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How realistic is 4.5 weeks of vacation/year (in US)?
I agree that capacity planning is essential in almost all cases, but you don't want a macro-enabled document for this. You want a database that is connected to approval processes, auditing, pay stubs, people's calendars, etc.
> You want a database that is connected to approval processes, auditing, pay stubs, people's calendars, etc. Does anything like that exist as a service?
The interesting thing is that for the internal capacity planning of her team, she uses my spreadsheet.
I agree that capacity planning is essential in almost all cases, but you don't want a macro-enabled document for this. You want a database that is connected to approval processes, auditing, pay stubs, people's calendars, etc.
How realistic is 4.5 weeks of vacation/year (in US)?
Standard in professional jobs in the UK would be about 7 weeks including public holidays (25 days plus 9 public holidays), maybe 8 or 9 weeks, especially after a few years tenure.
Can someone please explain the acronym BIS that the author uses?
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I assume from 10d changing 2.5->4.5 that whenever you say 'weeks' you mean 5-day working weeks? So 2-3 weeks = 10-15 days and that's 'after a few years with a company' ?!
A “week of PTO” generally means “however much time you’d usually work in a week”. If you typically work 40 hours per week, 40 hours of PTO is a week of PTO. I think that around 10 company-selected holidays plus 15 employee-selected days is a fairly typical starting point for tech in the US, with some having more and some having less. We start at 9 company plus 18 employee chosen days and you get 1 additional employee…
I'm surprised this doesn't come up in US/Europe salary discussions more (at least, I haven't seen it that I recall) - I've known and see it be a benefit (that people do use) to purchase extra holiday from their already higher than typical US starting point. Wouldn't make that much difference to the comparison if it was offered of course, but perhaps indicates Europeans would be choosier (or unhappier) with their hypothetical US job than they realise.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
A “week of PTO” generally means “however much time you’d usually work in a week”. If you typically work 40 hours per week, 40 hours of PTO is a week of PTO. I think that around 10 company-selected holidays plus 15 employee-selected days is a fairly typical starting point for tech in the US, with some having more and some having less. We start at 9 company plus 18 employee chosen days and you get 1 additional employee…
Wow. I think the UK's on the worse end of Europe, and here the statutory minimum is 28 days (pro-rated for part time employees) including bank holidays if given (i.e. you can not give bank holidays automatically, but the minimum's still 28). I would say 25+BHs (=33 in England & Wales, 34 in Scotland, 35 in NI) is pretty typical/unremarkable (from day 1) for white collar jobs at least, more is certainly available and…
When we contemplate opening a new location (now, enabling remote work from a new jurisdiction), we have a standard way to capture the legal requirements and common practices in tech with regards to PTO, hours, on-call, market pay, etc.
How realistic is 4.5 weeks of vacation/year (in US)?