On 2012-07-09, Juggling Bob <
juggl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, July 9, 2012 5:01:48 AM UTC-4, Little Paul wrote:
>> Seems like a reasonable question to me. The WJF is free entry (some parts
>> are paid-for but they're optional)
>
> On the surface, yes, I'm just suspicious Dave's motivations for asking.
Top Tip - don't throw morsels towards the trolls or they'll start feeding ;-)
>> However, if I was within striking distance of both and working for an
>> American company with the standard pathetic amount of annual leave that seems
>> to go with that - well, I'd have to think very carefully about which I would
>> be using up that leave on.
>
> Yes, I certainly understand that.. On top of that, lots of layoffs due to
> bad economy have had people having to start back at the bottom with a new
> company thus cutting the available leave time even more. For Example,
> friend of mine was laid off from company he worked quite a while for (not
> sure how long, more than 12 years though) he had about 4 weeks of "personal
> time" per year at that job, got a new job and now only has 2 weeks of
> "personal time"
>
> (Note: Not sure how it is in the UK, but some companies here provide
> "vacation time" and "sick time" some only provide "personal time" which
> is basically a way to provide lees time off over all..)
I get 25 days holiday to book and use how I please, an aditional 7 days off
which I don't get to pick the dates of (christmas, easter, bank holidays
etc) and sick leave on top of all that.
Oh, and I get an extra day a year I can use to "volunteer for a good cause"
and any compasionate leave required for funerals/caring commitments etc. If
I was to breed (rather unlikely) I'd get 2 weeks paternity leave as well.
You jealous yet? ;-)
>> I'm not sure from where I'm sat right now which of those two fests I would
>> pick if I could only go to one - so like Dave I too am interested to hear
>> from those who are only going to one fest, and their reasoning why they
>> picked that one over the other one.
>
> It will probably come down to geographic location. I have prior commitments
> that will prevent me from either, so this is purely academic.
>
> But if I were able I would probably be attending IJA simple because
> Winston-Salem N.C. is 329 miles from me and Sioux Falls S.D. is 1416 miles
> from me.
That's a very sound and reasonable criteria to use, and very similar for
my reasoning for not going to either event!
Thanks for the response.
-Paul
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