Popular Post Dirtyhip Posted January 1 Popular Post Share #1 Posted January 1 This year we will transition toward giving each other the gift of time. We plan on working less and spending more time together. It is exciting to know that we can enjoy more things together. 6 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smudge ★ Posted January 1 Popular Post Share #2 Posted January 1 It's going to be different because you are now a cat person. Welcome! 😻 2 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 1 Share #3 Posted January 1 I hear that this year will be different almost every New Year's day. Of course it is. If it wasn't it would still be "last" year instead of "this" year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 1 Share #4 Posted January 1 I am looking forward to a year of every other Friday off on top of my six weeks of vacation. The only snag is it might be harder to take the other Friday off, so I might have to go back to my old mode of Wednesdays off. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby ★ Posted January 1 Share #5 Posted January 1 Time is a wonderful gift! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 1 Author Share #6 Posted January 1 24 minutes ago, Kirby said: Time is a wonderful gift! Yes. We buy time for each other now. Gotta keep the expenses in check, but everything looks manageable. 46 minutes ago, smudge said: It's going to be different because you are now a cat person. Welcome! 😻 I am not sure what will happen when we leave for weeks at a time. Who will feed waffle? 41 minutes ago, Ralphie said: I am looking forward to a year of every other Friday off on top of my six weeks of vacation. The only snag is it might be harder to take the other Friday off, so I might have to go back to my old mode of Wednesdays off. Hope it works out well for you. You deserve it. Wish we could pull off 1/2 time, but maybe soon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 1 Share #7 Posted January 1 9 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Wish we could pull off 1/2 time, but maybe soon. More companies should let people fade into retaarment with part time work, like Homer Simpson receding into the hedge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 1 Author Share #8 Posted January 1 1 minute ago, Ralphie said: More companies should let people fade into retaarment with part time work, like Homer Simpson receding into the hedge. My work is kinda flexible. Both of our employers have been flexible. They must like our work. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 1 Share #9 Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Ralphie said: I am looking forward to a year of every other Friday off on top of my six weeks of vacation. The only snag is it might be harder to take the other Friday off, so I might have to go back to my old mode of Wednesdays off. Wish you weren't that indispensable that you couldn't take off the Friday. Are you sure? When you retire, no one will care OR train a buddy so you can take Friday off. Our work schedule gives us a choice of 2 different choices. We must choose only 1 and indicate in writing with sign-off for HR on a form one of the following: Work a bit longer each day and have every Friday or Monday off every 3 weeks. This option does allow employee to swap the chosen day with another day within that 3 wk. set period, for ie. a medical appointment or other personal matter or extend out a vacation. Our HR online system is set up for this. OR work much longer days for 4 day work wk. and choose Friday or Monday off. I chose lst one because during cycling seasons, I want to off earlier daily than 2nd choice, so that there's still enough light after work for me to do cycling. Also when life was with dearie, it allowed me to spend more time with him to fit our time together. It's been like this for this present employer for past 12 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 1 Share #10 Posted January 1 So what does this actually mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 1 Share #11 Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Ralphie said: I am looking forward to a year of every other Friday off on top of my six weeks of vacation. The only snag is it might be harder to take the other Friday off, so I might have to go back to my old mode of Wednesdays off. I only get 4 wks. vacation ... my vacation length is driven by a union agreement. I won't get 5 wks. until after 14th work yr. but by then, I might have retired. There are 8 different unions in our organization. Of course, a sizable chunk non-unionized, usually part-timers and management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 1 Share #12 Posted January 1 12 minutes ago, Randomguy said: So what does this actually mean? We're supposed to be more ourselves and not tied to chain of work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 1 Share #13 Posted January 1 10 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Wish you weren't that indispensable that you couldn't take off the Friday. Are you sure? When you retire, no one will care OR train a buddy so you can take Friday off. It is more of a policy thing aboot having too many people off than it is me being indispensable which I can understand. The bad part is the other guy, my counterpart, was not really a Friday off guy before the new schedule forced him oot on alternate Fridays, so I could take all the ones I wanted in the spring, summer, and fall. I may not mind. Wednesday off works for many a doctor and it did for me too previously before I became a Friday off guy. I actually like working Fridays. But two two day weeks are not a bad deal! There are two Fridays there, and Mondays do not bother me since a change of pace is fine. What bothers me is a grind of 5 days in a row with no break. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 1 Share #14 Posted January 1 21 minutes ago, shootingstar said: We're supposed to be more ourselves and not tied to chain of work. Yea, companies seem to be responding to the mostly millenial desire for more time off and working from home. We have had a lot of attrition lately that probably is related to being stuck in a rigid 9-5 shhhedule. Of course the rigidity stays with the new schedules, even increases, but more time off is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 1 Share #15 Posted January 1 Sounds like a great way to spend the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 1 Share #16 Posted January 1 15 minutes ago, Airehead said: Sounds like a great way to spend the year. Hip has got it going on, sort of like Stacy's mom! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted January 1 Share #17 Posted January 1 3 hours ago, smudge said: It's going to be different because you are now a cat person. Welcome! 😻 another cat , then her status increases to crazy cat lady 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 1 Author Share #18 Posted January 1 7 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: another cat , then her status increases to crazy cat lady There will not be another. He isn't even here right now. He came, ate, got attention and left. He is a tramp for sure. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted January 1 Share #19 Posted January 1 4 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: I am not sure what will happen when we leave for weeks at a time. Who will feed waffle? https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-4-connected-home-bundle.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA-8SdBhBGEiwAWdgtcPu1nO_IconRtgpLpKTEIQ1gEN3e5dkewqgxUj0wpFbI1wf8gBTunhoCIv4QAvD_BwE https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-4.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA-8SdBhBGEiwAWdgtcFfu-GgCR5IOXg-dj-WAzryUV-OthAoG2Zl8OllURmNoS_9Z4wXE_hoCodoQAvD_BwE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 1 Author Share #20 Posted January 1 2 hours ago, Scrapr said: https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-4-connected-home-bundle.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA-8SdBhBGEiwAWdgtcPu1nO_IconRtgpLpKTEIQ1gEN3e5dkewqgxUj0wpFbI1wf8gBTunhoCIv4QAvD_BwE https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-4.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA-8SdBhBGEiwAWdgtcFfu-GgCR5IOXg-dj-WAzryUV-OthAoG2Zl8OllURmNoS_9Z4wXE_hoCodoQAvD_BwE No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 1 Share #21 Posted January 1 20 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: No. It would be nice to know if a neighbour could look after cat when you are both travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 2 Author Share #22 Posted January 2 8 hours ago, Randomguy said: So what does this actually mean? More time unpaid so hubby and I can be together more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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