Anyone else using up their 31 days annual holidays ?

jimmmy

I was chatting with a couple of people at the weekend. Both were about the same age with the same qualifications and had both worked in the public sector many years ago. About 10 years ago one moved elsewhere in the country (got married ) and have to leave the public service and settle for a private sector job with an american multinational. They were comparing holidays. One got 31 days and the other only 21. One works longer hours per week. One has no pension. One get paid almost a third less than the other....no prizes for guessing more ( its the person in the private sector who is paid less). "Sickies" are really frowned upon. No flexitime. One may lose her job ( the factory may close its Irish operations ) in 6 months as the parent company is cutting back etc/ lost contracts to other countries etc. Should public service holidays be as generous as they are in Ireland ....maybe not all public servants get 31 days plus ( nine is it ? ) bank holidays ? In the States they only get a fraction of that.

oscarBravo

I completely fail to see what yet another public-versus-private-sector thread is going to contribute to the forum.