Travellers, how much vacation time do you recieve per year?
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I receive 3 weeks, plus federal holidays and 2 floating holidays. However, I have had to use a good portion of my leave for religious holidays and child-related activities. Now that I am quitting to be a stay at home mom, I will not have to worry about taking leave. The money, however, that's another story.
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Same company for over 20 years. 5 weeks of PDO (Personal Days Off) per year for any purpose (sick and/or vacation). Plus 10 holidays (7 company wide "national holidays" 3 employee selected) per year. Average leave here is about 3.5 weeks PDO (n-hours per pay period, with the rate increasing after 5, 10, 20 and 30 years of service) There are limits on the amount of PDO you can carry over year to year so that you are encouraged to TAKE TIME OFF because you need it. It is a use it or lose it benefit. Some people think they are such important "rats" that they put themselves in that little wheel by not taking off when they really should. That has a lot more to do with the "rat race" syndrom that many of us will admit.
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In Canada we got 2 weeks paid vacation if you worked at a company for less than 2 years, and 3 weeks paid vacation thereafter. <BR> <BR>In the UK, the minimum is 4 weeks and companies often give more than that. I personally receive 4 weeks, plus an option to buy another week from a flexible benefits package. <BR> <BR>In all, I think the Europeans get a better deal!
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I get three weeks, with the option to purchase an additional week. Our fiscal year begins on Feb 1st & vacation cannot carry over. I accrue 9 personal paid days per year, but those DO carry over & can be added on to vacation days to extend any vacation taken. I think we have about 5 paid national holidays & those are "fixed", no negotiating there. <BR>BC
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5 weeks (which are the legal norm in France) + holydays which probably account for 5-6 days/year on average (taking into account the fact that some of them happen on a saturday or sunday and therefore are "lost", depending of the year) + 6 personnal days (these aren't the norm) for a total of roughly 35 days. <BR> <BR> There are also 4 sick days and I can "purchase" up to 12 other days (this number should soon be reduced). <BR> <BR>Also (it seems to me it's important too), I work 7,5 hours/day (or 37,5 hours/week)
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Please post what country you're from when you answer this question! <BR>I'm from the US and get only 2 weeks (3 next year), plus 2 personal days, 1 floating holiday and 5 other holidays, one week between Christmas and New Years, and 3 weeks sicktime (which can only be used for real illness and is not accrued).
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10 days vacation for first 2 years, 15 days staring at 3 years, 3 personal days, all US holidays, and 10 sick days. <BR> <BR>Kavey - One needs to also consider cost of living - rent, food, utilities, basics, etc also. Taxes are only bad if spent wastefully - like the military spending $130 for a single toilet seat or the billions on misslle defense.