Job with lots of annual leave

[Perfectjobdreaming]

I love travelling so looking for a job with good annual leave, possibility to purchase annual leave or work from overseas. Am I dreaming

I am an Accountant; previous job which I am leaving allows you to purchase 10 days annual leave and potentially do unpaid leave

Perhaps working for a school?

Maybe, I just don’t know about having to look for jobs all the time

Universities. Generous basic annual leave allowance, and option to buy extra. Generous public holidays - we got 11 per year. We did have to keep a few days to cover the Christmas-New Year shutdown (2 weeks - in Scotland 1st and 2nd Jan are public holidays).
Some savvy people from other countries used to take all their holidays for 2 years as a mega-holiday in December and January to visit family back home.
Down side is definitely the salary - we struggled to recruit accountants. But lots of flexibility and personal development, though do check the dates of their financial years. Ours was September to August, but of course many funders use the conventional Apr-Mar.

You've survived in a corporate role.
Are there any opportunities to mentor trainees or interns where you are now? Students can be very annoying so you could try it out at work 😀

What job is this? Do you have easily measurable performance targets (e.g. sales job)?

My last question was directed at @Hello39

I work in insurance. We get 30
days a/l plus bank holidays and you can buy an extra 5 days. If you have children you can take up to 4 weeks unpaid a year. 2 weeks every six months working abroad in approved countries. Pension is 6% me, 15% them. Plenty of need for accountants.

I previously worked in the charity sector. The benefits were nothing like this.

That is pretty good benefits.

We have lots of benefits in the big 4 but subject to Partner approval and my partner make it difficult.

I already resigned, working my notice. Got sick of the corporate environment. I enjoyed mentoring juniors but not sure I can study more at this stage in my life.

Thank you. It seems like some sectors are in need for Accountants. Will sit down a write down what I want from my next role.

NHS?
Starting at 27 days plus BH... we also have options to buy an extra 5 days in my trust.
You get 29 days after five years and 33 days after ten years... so staying put would work in your favour!

Just to add an alternative perspective on civil service- it is really team & department dependent how easy it is to take leave, in what amounts, and whether your manager will allow you to also take unpaid so there’s no guarantee. Most of the teams I know of it is a fight to get your leave approved!

Ohh, that doesn’t sound good

Yeah, it depends on the area and team (and manager, there is a lot of micromanaging). I’m sure there are some where it isn’t an issue but for the majority that I’ve seen and worked with it has been tricky especially recently.

They can always cite business need as a reason & I know of teams where there is basically a spreadsheet with everyone on for annual leave planning, you wouldn’t be allowed to take say 3 weeks if there are others who want a week & especially during peak holiday times like Easter/Summer/Christmas where everyone wants to be off it can be a names in a hat scenario!

I work for my local council- standard leave is 28 days plus BH- I have over 10 yrs service so an extra 5 days = 33 days. We have flexi time so you work a bit over your hours every day can accrue 13 days a year max very easily so 46 days- then have the option to buy leave (always authorised for work/life balance purposes) 10 days max if you are full time so 56 days this year for me. It's a rare 'perk' . DH and DS in private industry - DH gets 25 days plus BH DS 20 days plus BH. Buying my leave back costs a deduction of about £120 a month from my salary spread out over a full year and I would rather have the time than the money at this stage of my life.

Very different to my LA so check out individual contracts whilst looking @Perfectjobdreaming.

In my LA role, no flexi, no TOIL and no option to buy extra leave. All requests must be agreed by an AD and often it is turned down.

My role is education linked, at a senior level, so no holidays in term time either.

The extra days closure at Christmas we also all have to take unpaid to save council budgets.

Maths teacher?

The only thing which was compulsory was the teaching certificate and you do it all in works time. It's not particularly taxing and largely involves planning teaching and being observed. There was only one assignment.
You could make contact with local universities and see if they have any pt visiting lecturer hours available. We're always looking for either sick cover or specialist people to come in and deliver one off lectures.

I work in professional services for a UK university and get 38days a year (including bank holiday) with the option to buy 10more, plus earn an extra day every 5 years. I also have the option to take a years’ sabbatical/career break (unpaid) after three years continuous service (though they’re not obligated to grant it and there are various restrictions/requirements).

If it’s company policy but they’re not approving your request to work in your home country for 30 days then take it up with HR. What’s their excuse? Is it a flat no, or they won’t approve the full 30 days?

When I worked in the City, I got 27 days plus bank holidays plus the option to buy 10 days, so a maximum total of 9 weeks per year. I thought that was quite good tbh - I got a hell of a lot of travel done over the years.

I now work in the US and my company has an ‘unlimited’ annual leave model. I take 8 weeks per year, which is about as much as I can take to be able to to my job to a good standard and without coming across as taking the piss.

Out of interest, how much annual leave are you looking for? Do you want flexibility as to when you can take it, or are you happy with school holidays only (noting these are the most expensive times to travel)?

Do you have any kids under 18? You can take up to 4 weeks unpaid per child per year to a max of 18 weeks

it’s statutory so you have to be allowed

im taking 12 weeks next year, plus my annual leave. Haven’t told my boss yet…

Thank you.

Reg my current job I already quit so no point of complaining to HR; things were not going to change. They were/are lots of other issues and the atmosphere became quite toxic.

I would like 6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays and possibility to buy 10 days or take unpaid leave. A total of 8 to 9 weeks leave.

I am still attached to school holidays; however my youngest daughter current school vary a bit from other schools, oldest dd finished school.

I am really trying to decide what is the best sector to go into as I don’t want to end in the wrong job. It seems schools are not an option; was reading some bad comments about charities too; not sure reg civil service either. I always worked in private sector.

Narrowing down my job search to:

Local authorities
NHS maybe?
Insurance?
Universities?
SME private companies

Hoping the perfect job will fall out of the sky 😅☺️

Looking for:

No corporate or politics
Nice working atmosphere
No client facing
Hybrid
Some Flexibility to work from overseas but no need if good annual leave
Good annual leave (possibility of purchasing)
Good pension

Happy to compromise on salary if needed. I know there is not perfect but I can only dream.

Public sector. I think some allow people to build up flexitime.

Nursing ... The NHS gives amazing holidays if you stay there long enough
Schools (don't pay well and jobs hard to come by)
MP for Clacton :)

Again, this was subject to approval to ensure it didn’t impact project delivery, etc. Was not an easy sailing either or straight forward.

I work for a county council and they offer 25 days AL plus bank holidays which I think increases after several years’ continuous service. We also have the option to purchase up to two weeks’ extra AL twice a year. Working abroad however is not allowed.