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geordie_joe

mumbles_one wrote: »

I am not saying to everyone to use this system the same way as me. Just take your holidays slightly earlier every year to get some benefit

What benefit? Being able to say you took your holidays earlier then having a greater chance of having to take unpaid leave to deal with and emergency. The earlier you take your holidays the more chance you have of having to take unpaid leave and lose a days pay.

mumbles_one

Taking 22 days a year doesn't use up all of most peoples holidays. A lot of people I worked with had 6 weeks per year . Some people get even more depending on years of service. lets make the example again

suppose you only get 1 week per year you can take the last week in december and work 51 weeks then take 1 week holiday OR every year you can take your 1 week earlier every year and only work 50 weeks then take your holiday . Which is best ???

work 51 weeks then get 1 week OR work 50 weeks then get 1 week ???

Don't use all your holidays if you don't want to . Just use what you can. Keep some days for emergencies

Sixer

mumbles_one wrote: »

Taking 22 days a year doesn't use up all of most peoples holidays. A lot of people I worked with had 6 weeks per year . Some people get even more depending on years of service. lets make the example again

suppose you only get 1 week per year you can take the last week in december and work 51 weeks then take 1 week holiday OR every year you can take your 1 week earlier every year and only work 50 weeks then take your holiday . Which is best ???

work 51 weeks then get 1 week OR work 50 weeks then get 1 week ???

Don't use all your holidays if you don't want to . Just use what you can. Keep some days for emergencies

So what happens if:

a) you stay at the same company for 10-12 years and then have to work almost two years without any holidays?

b) you move to another company and your last wage packet is tiny because the company has clawed back holiday you took before you accrued it?

mumbles_one

Sixer wrote: »

So what happens if:

a) you stay at the same company for 10-12 years and then have to work almost two years without any holidays?

b) you move to another company and your last wage packet is tiny because the company has clawed back holiday you took before you accrued it?

It depends how you plan to take the holidays .
if you take the last 2 weeks in august every year then there is always 50 weeks until your next holiday BUT if you take your holiday 1 week earlier every year then there is only 49 weeks until your next holiday

Once you accept the system works then modify it to suit your own circumstances . I don't know everyone's terms and conditions but most people I know accrue holidays per month and could take 2+ days every month if they wanted

redcard

Here's what I do.

My normal hours of work are 9am - 5.30pm. On the Monday I start at 9am, finish at 5.30pm, Tuesday I don't come in till 9.05am, Wednesday it's 9.10am, Thursday it's 9.15am. Terrible traffic on a Friday, so don't make it in until 9.20am.

I take my lunch at the same time every day - 1pm.

Monday, I work 4 hours before taking lunch and by the Friday I only have to work 3 hours 40minutes for lunch, and all my colleagues work 4 hours.

SUCKERS!!!!

Come March I'll be taking lunch at 3.35am, but who cares, I'm working 5 minutes less each day until lunch than the guy next to me!!!

mumbles_one

redcard wrote: »

Here's what I do.

My normal hours of work are 9am - 5.30pm. On the Monday I start at 9am, finish at 5.30pm, Tuesday I don't come in till 9.05am, Wednesday it's 9.10am, Thursday it's 9.15am. Terrible traffic on a Friday, so don't make it in until 9.20am.

I take my lunch at the same time every day - 1pm.

Monday, I work 4 hours before taking lunch and by the Friday I only have to work 3 hours 40minutes for lunch, and all my colleagues work 4 hours.

SUCKERS!!!!

Come March I'll be taking lunch at 3.35am, but who cares, I'm working 5 minutes less each day until lunch than the guy next to me!!!

stick to the point. Taking holidays (to which you are entitled ) is not the same as turning up late for work. I can tell by the "tone" of your answer that you understand this system but it is now too late for you to eat humble pie on your lunch break.

redcard

I should have mentioned that I finished 5 minutes later each day.

Don't be stealing my system, kid :dance:

geordie_joe

mumbles_one wrote: »

It depends how you plan to take the holidays .
if you take the last 2 weeks in august every year then there is always 50 weeks until your next holiday

How stupid can you be?

There won't be 50 weeks between holidays if you take two weeks of in August. The minimum you get is 4 weeks, and as you said many people get six weeks, so they will have 2 to 4 weeks to take of after August.

If I were you I would stop digging, the hole you got yourself into is deep enough!

mumbles_one

mumbles_one wrote: »

Hi from a thick person???
lets explain again slowly for all those with reading difficulty.

1. Suppose you have a job where you only have 1 day holiday per year
that would mean you work 364 days and get 1 day holiday. Is that clear???
2 . the first year you work 364 days and take 31 december and you realise that it is going to be another 364 days until your next holiday on december 31 . Is that clear???
3. So the second year you take you holiday on 30 december . Is that clear???

so now you have only worked 363 days until your 1 day holiday instead of 364. If you keep moving your holidays a little earlier every year then you work less days between your holidays.

which is better 364 days then 1 day holiday or 363 days then get 1 day holiday???

can I go out now or do I have to explain this more simply???

it has to be clear now.

redcard

Think he knows he's in a deep hole.

I think what happened here is, his friend told him this 'system', he fell for it hook-line and sinker, someone told him it was nonsense, he argued it wasn't, now he's completely convinced himself that it actually works and can't back down.