So what do you guys get for vacation/personal/sick days and is that negotiable? If I came over then I would be losing a week of vacation- in the scheme of life not a big deal, but my husbands family is located in another country and we need the time for traveling there with our kids, etc. Any advice?
Just take your own personal shut down that week. Nobody works and doctors don't want to see us so just shut it down
Like hell. I'm off for the holidays and no one is the wiser. Working is a waste of time. My manager flies cross country to see his mommy for the holidays. What's good for him is good for me.
this company is trying but failing to be like a true biotech including the benefits side of the equation. A former colleague who is at Genentech gets basically the last two weeks off separate from regular vacation, their health benefit contribution is 20% less than the same plan here and after 5 or 6 years, they get a 6 week sabbatical.......
I will agree with you that BMS is missing a bit on the benefits side compared to other companies. The health insurance is one of the worst that I have seen in the industry. The vacation is also behind the times as you pinter out. I was surprised coming on board at the benefits, I expected mush better.
As a guy who can't spell check four lines of text, you were hardly likely to have checked the job offer out were you? Your life must be full of surprises!
Probably not. Even though many other companies have a shut down every year, BMS is too cheap to make this a standard practice. But if you are a new hire you can get 4 or 5 weeks vacation anyway to start. Company is more generous with new hires than loyal employees.