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glatt · 03-25-2011, 12:14 PM

I'm almost 44. I screwed around for one year after college, working in a furniture restoration place, then I started temping at law firms as a paralegal and got hired after temping for about 6 months. I always planned to just do the job for a couple of years, but they kept promoting me. And then by the time I hit the middle management glass ceiling, I was getting like 4.5 weeks of vacation a year. I didn't want to leave and start over with only 2 weeks a year somewhere else for just a little more money. Now I get 6 weeks of leave a year.

footfootfoot · 03-25-2011, 12:19 PM

You look younger, except for that shovelling photo from this winter. That's amazing. 20 years...

infinite monkey · 03-25-2011, 12:30 PM

glatt has only one fault: he's already married.

Just messin' with you, man. You're a good egg and deserve this awesome life you've forged. Bravo!

Cloud · 03-25-2011, 12:32 PM

gee. I've been at my law firm for 12 years, and I still get my original measly 10 days.

glatt · 03-25-2011, 02:22 PM

Sorry!

Cloud · 03-25-2011, 02:38 PM

At my 10 year anniversary, I asked for more days, but was rebuffed. "Well, if we give you more days, we have to give everyone else more days." I think this is bogus. I plan to ask again.

glatt · 03-25-2011, 02:41 PM

Is it a combined annual leave that you have, and your sick days come out of those 10 days too?

Sundae · 03-26-2011, 07:18 AM

Someone has knackered my tweezers.
It might even have been me, given I see them as a multi-purpose tool.
But they can no longer perform their basic function.

Bah.

glatt · 03-26-2011, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Someone has knackered my tweezers.

"Knackered" sounds like it must be a bad thing, based on the context here. Does it mean "damaged?". At first I assumed it meant "taken" but that doesn't seem right considering the next couple sentences.

footfootfoot · 03-26-2011, 09:05 AM

slaughtered, as in butchering animals. A knackering house is an abbatoir. Just double checked, I guess it refers more specifically to slaughtering old, worn-out horses and other animals unfit for eating. So especially destroyed.

casimendocina · 03-26-2011, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

gee. I've been at my law firm for 12 years, and I still get my original measly 10 days.

Only 10 days???????!!!!!!! I've been lucky enough to have 6 paid weeks the last few years. Most non-teachers in Australia get 4 paid weeks.

monster · 03-26-2011, 01:04 PM

10 days is the starting here. It's double that in the UK and more in other parts of Eu. I find it a little archaic, but there ya go. But typically you earn an extra week with each 5 years in.

footfootfoot · 03-26-2011, 02:02 PM

What, no Urlaubsgeld?

Sundae · 03-26-2011, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

"Knackered" sounds like it must be a bad thing, based on the context here. Does it mean "damaged?". At first I assumed it meant "taken" but that doesn't seem right considering the next couple sentences.

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

slaughtered, as in butchering animals. A knackering house is an abbatoir. Just double checked, I guess it refers more specifically to slaughtering old, worn-out horses and other animals unfit for eating. So especially destroyed.

It probably is from the term for butchering.
Used to mean exceptionally tired (fit for the knacker's yard) or damaged. Buggered is used in the same way - to mean now unfit for purpose.
Although slaughtered means very, very drunk.
Knackers are also a word for plums. In the male fruit sense I mean.

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

What, no Urlaubsgeld?

Is that like Danegeld? Didn't work for Ethelred.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-28-2011, 02:04 AM

Time off...

03-25-2011, 12:19 PM	#2087
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	You look younger, except for that shovelling photo from this winter. That's amazing. 20 years... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-25-2011, 12:32 PM	#2089
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	gee. I've been at my law firm for 12 years, and I still get my original measly 10 days. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-25-2011, 02:38 PM	#2091
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	At my 10 year anniversary, I asked for more days, but was rebuffed. "Well, if we give you more days, we have to give everyone else more days." I think this is bogus. I plan to ask again. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-26-2011, 09:05 AM	#2095
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	slaughtered, as in butchering animals. A knackering house is an abbatoir. Just double checked, I guess it refers more specifically to slaughtering old, worn-out horses and other animals unfit for eating. So especially destroyed. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-26-2011, 01:04 PM	#2097
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	10 days is the starting here. It's double that in the UK and more in other parts of Eu. I find it a little archaic, but there ya go. But typically you earn an extra week with each 5 years in. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-25-2011, 12:14 PM	#2086
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm almost 44. I screwed around for one year after college, working in a furniture restoration place, then I started temping at law firms as a paralegal and got hired after temping for about 6 months. I always planned to just do the job for a couple of years, but they kept promoting me. And then by the time I hit the middle management glass ceiling, I was getting like 4.5 weeks of vacation a year. I didn't want to leave and start over with only 2 weeks a year somewhere else for just a little more money. Now I get 6 weeks of leave a year.

03-25-2011, 12:30 PM	#2088
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	glatt has only one fault: he's already married. Just messin' with you, man. You're a good egg and deserve this awesome life you've forged. Bravo!

03-25-2011, 02:22 PM	#2090
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry!

03-25-2011, 02:41 PM	#2092
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Is it a combined annual leave that you have, and your sick days come out of those 10 days too?

03-26-2011, 07:18 AM	#2093
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Someone has knackered my tweezers. It might even have been me, given I see them as a multi-purpose tool. But they can no longer perform their basic function. Bah.

03-26-2011, 02:02 PM	#2098
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	What, no Urlaubsgeld? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-28-2011, 02:04 AM	#2100
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Time off... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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