Comments on: Explain This to Me https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html Everything to make HR better Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Mike https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-12013 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:39:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-12013 Dear Evil,
Negotiating vacation time is something occurs with greater frequency now. A company in our area in VT offers everyone 4 weeks. whether you’ve been there 1 month or thirty years.
some of the orginals who started long before that plan are a bit miffed but overall the deal is good. today’s environment leaves most workers with out the option of working their way into these greater leave categories due to companies lack of longevity. many of the workers hired HAVE worked for 20-30 years, so their experience comes with them. Happy employees are productive ones.

]]> By: Rodolphe Mortreuil https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-623 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-623 I am French. I emigrated to the UK. Don’t to it, Evil, you will get more holiday-time during which to treat your work-related ulcers.

Not to mention unsightly premature grey hair.

(just discovered your blog, I’m on my second day straight working my way through all your posts. Us French people are really hard workers.)

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-622 Thu, 31 May 2007 01:12:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-622 Working Girl–
Only problem is, I don’t speak French. Well, that and as a free market capitalist, the French employment rules would push me over the edge. I think I’d go insane.

But, I’d get a lot of vacation. Hmmm, maybe I should learn French.

]]> By: Working Girl https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-621 Wed, 30 May 2007 23:55:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-621 Evil,

Move to France. They have TONS of vacation! And they work only 35 hours a week. It’s a worker’s paradise.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-620 Wed, 30 May 2007 21:24:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-620 Karen–that’s a darn good question. She may have told them that she was still employed, I don’t know. If they called for a reference check they’d find out that she wasn’t.

Wally, I will come for more vacation. I really will. I was just talking to a friend whose husband works at Ikea. She said they got two weeks of vacation and 20 holidays and unlimited sick days that could be used to take care of sick children. I immediately went to their website to see if they had any jobs in my area.

I’m trying to find a job where I work 3 weeks a year and get 49 weeks of vacation.

]]> By: Wally Bock https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-619 Wed, 30 May 2007 21:19:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-619 This sounds like a company responding to the War for Talent Chicken Littles. “This is a quality person,” they shout, “We must have her at any cost!!” A wise (HR) person once said to me, “If they come for pay, they’ll leave for pay.” I can now add a corollary: “If they come for more vacation, they’ll leave for more vacation.”

]]> By: Karen https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-618 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:49:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-618 Evil,

I must agree that I’ve seen this sort of thing happen when one company is trying to “lure” an employee away from another, but not usually in other cases.

Are you sure they knew she didn’t work there anymore?

(Trust no-one!)

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-617 Wed, 30 May 2007 15:46:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-617 I just can’t see where it would lead to anything good in the long run. Sure, executives can have more vacation that us squids at the low level, but all the squids better have the same vacation.

I love vacation.

]]> By: she said: https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-616 Tue, 29 May 2007 21:41:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/05/explain-this-to-me.html#comment-616 I’ve never heard of anything like it. And kind of goes against the grain of “incentive stock options”.

And when did vacation time become negotiable? Most companies have a set vacation time standard and you only get more when you’ve worked long enough.

Truthfully – I’d fire the person who gave the employee this option.

If other employees got wind of this (and they will because chances are employee can’t keep their mouth shut) it’s going to create a lot of resentment.

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