A 100% job in Switzerland is 40-45h per week, with 20 days of paid holidays. Some companies give 25 days for the very young and the old, some companies (eg. mine) give 30 days for people higher up in the pecking order.
Overtime is compensated with free time or money, unless you have a very high ranking job. The company I work for believes that my job is such a high ranking job, but I disagree; there have been some court cases where this claim was overthrown. “High ranking” according to Swiss law are lawyers, medical doctors, department heads, etc. That’s not me. ;) Usually you get paid 125% or 150% if you work overtime because your boss orders you. These days that rarely happens (as you’re “flexible” to do it when you want). So effectively you always get compensated 100%.
I asked alephnull from India on the EmacsChannel: The contract says 45h, with compensation, but usually people work for 60h per week without compensation. 22 days of paid holidays, but people rarely take more than 15 days.
The company I work for is exceptionally flexible: I can come at whatever time of the day I want (usually around 11:30) and leave whenever I want.
I have a 60% job, Fridays off, and extra days off in chunks.
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The actual jobs and content are somewhat the same IMHO. It’s usually the attitude of the people that is different. My company HQ (at San Jose) is so different from here and that was primarily because of the people. They *want* to keep the per week hours to 40 and enjoy the rest of their lives. Perhaps it’s because of the large number of bachelors in my office here. I don’t know.
– NoufalIbrahim 2004-03-24 05:06 UTC