Reply to: Days off

[oversteer]

Yeah, I'd figured British jealousies would fit into it at some point.

I guess it depends on the company, some of the media companies I've worked at have been very relaxed - a culture of covering up hangovers, I guess. Maybe a question to ask at the interview stage..

[Tarquin Farquhar]

I pursue a weather-dependent hobby which means the ability to take days off at short notice is valuable to me.

Is this likely to result in a rapid canning of a role, or are some clientco's a bit more tolerant? Obviously if deadlines need to be met then so be it ..

Incidentally is it always the case that holidays / sick days are "lost" or do some companies extend by the missed days?

British agencies, and usually clients, whose expectations are conditioned by the agencies, regard contractors as misbehaving and troublesome temps. They expect you to behave as a type of employee.

It is not so everywhere: in Germany for example I have worked without a contract, just a Purchase Order. This would specify a number of days work, and a period within which they should be done. Mine have more or less matched full-time work, but I had a colleague who had a Purchase Order for 36 days work in a 3-month period. This corresponds roughly to 3 days a week, but it was up to him to arrange the days of work. Of course, his work had to be satisfactory, but that was seen as a business question, not an employment question.


As for whether the days not worked are "lost" or "added at the end", it does indeed depend. As a rule of thumb, if your contract is for a certain period they would normally be lost, and if it is for a number of days work, they would still be worked.

[DodgyAgent]

I think most of those options could be done in the rain.


Wind was closest - paragliding.

I'm the winner

[Churchill]

If it's a deadline driven gig, taking time off when the weather suits should'nt (in principle) be a problem. Provided you hit the deadline (even if it means working nights or weekends) and the time sheet signer doesnt mind.

In practice, I think you will find most are not happy.

Whereabouts do you go to do your stuff ?

Wherever the "Coast is clear"...

[EternalOptimist]

If it's a deadline driven gig, taking time off when the weather suits should'nt (in principle) be a problem. Provided you hit the deadline (even if it means working nights or weekends) and the time sheet signer doesnt mind.

In practice, I think you will find most are not happy.

Whereabouts do you go to do your stuff ?

[Churchill]

no, the clue must be in his moniker. oversteer

oversteer, weather related mmmmmm


ok how many letters ?

Duck shagging?

[EternalOptimist]

no, the clue must be in his moniker. oversteer

oversteer, weather related mmmmmm


ok how many letters ?

[oversteer]

I think most of those options could be done in the rain.


Wind was closest - paragliding.

[Clippy]

(Golden) showering?

[sasguru]

Peeping Tom?

Dogging.

[DodgyAgent]

I pursue a weather-dependent hobby

Wind porn?

[singhr]

Peeping Tom?

pooh sticks?

[lje]

Peeping Tom?

[lje]

It depends on the company - ask them if it's OK.

Any time I take off during the contact are 'lost' but I often organise a holiday for the end of the contract - then my renewal starts the first day that I'm back from hols.

Again this depends on your contract and what the client prefers.

[Xenophon]

I pursue a weather-dependent hobby which means the ability to take days off at short notice is valuable to me.

Peeping Tom?