weeks paid vacation?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

yea but because of the market how long did you have to wait for 5 and 6 weeks paid vacation?

20 years for five and 25 for 6.

 

[moreluck]

i worked for one of the biggest railways as a conductor, it was unionized and we only got 5 weeks vacation after 18 years seniority. meanwhile the ceo had one of the biggest ceo pays in the country.

Choo Choo Charlie ??

 

[rickyb]

20 years for five and 25 for 6.

appreciate your honesty and thats exactly my point. were basically getting ripped off

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

appreciate your honesty and thats exactly my point. were basically getting ripped off

I didn't factor in other paid time off. The contract has changed since I started. After one year we got one weeks vacation, five sick days and five personal days.

 

[sailfish]

i worked for one of the biggest railways as a conductor, it was unionized and we only got 5 weeks vacation after 18 years seniority. meanwhile the ceo had one of the biggest ceo pays in the country.

Am I really reading this correctly??? I would've killed for a shot at being a conductor. Yet somehow you manage to secure a job like that, and leave it so you can do... whatever this is you're doing now?

 

[moreluck]

i worked for one of the biggest railways as a conductor, it was unionized and we only got 5 weeks vacation after 18 years seniority. meanwhile the ceo had one of the biggest ceo pays in the country.

 

[rickyb]

I didn't factor in other paid time off. The contract has changed since I started. After one year we got one weeks vacation, five sick days and five personal days.

that chart i showed is just what is guaranteed by law, not the other things. and those are work days typically excluding weekends.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

that chart i showed is just what is guaranteed by law, not the other things. and those are work days typically excluding weekends.

Nobody is guaranteed anytime off ,except for unpaid FMLA.

At the same time you can't mandate paid time off or you will end up like Greece.

 

[sailfish]

that chart i showed is just what is guaranteed by law, not the other things. and those are work days typically excluding weekends.

Become a drifter like me. You'll find plenty of time off.