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Originally posted by Bee View PostChristmas present for the permies, they will be the next contractors in the market.
It doesn't say that the permies aren't getting paid, so surely the thought of two weeks unpaid as a contractor would put them off?The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Reasonably common in consultancies that they expect you to use your holiday when it suits the company and not necessarily yourself in order to minimise their bench costs - this applies to perm as well as contractors.
Also common for financials services to enforce breaks for contractors for up to 3 weeks. I have heard of "take December off and come back in January" before.Comment
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Originally posted by nozmeister View PostReasonably common in consultancies that they expect you to use your holiday when it suits the company and not necessarily yourself in order to minimise their bench costs - this applies to perm as well as contractors.
Some of my previous clients haven't been consultancies and they made permies have an enforced holiday between Christmas and New Year, which came out of their leave. Most companies find that nothing gets done between that time and so apart from the people who need to keep servers running, which most can do from home, everyone else may as well be on holiday."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostWhy?
It doesn't say that the permies aren't getting paid, so surely the thought of two weeks unpaid as a contractor would put them off?Comment
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Originally posted by nozmeister View PostReasonably common in consultancies that they expect you to use your holiday when it suits the company and not necessarily yourself in order to minimise their bench costs - this applies to perm as well as contractors.
Also common for financials services to enforce breaks for contractors for up to 3 weeks. I have heard of "take December off and come back in January" before.
Christmas enforced leave is applied depending on the country and yes it's normal.Comment
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Originally posted by Bee View PostIt's true if there is no work to do in the office and it's not a good sign. I had to do proposals, RFIs, etc...
Christmas enforced leave is applied depending on the country and yes it's normal.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostIt's actually legal for all employers to make you take some of your leave when they like though they need to warn you before hand and put in in your T&Cs.
Some of my previous clients haven't been consultancies and they made permies have an enforced holiday between Christmas and New Year, which came out of their leave. Most companies find that nothing gets done between that time and so apart from the people who need to keep servers running, which most can do from home, everyone else may as well be on holiday.Comment
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Given a lot of you are developers and companies tend to have code freezes over Christmas period its not surprising that they asked for those dates to be taken as holiday.Comment
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