who pays for world bank employee benefits?

[Anonymous]

I was showing off my wit. Not my French grammar. French grammar I work on in Provence, where I go instead of Disney.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:jsteele - check your facts. its not first class necessarily (depends on lenght of trip, just like any private sector travel policy) and its not every year. And...are you willing to leave your country, culture, language, extended family and friends, and relocate to a far away place which - lets face it - is not necessarily friendly to foreigners... in order to work for your employer?

Do you know what the job market is like outside the US? In Latin America for example?
People are willing to do all those things you just mentioned just to have a decent paying job. The benefits are NOT necessary.

I am not a Bank employee, but I work for another international organization. Let me tell you, the benefits are necessary to keep me at my job. Without them, I would be better off working in the private sector or academia. They are part of the total compensation package that makes the job attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The French work 35 hours a week. You get off your grand chevaux.

Officially they are "required" to work 35 hours a week. Me and most of my colleagues there worked 12 hour days. Before you ask, I worked in Information Technology.

If you want to show off your French, you should check your grammar first.

OK, Grammar Goddess:
"ME and most of my colleagues there worked 12 hour days." Great grammar!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By which you mean post above is idiotic or that all idiots should read the post above?

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The French work 35 hours a week. You get off your grand chevaux.

Officially they are "required" to work 35 hours a week. Me and most of my colleagues there worked 12 hour days. Before you ask, I worked in Information Technology.

If you want to show off your French, you should check your grammar first.

OK, Grammar Goddess:
"ME and most of my colleagues there worked 12 hour days." Great grammar!!!

No I think the Grammar Goddess meant the fact that you had her riding multiple horses.

[Anonymous]

See how efficient the French are? They can ride multiple horses at once!

[Anonymous]

I thik the only thing the french are efficient at are halting train service with a strike or efficiently being loud and obnoxious. I would hardly look to the french as a model of efficiency or hard work.

[Anonymous]

Is it not an exciting prospect to come to the US, to DC, to work and live for a few years, no matter where you come from? And to work at the WB, a prestige in itself? Good benefits are always available for those in demand, like at one time on Wall Street...

[Anonymous]

How much do WB economists and education specialists make?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:The World Bank is supported by contributions from member countries and the US is the largest donor.

But isn't the US one of the lowest contributors in terms of GNP?

I don't think US tax payers are disproportionately paying for these benefits.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to hijack, but my husband is a civilian employee of the DOD. We are posted in Australia at the moment. He gets: about 20% increase in his pay plus a variable amount depending on the exchange rate, furnished housing provided, extra paid home leave vacation time (but no plane tickets), and private school tuition, which we aren't using. The benefits vary by country; we were in England previously and they were slightly different.

And his time is clocked, so if he works more than 80 hours every 2 weeks he gets flextime or has to get overtime pay approval.

The downside is that my own career is on hold, though I am allowed to work here. Also DH's base pay is much lower than he could make in industry. But we feel very grateful for our circumstances...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See how efficient the French are? They can ride multiple horses at once!

I am the grammar goddess And no I do not ride horses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thik the only thing the french are efficient at are halting train service with a strike or efficiently being loud and obnoxious. I would hardly look to the french as a model of efficiency or hard work.

Fair enough, but they are far from the lazy bums that prejudiced Americans make them to be.

[Anonymous]

I am outraged that Americans working and living overseas do not have to pay U.S. income taxes. Why are they living off of my hard work, swilling le vin blanc and sending their kids to private schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thik the only thing the french are efficient at are halting train service with a strike or efficiently being loud and obnoxious. I would hardly look to the french as a model of efficiency or hard work.

Yeah but what pleasant, fast trains they are when they're not on strike!