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Actually, EU law prohibits working longer than 48 hours per week. The UK is an exception in that it permits employees to opt out of that prohibition by signing a release that must be renewed annually, but there's growing pressure from other EU countries to force that to be dropped.
So they work seven hours for five days a week? Do they get paid lunches or do they get unpaid lunches? Or is like the US where it depends if you're salary or hourly?
I never knew that about France.
As I understand it, most people work a four day week. I don't know how the fine detail works, though. It's a popular left-wing policy because, theoretically, there are more jobs available for a given amount of economic activity.
So working 60 hours a week is unheard of to you? My aunt works that during the busy season of the year, which happened to be the last two months. It's over now, though.
Actually, EU law prohibits working longer than 48 hours per week. The UK is an exception in that it permits employees to opt out of that prohibition by signing a release that must be renewed annually, but there's growing pressure from other EU countries to force that to be dropped.
As I understand it, most people work a four day week. I don't know how the fine detail works, though. It's a popular left-wing policy because, theoretically, there are more jobs available for a given amount of economic activity.
Fun Fact: there's a federal-level political party trying to bring those employment policies into Canada. It's called the "Work Less Party".
So working 60 hours a week is unheard of to you? My aunt works that during the busy season of the year, which happened to be the last two months. It's over now, though.
In the UK, sure, but you have to sign the opt-out. In the rest of the EU, it's pretty much unheard of.
The current plan for the UK (to appease the other countries) is to prohibit working more than 48 hours on average over a fairly long period. That way, technically the letter of the prohibition is applied, but it affects the least number of people.
So working 60 hours a week is unheard of to you? My aunt works that during the busy season of the year, which happened to be the last two months. It's over now, though.
It's discouraged, but it's not like they throw you in jail for working long hours. I mean, what the hell? If you want to work 60hrs/week then no one is going to stop you. But the company cannot demand you to work those hours by law, it's something like 40 or 38 max here.
DSC: you know what a union is, it's like what the writers in Hollywood have.
Ours currently comes from being short staffed, and they'd rather force OT then hire more people during this economy.
My place is hiring like crazy at the moment. There's an incentive scheme if you refer a friend for a job opening and they're hired. Currently it stands at £750 if they're hired and a further £750 if they stay with the company longer than six months.
Also this coming tuesday is "Bring a friend to work day". You can bring someone to work so that they see what the place is like, and if they're interested they'll interview them on the spot.
In France, the maximum legal working week is 35 hours. That is to say, you personally are legally prohibited from working for longer than that. If you do, both you and your employer are in the shit.
Ah Paris, you get to nap in the arvo to, in case lunch was to heavy on your tum tum. they smoke where they want, cuss all the time and generally don't give a shit about time, nit uncommon to be late to business meetings etc.
Wish we had seista here in Australia. Mind you we have something like 10 public holidays, so I guess it balances out.
Only thing we are a bit slack on is paid-maternity leave.
Do you like your job? Can you change? Although now is not the best time for you to do that with the economic situation in the US.
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"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
My place is hiring like crazy at the moment. There's an incentive scheme if you refer a friend for a job opening and they're hired. Currently it stands at £750 if they're hired and a further £750 if they stay with the company longer than six months.
Also this coming tuesday is "Bring a friend to work day". You can bring someone to work so that they see what the place is like, and if they're interested they'll interview them on the spot.
We are desperate for staff.
cool, do they sponsor overseas staff (i'm currently not an upstanding citizen...lol) but I'd love to work in the UK
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"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
My place is hiring like crazy at the moment. There's an incentive scheme if you refer a friend for a job opening and they're hired. Currently it stands at £750 if they're hired and a further £750 if they stay with the company longer than six months.
Also this coming tuesday is "Bring a friend to work day". You can bring someone to work so that they see what the place is like, and if they're interested they'll interview them on the spot.
We are desperate for staff.
cool, do they sponsor overseas staff (i'm currently not an upstanding citizen...lol) but I'd love to work in the UK
They might do through a graduate scheme or something. This hiring is specifically for the office I'm in, though I imagine that as long as you're legally entitled to be working in the UK they're not going to be fussy about where you're from.
Considering the Navy actually. The thought of enlisting is scary though.
I'm going to make a big statemnet here, but it is only born of love of humanity and peace.
Could you do it, your country is at war? Would your loved ones cope?
I couldn't do it personally, I'm not chicken i have been in a war zone and had a gun to my head. I just wouldn't do it by choice.
Well my country sorta is at war, but one of the nice things about the navy is I wouldn't be a frontline solider. My dad was in the navy so I'm used to the lifestyle though.
They might do through a graduate scheme or something. This hiring is specifically for the office I'm in, though I imagine that as long as you're legally entitled to be working in the UK they're not going to be fussy about where you're from.
I fell in love and missed my window (you have to be 31 or under to get the once off working visa.)
I applied and got the visa, but never made it to the UK. It sucks now that I'm single to think I missed it (my own fault, no-one else to blame on that choice.)
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"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
Well my country sorta is at war, but one of the nice things about the navy is I wouldn't be a frontline solider. My dad was in the navy so I'm used to the lifestyle though.
I think frontline or not it would change you to a certain degree.
The Navy here has an attractive Uni program, but if thier is a war, it would be all hands on deck I would imagine.
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"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
O hey, any folks around with some knowledge of US law, someone says the government should collect all dead people and use them for organs. I said "sanctuary of body and mind, dead or alive" but now they're asking where it says that.
O hey, any folks around with some knowledge of US law, someone says the government should collect all dead people and use them for organs. I said "sanctuary of body and mind, dead or alive" but now they're asking where it says that.
Screw dead people. Poor people is who the government should be collecting and harvesting.
To be fair, the reason my employer is desperate for staff is that they have a really good reputation for training up good staff, but have been making the working conditions steadily worse over the last year or so. There's a lot of churn, which mostly consists of the experienced people realising they could be making more for less stress elsewhere and leaving.
This is partly why I keep thinking about discreetly having a word with an agency, but I'm mid-project at the moment and kind of want to see how it pans out, because if it's a success it puts me in a good position to negotiate myself a better deal.
Well my country sorta is at war, but one of the nice things about the navy is I wouldn't be a frontline solider. My dad was in the navy so I'm used to the lifestyle though.
I think frontline or not it would change you to a certain degree.
The Navy here has an attractive Uni program, but if thier is a war, it would be all hands on deck I would imagine.
Our college program for when you're both in and out is great.
I think the last time we had this thread it turned into something of a clusterfuck.
Honestly Japan, you could say that about every other thread here.
I think that one sticks in my mind because the people on one side where arguing against what basically amounted to "squick". So it kind of went like this:
"Reasoned argument"
"But eeeeewwwww"
"Citation of statistics"
"But eeeeewwwww"
"Appeal to rationality"
"EEEEEWWWWW"
I'm on my fifth cup of coffee and still about to pass out. I really need to stop playing WoW. Staying up all night raiding when I should be sleeping isn't healthy and is the reason I quit playing the last time.
That is sooo good, before I went on holidays I pulled a 55 hour week (normally do 35 myself), good news is I got prompted a while back so the money goes up and effort doesn't have to.
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"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
I think the last time we had this thread it turned into something of a clusterfuck.
Honestly Japan, you could say that about every other thread here.
I think that one sticks in my mind because the people on one side where arguing against what basically amounted to "squick". So it kind of went like this:
"Reasoned argument"
"But eeeeewwwww"
"Citation of statistics"
"But eeeeewwwww"
"Appeal to rationality"
"EEEEEWWWWW"
In related news, my opinion of Obs has been reconfirmed and solidified.
Well it's basically a physics simulator. In each level you have to use goo balls to build elastic structures around the landscape to reach the level exit pipe, which will then suck the unused goo balls out. You have to get a minimum number of balls to pass the level. There are obstacles in each level, like spikes, wind, fire, etc.
There's also a very weird storyline to all of it. And extra goo balls you get above the level's minimum number go to the World of Goo Corporation, where you can use them to build a giant tower for no apparent reason.
Well it's basically a physics simulator. In each level you have to use goo balls to build elastic structures around the landscape to reach the level exit pipe, which will then suck the unused goo balls out. You have to get a minimum number of balls to pass the level. There are obstacles in each level, like spikes, wind, fire, etc.
There's also a very weird storyline to all of it. And extra goo balls you get above the level's minimum number go to the World of Goo Corporation, where you can use them to build a giant tower for no apparent reason.
EDIT: Also, organ donations should be opt-out.
I shall try your game of enjoyment whilst stuck in bed, I like the sound of it.
Also I agree with your organ donership comment.
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As I understand it, most people work a four day week. I don't know how the fine detail works, though. It's a popular left-wing policy because, theoretically, there are more jobs available for a given amount of economic activity.
In the UK, sure, but you have to sign the opt-out. In the rest of the EU, it's pretty much unheard of.
The current plan for the UK (to appease the other countries) is to prohibit working more than 48 hours on average over a fairly long period. That way, technically the letter of the prohibition is applied, but it affects the least number of people.
DSC: you know what a union is, it's like what the writers in Hollywood have.
My place is hiring like crazy at the moment. There's an incentive scheme if you refer a friend for a job opening and they're hired. Currently it stands at £750 if they're hired and a further £750 if they stay with the company longer than six months.
Also this coming tuesday is "Bring a friend to work day". You can bring someone to work so that they see what the place is like, and if they're interested they'll interview them on the spot.
We are desperate for staff.
Wish we had seista here in Australia. Mind you we have something like 10 public holidays, so I guess it balances out.
Only thing we are a bit slack on is paid-maternity leave.
Do you like your job? Can you change? Although now is not the best time for you to do that with the economic situation in the US.
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
Sounds like a company I used to work for when I lived in Florida.
I was joking
Considering the Navy actually. The thought of enlisting is scary though.
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
They might do through a graduate scheme or something. This hiring is specifically for the office I'm in, though I imagine that as long as you're legally entitled to be working in the UK they're not going to be fussy about where you're from.
Could you do it, your country is at war? Would your loved ones cope?
I couldn't do it personally, I'm not chicken i have been in a war zone and had a gun to my head. I just wouldn't do it by choice.
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
Well my country sorta is at war, but one of the nice things about the navy is I wouldn't be a frontline solider. My dad was in the navy so I'm used to the lifestyle though.
I applied and got the visa, but never made it to the UK. It sucks now that I'm single to think I missed it (my own fault, no-one else to blame on that choice.)
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
So was I.
The Navy here has an attractive Uni program, but if thier is a war, it would be all hands on deck I would imagine.
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
This is partly why I keep thinking about discreetly having a word with an agency, but I'm mid-project at the moment and kind of want to see how it pans out, because if it's a success it puts me in a good position to negotiate myself a better deal.
Our college program for when you're both in and out is great.
I think that one sticks in my mind because the people on one side where arguing against what basically amounted to "squick". So it kind of went like this:
"Reasoned argument"
"But eeeeewwwww"
"Citation of statistics"
"But eeeeewwwww"
"Appeal to rationality"
"EEEEEWWWWW"
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
Play something other then WoW? Where would I find the time?
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
There's also a very weird storyline to all of it. And extra goo balls you get above the level's minimum number go to the World of Goo Corporation, where you can use them to build a giant tower for no apparent reason.
EDIT: Also, organ donations should be opt-out.
Also I agree with your organ donership comment.
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
"So alternate, against the grain, anti establishment - so you're just a regular joe again, right?"
Morning chat.