Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy

Re:Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy by 490371703 on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @11:35AM (#7938305)

Can someone explain to me why paid vacation is ok? If you don't work, in other words contribute to your job, why in the hell should you be paid? By the way that doesn't mean I don't believe in the workers' welfare, but just not in this way.

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Re:Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy by walshemj on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @11:48AM (#7938393)

You do know that if your salaried like 99.9% of NH contributors are your not paid by the hour your paid to perform a job or function.

Some weeks I get hardly anything done but I once saved my employer 1/2 million pounds in an afternoon.

And British Telecom the company accountant and I once saved 3/4 million in around 2 days (fixing the AR system the FD brought)

You salary is averaged out over the 52 weeks for ease of running the payroll and tax systems for one.

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Re:Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy by VLM on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @12:52PM (#7938767)

My sister in law is a public school teacher and has the contractual option of 9 larger monthly paychecks or 12 smaller monthly paychecks.

I would certainly consider a job with no vacation if it paid 52/49-ths more than a real job with vacation.

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