Maximum allowed working days

[Lance]

What would be nice with this is to be able to have extra time off when you want rather in the middle of bloody winter!

learn to ski

[SueEllen]

learn to ski

Snowboard.

Luge.

Alternatively take up diving so you have to go somewhere warm in winter.

[FarmerPalmer]

52 * 5 = 260 working days - 7 days bank holiday - 28 days holiday - 5 days sickness / appointments etc

= 220

I normally budget for 220 days myself.

[vwdan]

220 days is my annual target - one of the beauties of contracting is that it allows me the flexibility to improve my work/life balance.

Right! I think my first "Oh, shi...." moment when trying permie again was seeing the annual leave entitlement written down and thinking "Christ, I've had more than that this year already".

If I can match permie pay AND work way less then I'm still winning IMHO

[elpato]

52 * 5 = 260 working days - 7 days bank holiday - 28 days holiday - 5 days sickness / appointments etc

= 220

I normally budget for 220 days myself.

You've missed out a bank holiday

Either way, why are you complaining so much about having to take a total of 32 days off? Enjoy it! If you really want to work so much, take it all off as a block and find a short-term contract in the meantime...

EDIT: re: it being negotiable - nope. It's a bank-wide policy, if it's the one we're all thinking of.

[radish2008]

Thanks for the responses though, my initial thoughts when I saw it was about where I would go on holiday! So definitely no complaining from me about working a more reasonable number of days.

It's their clumsy way of what they see as a fairer way to implement a 10% rate cut.

Tell them you'll take the contract at a 10% higher rate.

[LondonManc]

It's their clumsy way of what they see as a fairer way to implement a 10% rate cut.

Tell them you'll take the contract at a 10% higher rate.

You're thinking of a different bank on the Wharf but, yes, never a bad idea to go in on a pre-rate cut rate to soften the blow.

[radish2008]

You're thinking of a different bank on the Wharf but, yes, never a bad idea to go in on a pre-rate cut rate to soften the blow.

I'm thinking of the right bank I think. Unless there is another bank with exactly the same conditions in their contracts ...

[MrMarkyMark]

I'm thinking of the right bank I think. Unless there is another bank with exactly the same conditions in their contracts ...

As I said earlier

Sounds just like HSBC...

[Razar]

MrMarkyMark is spot on.

radish2008 - If you know of another bank doing something similar I wouldn't mind having a hint Always nice to knowing what terms are going around as they seem to be changing yearly at many places

If they stick to these terms then knowing upfront how much time you need to be off is great and can be taken when more convenient.

I believe this same client as above used to have 25 days in contract and sprung a surprise 8 days on top of that.
Now they have 32 days in contract ..... what will happen come November? I know I will be leaving a fair proportion of those days right to the end of the contract.