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This will be the shortest thread in HN history... On serious note, I'm really not aware of a single one. I heard some
To be honest going into job interviews with a sense of entitlement about paid vacation time would probably reflect poorly with potential employers. We offer 3 weeks (fairly generous for Canada), but I would be extremely put off by a candidate who wanted to discuss vacation time first and foremost.
Snarkiness aside..I have mixed feelings about your first point. Entitlement sucks, 100% agree with you there. Flip side, vacation is awesome on so many levels, I feel that there genuinely should be a push for more vacation time.
This will be the shortest thread in HN history... On serious note, I'm really not aware of a single one. I heard some
A similar point: I've never actually met someone who has 4 weeks of vacation to actually use all 4. Generally, when you work up to the point at a BigCo where you can command a larger vacation, it's hard to remove yourself from the day-to-day practices of work. Plus, America has an embedded culture of trying to "outwork the competition" in everything we do, from sports, to academics, to the workplace. It stems from th…
It's a lot like reward points. The initial programs didn't have expiry...after years, auditors warned them that they had billions in liabilities in unclaimed points.
In my experience, any company that gets a serious CFO or some outside accounting/auditing, is going to rectify their vacation problem pretty quickly
Mozilla Corporation. We're global, we're hiring, we offer four weeks PTO plus your birthday. http://www.mozilla.org/careers
Mozilla Corporation. We're global, we're hiring, we offer four weeks PTO plus your birthday. http://www.mozilla.org/careers
How does someone without any experience with web technologies, but with several years of experience with embedded systems programming, transition to a position that requires the array of skills listed in those job postings? This isn't directed only at mozilla, but all job postings that look for candidates with a very specific skill set.
I know Netflix has instated a flex vacation policy -- take as long as you need, but you have to get the job done first. It depends on where you are looking to work? If you're looking to sign on with a startup hiring their first 5 employees, then you're against the odds. Most big American companies are the same way. In all, it will depend on how good you are and how essential you are to the company. For the first year…
Flexible vacation sounds a lot like flexible salary, in my opinion. How do I know how much is reasonable? Also, how do you determine when the job is done, unless you have a very detailed to do list for the year? My job is never done, otherwise I'd be fired. Also, I hear people mentioning "taking 4 weeks in a row" as something quite rare.
I would "never" work for a company that only offers 10 days of vacation That drastically reduces the number of companies you could work for. I have never had a problem with the number of vacation days. If you need more, just take unpaid days. If company A offers 4 weeks of vacation and company B offers 2 weeks, assuming everything else is equal, try to negotiate 4% more in pay to compensate for 1 paycheck's worth of…