What hours do you work? Annual leave allowance? Job perks?

[Rainydays55]

Just being nosey tbh! In your current job what hours do you work? What’s your annual leave allowance? Main perks of the job?

My contract is for 35 hours a week, i generally work that but there was a very busy period last year where I was working up to around 50. No overtime pay but I do get private healthcare, up to 38 days holiday plus bank holidays, life assurance, income protection insurance, non contributory pension (% goes up with age). And stuff like cycle to work scheme, option to buy cheap dental insurance, discounts in certain shops.

Mon-Fri 9-5, office based, 30 days hols plus bank holidays. Free tea/coffee, regular paid lunches and after works drinks in office. Basic pension, absolutely no responsibility apart from directing calls correctly, walk out at 5 and don't think about work till I walk back in at 9am. Love my job.

I work 30-35 hours a week over 4 days, no weekends. Have the school holidays off. Love the people I work with, real team spirit, fantastic boss who makes me feel valued, decent pension.

I work full rotating shifts, 6days on 4 days off. 2 earlies, 2 lates, 2nights. Averages out to 37hrs a week.

34 days annual leave. It's a 24/7/365 service so work public holidays and annual leave can be cancelled last minute.

There are very few perks, in fact I'd go as far as to say there are none. No matter how good a job you do you're always criticised for something.

I worked as normal through covid as it's not a job that can be done from home so I was thankful for it during all the lock downs and restrictions to keep me sane.

I feel really lucky to work where I do...

Perks:

25% discount on our clothes.
Sharesave scheme.

Free electric car charging on site.
Company car.
On site subsidised nursery (for which the fees are taken from pre-tax salary).
25 days holiday that increases after 5 years.
Long service awards.
Subsidised restaurant and coffee shop
Decent bonus scheme for the whole of head office - due to pay about 17% of salary this year, and that applies to all "normal" workers at head office from maintenance and restaurant staff to mid managers.
Amazing Christmas party - pre-Covid was at the NEC in Birmingham.

Probably more I can't think of right now! It's a great place to work

Work for a health and social care allied charity, 35 hours a week FT, WFH , fairly flexible, with some travel to other sites, paid at Gov mileage and WFH allowance.
29 days A/L plus Bank Hols, Pension but not amazing, various ad hoc days leave gifted through the year, discounted staff benefits (gym, shops etc)

Teaching assistant 27.5 hpw, term time. Lovely team and love working with children

37h - compressed hours so do those hours in 4 days rather than 5 days

30days AL

Good pension

Forgot to also say we get an annual pay rise too.

Not so great are the maternity and pension benefits for new starters...

30 hours over 4 days
22 days AL rising to 26 after 5 years.
Flexi
Paid sick leave
Overtime if busy
Biros
Sellotape at Christmas

Full time Mon-Fri, but flexible allowing for appointments, child pickups, haircuts etc.
33 days annual leave + bank holidays
Excellent defined benefit pension
Yearly bonus

I officially work 37 hours a week but often do 50+
30 days holiday plus bank holidays
Generous sick pay etc
The main bonus is its very flexible and I have near complete autonomy
Pension isn’t great and low job security but I’ve been there long enough to get a large redundancy payment

Oh pension. Forgot about that.

Plus i worked for a few years for government and the pension was non contributory. So i will have a decent one when it’s time

Wow there are some amazing benefits on here! I'm in the US and went from a government job with great PTO but shitty pay, to a private/corporate job with great pay but shitty PTO (2 weeks) my next job starting soon is at a startup:
-Analyst
-40 hrs
-6am-4pm Mon-Thurs
-Company soft close the week between Xmas and new year
-Unlimited PTO and sick (based on cultural expectations I probably will not take more than 3 weeks in addition to the soft close)
-Mediocre pay but decent bonus structure (~10%) I expect a promotion within 2 years which should help
-full Healthcare included
-shares but i need to learn more about this

I work 30 hours a week (3 days, 8.30-4.30, 1 day 8.30-2.30), plus 1 in 8 weekends. 28 days a/l (pro rats) plus bank hols. NHS hospital role.

I can’t really think of any perks right now. Annual leave allowance is ok but there are restrictions on when I can take it, so only allowed 2 days a/l over the Xmas period and 2 weeks in the school summer holidays.

The biggest perk for me would be doing term-time only hours.

It reaaaally varies. Current week looks like this, I’ll start from Sunday:

Sunday 10am-2pm
Monday 9am-7pm
Tuesday 9:30am-7pm
Wednesday 9:30am-12pm, 6-10pm
Thursday free - will have to practise 4-5 hours at home though
Friday 9am-12pm, 6-10pm
Saturday 5-9pm
Sunday is free and we’re back in Monday 9am.

I’m a musician in a professional orchestra. There is no annual leave as such, you must be available for the entirety of the season (mid-August to early July). You don’t work every week, it depends a bit on how your section shares the workload and your role within it. You’re contracted for an X amount of services each year and paid extra if you go over that.

During the season we get 4-5 days off at Christmas and a week in February to coincide with schools’ half-term. Then 6 weeks in summer.

The weeks you’re ‘off’ in-season you work on solo and chamber projects, recordings, increase teaching hours.

Perks of the job - we’re on tour for a total amount of 3-4 months each calendar year. Pre-Covid of course. 10 days in Europe in August, 3 weeks to US or Asia in November, 1-2 weeks national tour in February, 3 week away-residency in April, 2-3 week European tour in May, 2-3 weeks in Asia end of June. It’s a lot of travel. We normally fly business class or charter a big jet. Top of the range hotels. Generous allowance for food and drink. We work with the most distinguished conductors and soloists in the world.

The negatives are that people with families are away from their children for long periods of time. The hours can be crazy, some days you do 9am-11pm almost non-stop. You’re always ‘on call’ and schedules and programmes can change without notice - more so now with Covid. Flexibility and discipline are both required in equal measure. But I love it so much and wouldn’t change it for anything.

8:15-4:30, 5 days
18 weeks holiday a year
Free lunch, free wraparound care, free swimming/gym, subsidised school fees, subsidised accommodation, free branded winter coat and umbrellas etc

It's a sweet deal!

Full time is 37.5 hours, it's flexi time as long as min 6 hours a day covering core hours 10-4

Start 25 days holiday plus bank hols, increasing by a day every 2 years to a max of 30.

Perks - reduced price and free worldwide flights with business class availability - not been much of a perk in the last 2 years though!

OK pension - I pay 5% and company pays 7.5% and that applies to the most junior staff so it's really good for those starting out.

Nursery..40 hours a week. 20 days holiday and Bank Holidays and Christmas closure.

Perks..ermm. I work with lovely people and children.. company wise perks..according to the job ad free parking and free uniform. Most the perks come from stuff my manager gives us little treats here and there.

housing association.
36 hours a week. 12.30 finish on a Friday.
34 holidays plus bank hol.
about 1000 a year to spend on massage/physio/treatments.

8 hours a day, 4 day week (paid 5).
25 days + bank holidays + 2 weeks over Christmas.
£1000 a year learning + well-being budget.
Free online therapy

No health insurance though.

Forgot to say, if you’re contracted you have a good pension and employer pays 50% healthcare contributions (private system here). Full wages if sick. There is ‘concert dress allowance’ - I think 500 per year or so? You can hire work spaces for free for rehearsals, recordings… Salaries are good.

I’m in a freelance position so get none of that. It’s a temporary contract and when it runs out I will be looking for a permanent ‘tenured’ job that gives me all the stability mentioned above.

20 hours a week. No set hours as I manage my own workflow, but I try to be available most days during the later hours of the school day since that is when I will have both an easy life and an overlap with an office in another time zone. I get four weeks of paid leave, plus holidays, and two weeks of sick leave (more is available with special certifications but may come with reduced pay), plus an assortment of specialty designated leave some of which is fairly common in my U.S. for professional employees like jury leave and some of which is rare and just a quirk of where I work, like moving days or time to cover attending school events.

Contracted to work 37.5 but end up working at least 50 hours a week.

Perks:
staff restaurant completely free
Very good pension
Up to 60% bonus (highest I’ve had is 35%)
Private health insurance
Gym membership paid

35 days annual leave (not standard. This was negotiated as part of the move)

9am - 5pm with an hour for lunch but work at least an hours overtime every day (Manager) but can take all of it back in time in lieu but never do.
Annual leave is 33+4 (need to keep days for christmas shutdown)
Main perks - fabulous pension, free tea & coffee
Some sort of healthcare online GP which I haven't used yet.
Mobile phone.
Can work flexibly if needed to.
In general a great employer.
Bad point - rubbish at managing the people who are rubbish and don't do what they're meant to even though they know about it and how much it pisses everyone who does work hard off...............