Working conditions

[dsrtao]

Inspired by a post from cvirtue, let's find out from them that work for others:

How many companywide holidays do you get?
How many vacation days?
Does your company actually (not "officially") count sick days and/or personal days?
Can you telecommute? How much? What enforces that?
Do you work for what you would consider a technology company?

My answers:

1. 10 holidays, all set by the stock market.
   
2. 15 vacation days/year
   
3. No, but people would notice if I didn't do my job.
   
4. Yes, as much as I want to but not all the time; it's an unspoken social contract, plus the fact that our disaster recovery policy states that all employees must be able to telecommute.
   
5. Yes.
   

Comments

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

1. 11?
2. 120 hours (i.e. 15 days) per year.
3. Sick/personal days are tracked like vacation (but in a different column). 40 hours/year.
4. Officially, no, not at all. In practice it occurs infrequently. It is enforced by the "by chance" system ("I walked by your office and no one was in"), followed by a stern talking to or something, followed by firing. Also, we have employees that work offsite; not sure how that works, but I believe they're contracting rather than full-time.
5. Yes.

Note that some of these policies are required to comply with government regulations. Telecommuter use of Secret data is counterindicated when you still think Windows VPN is a pretty secure system.