Companies offering a leave day on your birthday?

Max001

Hiya

Would anyone be able to tell me which
multinational company or companies
in Dublin south, offer an extra leave
day on your birthday?

Cheers

Max

Vanbis

Max001 wrote: »

Hiya

Would anyone be able to tell me which
multinational company or companies
in Dublin south, offer an extra leave
day on your birthday?

Cheers

Max

Vodafone.

omahaid

Vanbis wrote: »

Vodafone.

Really?!?! :eek: This practice exists?? An extra day off on your birthday??

Kaybe

omahaid wrote: »

Really?!?! :eek: This practice exists?? An extra day off on your birthday??

In some organisations it's seen as a fairer benefit to offer employees than offering an extra day when they get married, or when they have a baby.
Some employees are not legally entitled to get married, or may not have (or chose to have) a baby.

However, ALL employees, regardless of family status, sexual orientation, level within the organisation etc etc has a birthday every year.
It's one common denominator.

Don't think it's hugely common at the moment, but that's the rationale behind it.

_Kooli_

Most financial companies do.

Along with meal allowance and rent/mortgage supplement.

dreamers75

Any company who entered the Top companies to work for have it.

The Big Red Button

dreamers75 wrote: »

Any company who entered the Top companies to work for have it.

Oh I must find out if mine does, I'm getting a day off for my graduation also and I thought that was pretty sweet! :cool:

Max001

Thanks for those responses......very interesting.

The reason I asked is that one such company, identity unknown is seeking a Head of Talent (for which my skillset would be a match) and a birthday day off was one of the benefits listed by the recruitment agency. Was trying to narrow down which company it might have been. Seems this has led me up a blind alley! :rolleyes:

artful_codger

Max001 wrote: »

The reason I asked is that one such company, identity unknown is seeking a Head of Talent

maybe the X-Factor has an opening for a judge.

BostonB

I've never heard of it before. Nice idea.

speedy2007

Propylon in rathfarnham give birthday days too

mikemac

In our place you get 5 days annual leave if you get married.
A nice touch

What does the head of Talent do?

robbie_998

Max001 wrote: »

Hiya

Would anyone be able to tell me which
multinational company or companies
in Dublin south, offer an extra leave
day on your birthday?

Cheers

Max

carphonewharehouse..... they seem to get everything. just check the site.

or then again if you have a nice enough HR manager he/she will just give you the day off.

_Kooli_

In our place we get those allowances i posted about earlier. 3 extra normal days leave (23 days total + birthday) . A week when you get married. A day when you move house.
Birthday day. A free company doctor. A checkup every year. And the best bit. A masseuse comes in on a Monday.

eth0_

Google do.

useless

'Head of Talent'... is that what personnel managers are being called now?

Sounds very American, if I had to guess which company, I'd go for Google. Good luck with the job.

Pablo Sanchez

_Kooli_ wrote: »

Most financial companies do.

Along with meal allowance and rent/mortgage supplement.

Which companies are these??

_Kooli_

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

Which companies are these??

Most. I would be quicker naming the ones that dont than those that do.

Easiest thing if you want to know is to look through the jobs on the job websites. You'll see the conditions of employment for the companies with the jobs.

Pablo Sanchez

The reason i ask is that i work in financial services and friends do as well, in large organisations and smaller ones too, never heard of the birthday day off (except for a friend who works in the advertising industry), also never heard of people getting help with their rent or mortgages!

artful_codger

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

The reason i ask is that i work in financial services and friends do as well, in large organisations and smaller ones too, never heard of the birthday day off (except for a friend who works in the advertising industry), also never heard of people getting help with their rent or mortgages!

a birthday day off isn't actually a benefit. instead of giving you 22 days off, a company will give you 21 days off plus your birthday off - it works out better for them because everyone has different birthdays, so they won't end up with people off at the same time. it's not a perk.

Mitch Connor

dreamers75 wrote: »

Any company who entered the Top companies to work for have it.

my company is in that every year, and we don't have that.

Eoin

artful_codger wrote: »

a birthday day off isn't actually a benefit. instead of giving you 22 days off, a company will give you 21 days off plus your birthday off - it works out better for them because everyone has different birthdays, so they won't end up with people off at the same time. it's not a perk.

Anything over 20 days is a perk.

seamus

dreamers75 wrote: »

Any company who entered the Top companies to work for have it.

My company is in that, don't give a birthday day off. Sounds ridiculous tbh honest, what age is someone that wants a day off on their birthday?

useless wrote: »

'Head of Talent'... is that what personnel managers are being called now?

Superquinn call their HR & Training department the "Talent" department.

artful_codger

eoin wrote: »

Anything over 20 days is a perk.

what r u, an IBEC spokesman?

http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/marked-differences-holiday-leave-eu/article-165874

Eoin

artful_codger wrote: »

what r u, an IBEC spokesman?

Nope, I'm not. Not a boss or business owner either.

artful_codger wrote: »

http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/marked-differences-holiday-leave-eu/article-165874

That link doesn't work for me. The statutory amount of annual leave is 20 days per year in Ireland, so by definition, anything over 20 days is a bonus.

If all that page says is that we have a low amount of annual leave compared to other EU, then that's irrelevant to this thread.