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Any jobs with good holidays? I want to work in the finance sector but the holidays are only around 25 days a year, any other finance related careers with longer holidays?

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Reply 1

Che_Chux

Original post by Wenger_Out

Any jobs with good holidays? I want to work in the finance sector but the holidays are only around 25 days a year, any other finance related careers with longer holidays?

Yes there's financial Jobs at the TSR Government , great hours and experience Hurry!

Reply 2

Wenger_Out

Original post by Che_Chux

Yes there's financial Jobs at the TSR Government , great hours and experience Hurry!

Can you link the application form pls

Reply 3

Che_Chux

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4559506

Reply 4

username1740449

Original post by Wenger_Out

Any jobs with good holidays? I want to work in the finance sector but the holidays are only around 25 days a year, any other finance related careers with longer holidays?

I know this isn't what you're looking for, but in all honesty a good 80%, maybe more, jobs in the finance sector have little to no days off. The best thing I can suggest is being a finance lecturer because then you get all university holidays off, a decent wage and job security. I'm sorry I couldn't find a better answer for you but there really seems to be nothing, I think I searched for a good 25 minutes!

Reply 5

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by ShannyMorrison

University staff don't get the holidays off work.

Academic and administrative annual leave is around 30days plus 5 or so closure days (over Christmas and an extra day or so at easter) plus bank holidays.

It's generous holiday but not the 3-4 months off students get

Reply 6

Wenger_Out

Original post by ShannyMorrison

Thanks for taking the timr to research, its appreciated

Reply 7

shawn_o1

You better have Wenger's job then. Ayyyyyy

Reply 8

Wenger_Out

Original post by PQ

Yh i was thinking that as well. Guess im just a bit disheartened that once im working ill be working for 11months/year if i pursue the finance sector

Reply 9

Wenger_Out

Original post by shawn_o1

You better have Wenger's job then. Ayyyyyy

Yh i wouldnt mind it tbh. £8million a year for getting the team in the top 4 is an easy job

Reply 10

jelly1000

Original post by Wenger_Out

Any jobs with good holidays? I want to work in the finance sector but the holidays are only around 25 days a year, any other finance related careers with longer holidays?

Thats a standard amount of time off for 95% of jobs across many sectors. The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is doing a term time only job e.g. admin in a school which pays a pittance. Teachers might appear to get long holidays but they are working 50-60 hour weeks during term time and always have marking, lesson planning, e.c.t to take home with them in holidays which takes some of the time away. And university lecturers do research over uni holidays.

You might even find, like I have, that actually being on annual leave is quite boring when you no longer have holidays at the same time as your friends. Thers only so many days I can amuse myself for. So I don't mind having a lot less time off than I used to.

Reply 11

Wenger_Out

Original post by jelly1000

Hmmm thats interesting. Out of curiosity, do you spread out your holidays over the year or do you just use all 25days at once for one big holiday abroad or something? Also, any reasons for doing so or not

Reply 12

jelly1000

Original post by Wenger_Out

It's a written rule in some places and an unwritten rule in others that you don't take more than 3 weeks off at one time, so 15 days of leave unless you have a really good reason why you need the time off. My guess is because otherwise you're likely to fall behind on work so much that it impacts on the organisation. I've not taken more than a week off at a time since I started work in August, primarily because I haven't had anything to do per say with the time, just sleep so I don't burn out!

Reply 13

jelly1000

Original post by ShannyMorrison

If you are in the UK its the law that you get 28 days holiday minimum.

Reply 14

username1740449

Original post by jelly1000

If you are in the UK its the law that you get 28 days holiday minimum.

I'm aware, and in the grand scheme of things that is very little compared to say, a high school teacher who gets Summer, Easter, Christmas as well as weekends. It's all relative.

Reply 15

eimmas

If you're only taking a job because of the holiday time then you're going to really struggle when you end up not enjoying the job... I know it's cliché, but there is some truth in the "pursue something you love and you'll never work a day in your life" saying - everyone has their bad days, but if you're doing something you find interesting and stimulating then you'll find the holiday time doesn't matter as much.

It's also worth noting that a lot of employers offer benefit schemes will often include the ability to buy a few extra days of holiday. So, whilst they may offer a certain number of days as standard, there may be potential to bump that up by a few more days (and the sacrifice of salary, obviously).

Reply 16

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by ShannyMorrison

I'm aware, and in the grand scheme of things that is very little compared to say, a high school teacher who gets Summer, Easter, Christmas as well as weekends. It's all relative.