After 4 months of telecommuting work from LA (thanks Alan!), yesterday I joined a consultancy company based in Vancouver… actually based 10 minutes walk from my home!
So far everything is fine, the colleagues are OK but it’s incredible that we’re all male! Yesterday I pointed out one thing about the contract, I’ve only 3 weeks holidays every year and during Christmas I would like to go back to Italy for at least 2 weeks! The manager looked at me like a was crazy! So what? Isn’t normal have holidays for Christmas? Today talking about that at lunch with Jeremy, the Canadian guy who works beside me, he said that 3 weeks is very good and we are quite lucky (!) that’s definitely a different culture.
New job, new adventure
Antonio said,
definitely lucky! in US you have 10 days of holidays and further 5 days after 5 years with the same company…if you change job, you start again from 10 days…it sucks!
best of luck fillyfilly!!!!
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Nadia said,
No women, no holiday for Christmas… ahi ahi ahi Phil.
Best of luck for your new job anyway, from the right and truly lucky part of the world 
Antonio said,
jaysaas Filly, look at this for a comparison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacation
better to go to Australia!
I’m also surprised by US, (i quote) “US law does not require employees to grant any vacation or holidays and about 25% of all employees receive no vacation time or holidays” 
Lorenzino said,
cheffortepilippo!
Ken Heffernan said,
Hi there Bud,
Glad to see you are ok and theat life is treating you well
I have just come back from 10 day’s in Italy was in Lake Garda and went to see Venice , Vorna and a few other places (what a trip).
Still not loading photos on flickr yet are you not useing that lovely camera ????????
Ken
Ilaria said,
you definitely need 2 weeks at xmas to make tortellini!
quit the job!
