> > The French figure seemed excessive but it was the American figures that > were the > most shocking.
As French living in Germany, I can definitely says the number of days is NOT a good metrics. In France, we probably have a lot more vacation than most people, but the "entreprise culture" lead us a lot to "burn the candle late at night". In most company, you can therefore call Friday at 5pm and get something done. In Germany, even by calling at 3pm won't probable be able to join anybody - coming early and leaving early is customary in Germany. Here in Germany, we get 25 days of vacations a year, but we have really (most of the time) a lot of freedom in how we do our 40 hours. In France, I think we have round about 36 days a year (I'm not sure), but you'll have to stick to business hour, and probably stay more often late... My point is "number of paid days" definitely not equals "How much vacation or free time I'll get". -- Romain PELISSE, *"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it" -- Terry Pratchett* http://belaran.eu/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
