Thanks, Nathan. So the 17 days off doesn’t sound like such a good deal,
although I do understand that US companies tend to be much stingier with their
holiday allowance than those in Europe.
Chris
> On 16 Oct 15, at 08:48, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Chris, I think the difference is that the 17 days refer to public holidays
> observed by B&H (I assume that standard US holidays such as July 4 and
> Thanksgiving, plus Jewish holidays)--so those days are days off but the
> dates are fixed. In contrast, the 3 weeks vacation time is to be taken at
> the employee's discretion.
>
> At our office, we have 18 holidays each year, mainly the standard ones
> like Christmas, Easter etc., plus the Spanish ones, plus the week between
> Christmas and New Year. In addition to that, I have around 35 days of
> annual leave, to be taken when I want (obviously in agreement with my
> boss).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Op Vr, 16 oktober, 2015 07:55, schreef ChrisB:
>> That’s interesting, Mike. But what is the difference between "17 paid
>> days off annually" and "3-weeks paid vacation timeâ€
>>
>> In my job I have 30 days paid leave available to me; my employer does not
>> discriminate between the one and the other.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 16 Oct 15, at 01:00, Mike Gordon via olympus
>>> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> AG writes.
>>> <<It's a poorly written article with many mixed up facts and
>>> assumptions.
>>>
>>>
>>> B&H released a statement:
>>>
>>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/promotion/11326/statement.html
>>> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/promotion/11326/statement.html>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
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