Or, conversely, as one of my way senior IBM managers told me, "If you
have to work much more than 40 hours per week you don't trust your staff
and/or don't know how to delegate". But I was clearly in that category
since I worked far too many 60 and even 70 hour weeks. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
John Hudson wrote:
>
> Hours worked and seniority are, or should be, POSITIVELY CORRELATED and
> seriously so. Senior positions in any business should be in the 60 ++ hours
> a week. Less than that and one is slacking off or freeloading.
>
> jh
>
> ps: spell checker now activated!
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 6:55 AM
>> Subject: [OM] Working hours
>>
>>
>>> Our official working week is 37.5 hours, i.e. 7.5 hours per day. I
>>> have a reasonably senior position, so in practice I work a bit more,
>>> and sometimes also on weekends (but from home). However, I have no
>>> complaints regarding time off. I have about 7 weeks vacation per year,
>>> and in addition Spain has many more public holidays than the
>>> Netherlands (18, to be precise). Finally, our office is closed between
>>> Christmas and New Year, so my annual winter trek to Poland only costs
>>> me a couple of days from the vacation allotment.
>>>
>>> My commute is by car. I typically leave work between 5 and 6 p.m. and
>>> sometimes stop for a beer along the beach on my way home. Also,
>>> sometimes interesting things happen at work. For that reason, my
>>> little Domke bag with the Leica outfit always accompanies me to work.
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>
>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 2, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nice shot indeed.
>>>>
>>>> I am also amazed about the frequency of the PAD/PAW shots Nathan
>>>> produces. I am not wondering however. He takes his camera(s)
>>>> everywhere
>>>> ant takes photos from people at work too. He lives quite close to his
>>>> work, so commuting time is not a biggie. That leaves more time for
>>>> family and photography. As he works for the government indeed (as I do
>>>> for the Dutch government) he might have a workweek of 36 hours or
>>>> choose
>>>> to work 40 hours and have an extra holiday for every two weeks worked.
>>>> He could use that to have half a day of every week or a whole day off
>>>> every two weeks.
>>>>
>>>> As for myself I really like the idea of taking the camera everywhere,
>>>> but I do have to commute. I leave home at 6.30AM to come home at
>>>> 6.15 PM
>>>> (or later whene a meeting is held a bit later). I already take my
>>>> laptop
>>>> and some papers everywhere during the week to work in the train. Not
>>>> much room left in the rucksack to pack the E-1 of E-3 with one lens.
>>>> Maybe some day I will get an additional E-4xx with simple lens for
>>>> that
>>>> cause. I will have to leave my bread at home then though an buy
>>>> lunch at
>>>> the office. I am stil wondering however if I will be able to make some
>>>> shots while commuting. I am not that much of a people photographer and
>>>> train stations and trains will have lots of people in them. Can
>>>> immagine
>>>> that most people do not like to being photographed early in the
>>>> morning
>>>> when they ar commuting to their work.
>>>>
>>>> Just checked my work schedule (I work 4x9=36h one week and 4x9+8=44h
>>>> the
>>>> other week)
>>>> Mandatory free days for 2009: newyear, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
>>>> Koninginnedag/Queens day (April 30), Liberation day (May 5), Ascencion
>>>> day, Whit Monday, Christmas day =8 days off (December 26 is a free day
>>>> too but on a Saturday this year)
>>>> Extra free days because the governmental offices are closed for 2009:
>>>> January 2, May 22 = 2 days off
>>>> I have a yearly amount of 176 hours to spend on holidays, which
>>>> would be
>>>> about 4,5 weeks.
>>>> Because I work an average of 40 hours a week I also have 220 hours to
>>>> spend for the difference betweek working 36 and 40 hours. Our
>>>> government
>>>> wants their employees to work for an average of 36 hours a week. Sure
>>>> that is a lot of free days, but most are available for people in
>>>> commercial positions in the Netherlands also. In many companies
>>>> however
>>>> there is a choice to make between more holidays and more money. Many
>>>> commercial workers choose the extra money from that offering. If they
>>>> made that choice, they should not complain about lack of holidays.
>>>>
>>>> I know that on the Western side of the Atlantic these figures are
>>>> quite
>>>> different. I have heard about people being able te get tw weeks off
>>>> per
>>>> year only and that only after they have worked for that company for at
>>>> least a certain amount of time. Yes, I know that when it comes to days
>>>> off we in Europe but especially some countries in Europe, including
>>>> the
>>>> Netherlands, have nothing to complain about and live in great whealth.
>>>> You won't hear me complaining :-)
>>>>
>>>> Wiliam
>>>>
>>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>>> Van: John Hudson [mailto:OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>> Verzonden: zaterdag 2 mei 2009 2:12
>>>>> Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
>>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 01/05/2009: close enough
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am constantly amazed how people with minimum 8 to 10 hour day jobs,
>>>>> commutes to and from home and family life to take care of
>>>>> have time to be
>>>>> regular posters of PAD galleries.
>>>>>
>>>>> Me, I am out and gone at 7am and am rarely home much before
>>>>> 7pm and that is
>>>>> a regular day.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess that those on government payrolls enjoy 6 and 7 hour
>>>>> days ..........
>>>>> ah what a life !
>>>>>
>>>>> jh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 7:31 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 01/05/2009: close enough
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Good shot. Good DOF. Well done!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>>>>> I went to the May Day demo in the centre of Alicante this
>>>>> afternoon,
>>>>>>> and resolved to stick with one lens, the 24mm and to use
>>>>> my legs to
>>>>>>> get closer...I think I did get close enough:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#525765035_Lr5yB-O-LB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nathan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>>>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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