Comments on: Off to Sydney today http://www.alanzeyes.com/2007/08/off-to-sydney-today.html "What you think about, you bring about." Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:44:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Alan Howard http://www.alanzeyes.com/2007/08/off-to-sydney-today.html/comment-page-1#comment-167 Alan Howard Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:35:00 +0000 http://www2.iserve.co.nz/users/kenmac/alanzeyes.com/htdocs/?p=181#comment-167 If you allow the average number of sick days allowed per year (at least in Australia and New Zealand) as 10 days, then that means that for every 2 months you're allowed 1.7 days off sick.... according to the average.<br/><br/>Over the past 8 months, prior to my current contract, I took time off work to organise workers installing things at our new house (back when it was new), the delivery of furniture, as well as for sickness associated with stress...<br/><br/>Back in New Zealand, I used to have the occasional 'mental health day', which I averaged about 1 day every 2 months, taking advantage of the allowed sick leave.<br/><br/>So my comment is in relation to my own recent history, where not having had a day off for two months is worth commenting on. :-)<br/><br/>I'll be taking a couple more days off at the end of this month, when my friend Ken comes to visit from New Zealand. A mini holiday. Woohoo! If you allow the average number of sick days allowed per year (at least in Australia and New Zealand) as 10 days, then that means that for every 2 months you’re allowed 1.7 days off sick…. according to the average.

Over the past 8 months, prior to my current contract, I took time off work to organise workers installing things at our new house (back when it was new), the delivery of furniture, as well as for sickness associated with stress…

Back in New Zealand, I used to have the occasional ‘mental health day’, which I averaged about 1 day every 2 months, taking advantage of the allowed sick leave.

So my comment is in relation to my own recent history, where not having had a day off for two months is worth commenting on. :-)

I’ll be taking a couple more days off at the end of this month, when my friend Ken comes to visit from New Zealand. A mini holiday. Woohoo!

]]> By: Emelie http://www.alanzeyes.com/2007/08/off-to-sydney-today.html/comment-page-1#comment-166 Emelie Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:19:00 +0000 http://www2.iserve.co.nz/users/kenmac/alanzeyes.com/htdocs/?p=181#comment-166 "In two months of working I haven't had a single day off (apart from weekends, of course)"<br/><br/>Hmm... Isn't that normal? I mean, 2 months isn't that much? “In two months of working I haven’t had a single day off (apart from weekends, of course)”

Hmm… Isn’t that normal? I mean, 2 months isn’t that much?

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