Do You Get Enough Time off Work?
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Do you get enough holiday?
Do you feel your workplace offers enough holiday? Would you like to have more or do you think what they offer is quite generous already?
I work on the nhs bank so i take whatever time off i want depending on my finances. Would hate to be back on a contract where there are rules to when and how I can take my holiday.
In my previous jobs i got 6 weeks holiday but wasn’t allowed to take more than 2 weeks off in a row and they only paid me my contract hours for holiday despite me doing twice the amount of hours every week
I find it's not so much lack of holiday time but the kids have so much time off school it's a nightmare trying to keep them busy and looked after.
Midnightflower they need it and the staff need it. By the end of a half term we are all shattered. The break gives kids a chance to recharge
Jerseydrew I totally agree it's needed particularly for staff who works in schools, but it's a nightmare with young kids finding babysitters for 6 weeks. It's not helped by our working hours either as my partner can be on the rota from 9am anywhere to midnight and I'm 6am till midnight, seven days a week.
I get 28 days a year so Its quite normal. Shame about the wages as I get paid peanuts.
What with pension age raised to 66/7 and ever on the up coupled with wages all but consumed by increased rents/mortgages and utility rises most of us struggle to keep heads above water with the little salary remaining. Holidays as/when/if are just about enough to catch up with life and rest our weary limbs for the odd week if at all. It ain't easy being working class lol. 
I get six weeks plus bank holidays but with how demanding work is, I feel like it's not enough. I asked for more, what can I say.
SamGoodship I haven't heard back yet..but I will chase them. I work in a school so I do lots of out of hours work and I think the time off is deserved. I still have to do payroll when I'm on holiday!!
tamarasallen What do you do and how much time do you want off? 6 weeks seems generous as it is
TheChimp I have several roles and work long hours, generally 7 - 7. With me having so many roles, I am saving the school quite a bit of money but it's exhausting. I crash when there's a break and it just never feels enough.
tamarasallen Ah, I see. Working a 12 hour shift, 5 days a week is a lot different to the 'normal' 9-5. I think that I would expect a little more than 6 weeks holiday
If j worked in an easy school I'd say I have enough. But the school I'm no. I'm in a school where violence is the norm same as being sworn at, spat, bitten.
Yes I would say I get enough time off work. I work in a secondary school and we need the amount of time we get off, we are all exhausted by the end of term, kids included.
I live near my parents so holiday cover was never an issue. I could have earned more, had a better quality of life but I chose family over that. I don't regret it at all. My children consider my parents in everything they do.
I would like some more plz lol 
at least 5 more extra days lol mostly for mental health rest and resting the body.
The past couple of years, my workplace has offered the chance of buying 5 extra days AL. I jumped at the chance this year as its a great wee incentive
Cant complain with the 32 I get a year but I am seriously pondering joining the NHS bank next year when I can get my nhs pension. The idea of choosing just enough to make up the difference does appeal - although I may well leave it another year or so
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