I felt even more like I was getting a raw deal when I realized the Germans and French were largely taking the entire month of August off.
They what? Why didn't any of my fellow Germans tell me?
Most jobs, at least the better paying ones, include 6 weeks of vacation. However, you can use them all at once.
Me when I'm "working remote" but actually starting vacation a day early, or just doing my thing as I want because "working" means being available to solve problems, not being in an office.
Sorry, this meme looks like something posted by a non-American who has no idea how things really work.
Of course, this also means being on a support call for 27 hours because of a serious outage. For which my management always offers comp time, and usually some kind of bonus/award.
Been this way since the mid-90's for me. People appreciate those who are willing to put in the effort. From my perspective I don't work any more than anyone else. On any given day I'll be out shopping while on the phone working through a problem, or attending a meeting where I'm requested just in case my expertise is needed.
The culture, especially for younger people these days, is that management constantly “drops hints” that people who don’t let them commit labour violations will be first to get laid off. You’ve been working for at least 30 years and have a senior position but, bud, it ain’t like it was.
My dad’s a very well qualified verification engineer and even he’s finally starting to realize how toxic that environment truly is. If you don’t let people walk all over you don’t have a job. If you complain when execs set unreasonable deadlines you don’t have a job. If you go home at the end of your 40hrs you’re not a team player don’t have a job. Oh you’re complaining about your two yearly sick days and measly two weeks of vacation fine here’s a long vacation and don’t come back.
I got canned in March because “it just wasn’t working out”. I got along with people, did a good job, and was on large projects so what was the problem? I asked for more money in as polite a way as I could. I pushed back against a senior engineer who wasn’t even aware that his building code needed to be updated. I didn’t make the partners feel like special little boys. North American work culture is, for the vast majority of people, incredibly toxic. I’m glad your experience is different.
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