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wotsthat

It would be like saying when I go to work I hit myself over the head with a cricket bat mid-morning. This is a great plan. I'm much better off than my pal who hits himself over the head with a cricket bat mid-morning and mid-afternoon. You're imposing a restrictive condition on employee 1.

No. No. You've not been paying attention. To make this scheme work you need to hit yourself with a cricket bat mid-morning but poke yourself in the eye with a sharp stick in the afternoon. Never hit yourself twice with a cricket bat - you'll mess with the whole space time continuum.

mumbles_one

mumbles_one wrote: »

Lets suppose you only get 1 day per year holiday and you plan to stay with that company for 60 years . what is the best strategy to take the one day per year??? is it best to take your day on 31/12 every year ??? or is it better to take your day earlier every year??? by about 6 days earlier would be my guess. Whats yours???

still good strategy

redcard

mumbles_one wrote: »

its a good strategy

mumbles, I have a better strategy.

Here's how it works.

You ask your boss if you can combine Monday and Tuesday, and count that as 1 day - You work from 9am Monday to 5.30pm Tuesday, with a lunchbreak at midnight or something. you probably spend an hour or two skiving and larking around, and you still start and finish at the same time as Doug in finance, Who cares.
You work the rest of the week as normal, so now you're down to a 4-day week, plus you've got to mess about on ebay, or play with the water cooler for a couple hours.
You still get the same holiday entitlement as everyone else. But they're working 5 days to your 4 days.

The next year you get a promotion (it's gonna happen), you now have a staff of, say, 5. You get one of those people to change their shift pattern to match yours.

However, they're now only working 4 days. So should they get their holiday cut? Hell yes! You sneak onto HR's computer and stick those extra days onto your entitlement (they'll never notice) and it won't be costing them any more money.

Now, a few more years go by, a few more promotions, a few more staff chucked onto 4-day weeks.... You'll be working 1 month a year. Tops.

Read this strategy carefully

mumbles_one

wotsthat wrote: »

No. No. You've not been paying attention. To make this scheme work you need to hit yourself with a cricket bat mid-morning but poke yourself in the eye with a sharp stick in the afternoon. Never hit yourself twice with a cricket bat - you'll mess with the whole space time continuum.

read the strategy and decide if you prefer to take the same day every year or take earlier days

mumbles_one

redcard wrote: »

mumbles, I have a better strategy.

Here's how it works.

You ask your boss if you can combine Monday and Tuesday, and count that as 1 day - You work from 9am Monday to 5.30pm Tuesday, with a lunchbreak at midnight or something. you probably spend an hour or two skiving and larking around, and you still start and finish at the same time as Doug in finance, Who cares.
You work the rest of the week as normal, so now you're down to a 4-day week, plus you've got to mess about on ebay, or play with the water cooler for a couple hours.
You still get the same holiday entitlement as everyone else. But they're working 5 days to your 4 days.

The next year you get a promotion (it's gonna happen), you now have a staff of, say, 5. You get one of those people to change their shift pattern to match yours.

However, they're now only working 4 days. So should they get their holiday cut? Hell yes! You sneak onto HR's computer and stick those extra days onto your entitlement (they'll never notice) and it won't be costing them any more money.

Now, a few more years go by, a few more promotions, a few more staff chucked onto 4-day weeks.... You'll be working 1 month a year. Tops.

Read this strategy carefully

but try answering my strategy

redcard

wotsthat wrote: »

No. No. You've not been paying attention. To make this scheme work you need to hit yourself with a cricket bat mid-morning but poke yourself in the eye with a sharp stick in the afternoon. Never hit yourself twice with a cricket bat - you'll mess with the whole space time continuum.

Cricket bats are pretty scarce up in Scotland. That'll be why all my schemes have failed.

JimmyTheWig

mumbles_one wrote: »

all I am trying to do is keep the number of days worked between holidays to a minimum and this type of strategy works

The mean number of days?
The median or mode number of days?
The maximum number of days?
The minimum number of days?

To me, {364, 363, 363, 363} is _more_ than {226, 364, 364, 364}.

mumbles_one

mumbles_one wrote: »

Lets suppose you only get 1 day per year holiday and you plan to stay with that company for 60 years . what is the best strategy to take the one day per year??? is it best to take your day on 31/12 every year ??? or is it better to take your day earlier every year??? by about 6 days earlier would be my guess. Whats yours???

please answer this

wotsthat

but try answering my strategy

People have spent hours trying to do so - there seems to be a broad (understatement) consensus that you are talking cr*p.

If you get 20 days holiday a year you get 20 days holiday a year. Take them when you want and even visit planet Earth if you get chance but you cannot turn 20 days into 21 no matter when you take them.

I'm guessing your reply will be along the lines of "but what about the strategy - it works"

mumbles_one

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

The mean number of days?
The median or mode number of days?
The maximum number of days?
The minimum number of days?

To me, {364, 363, 363, 363} is _more_ than {226, 364, 364, 364}.

I am using the 1 day example to try and get the idea through .

read the strategy and comment please