Off Music-Topic: How many vacation days do you get a yea

30 vacation days a year.
15 paid holidays.
1 personal day.
24 sick days per year.


When I started, I accumulated 2 vacation days every month, or 24 working days a year (just short of 5 weeks). That has since gone up to about 2.5 days a month based on my length of service. I can carry up to 384 vacation hours to the next year (I currently have 280 hours accumulated, or 35 working days, which is about 2 months). When I leave, I am paid out for vacation.

I also accumulate 2 sick days per month, which I never use and have reached the max that I can carry over (270 hours). I am not paid out when I leave my job for sick time accrued, but I can donate them to a staff pool for folk who have critical illness and not enough sick time.

Wow, I thought I would have the most, but I think Vansmack has me beat, I just quit my job but after 6 years I had the following

6 weeks vacation
5 sick days
5 personal leave days
the whole week after xmas off

and I worked from home

why did I quit again? oh yeah, I was miserable doing the work

after 9 years, i get about 4 weeks vacation.
there's a raise every year. now we're doing quartiles and crap i don't understand.

this is turning into a big corporation which is hinkey and weird.

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Wow, I thought I would have the most, but I think Vansmack has me beat

the whole week after xmas off

Yes, I have a great situation here. I won't even go into my benefits or retirement package…

We also have the whole week between Xmas and New Years (I counted that as part of my 15 paid holidays) and things really slow down when the students aren't here (January and the summer).

I have never asked for a raise but have gotten one every year (exceeding COLA) and have been given a few bonuses for good work.

And the worst part is - I love nearly every minute of my job.

5 days a year vacation
2 days sick

both are accrued, so i dont have a full week until december 31 :(

i get 22 days a year, sick/personal whatever.

and the regular holidays.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
5 days a year vacation
2 days sick

both are accrued, so i dont have a full week until december 31 :(

thanks for making me feel better about my job!

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Average Number of Vacation Days Around the World Per Year
Italy 42 days
France 37 days
Germany 35 days
Brazil 34 days
United Kingdom 28 days
Canada 26 days
Korea 25 days
Japan 25 days
U.S. 13 days

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO).

Of course, this must be pointed out as well to put things in perspective. GDP per capita rankings (in USD, source IMF):

United States 43,574 (4th)
Canada 35,494 (9th)
UK 35,051 (11th)
Japan 32,647 (18th)
Germany 31,095 (19th)
Italy 30,732 (20th)
France 30,693 (21st)
South Korea 23,926 (30th)
Brazil 9,108 (68th)

And I get 10 days vacation, with a liberal sick leave policy that I think is crap because too many people abuse it.

20 days/year, no differentiation among sick/vacation/personal. Plus federal holidays.

Our software company has this lineup for employees:

3 weeks vacation
2 weeks sick
2 floaters
3 personals
8 company holidays
You can "roll over" up to 2 weeks vacation into the following year.

The end.

Originally posted by miss pretentious:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
5 days a year vacation
2 days sick

both are accrued, so i dont have a full week until december 31 :(

thanks for making me feel better about my job!

to be fair, i got the week between christmas and new years off

of course i was sick the whole time anyway, but at least i got paid. might be time to start looking

*sigh* and this is why i was warned time and time again about my career path in college.

oh, plus 4 personal/year and i think 7 or 8 sick/year. the sick roll over.

today is one of the days i love my job because i got to go here:
http://secondchanceinc.org/default.aspx?kw=WarehouseDirectory
and here
http://www.housewerksalvage.com/

Originally posted by vansmack:

And the worst part is - I love nearly every minute of my job.

ive been thinking about moving back to the bay (well not for a little while, but soon). so you guys hiring? :D

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
*sigh* and this is why i was warned time and time again about my career path in college.

Are you happy with what you're doing? If so, then none of the rest matters at your age. If not, then it's not too late for a change.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
*sigh* and this is why i was warned time and time again about my career path in college.

Are you happy with what you're doing? If so, then none of the rest matters at your age. If not, then it's not too late for a change.

that's the thing. it's soooo spotty. some days i love it. some i hate it. it's really a mixed bag.

but at the same time, i dunno if this is just a quarter-life crisis…

I'm sure that helps the good ole USA come in a respectable fifth in overall quality of life index:

http://www.il-ireland.com/il/qofl07/

Originally posted by Brandon Brendall, the thief:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Average Number of Vacation Days Around the World Per Year
Italy 42 days
France 37 days
Germany 35 days
Brazil 34 days
United Kingdom 28 days
Canada 26 days
Korea 25 days
Japan 25 days
U.S. 13 days

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO).

Of course, this must be pointed out as well to put things in perspective. GDP per capita rankings (in USD, source IMF):

United States 43,574 (4th)
Canada 35,494 (9th)
UK 35,051 (11th)
Japan 32,647 (18th)
Germany 31,095 (19th)
Italy 30,732 (20th)
France 30,693 (21st)
South Korea 23,926 (30th)
Brazil 9,108 (68th)

And I get 10 days vacation, with a liberal sick leave policy that I think is crap because too many people abuse it.

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
ive been thinking about moving back to the bay (well not for a little while, but soon). so you guys hiring? :D

We are always hiring. We have 20 openings this week, about a third of which are in my classification, the rest are union jobs, but they have pretty good bennies as well.

25 days PTO (vacation/sick)
10 holidays

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I'm sure that helps the good ole USA come in a respectable fifth in overall quality of life index:

http://www.il-ireland.com/il/qofl07/

Australia, Holland, New Zealand I could agree with, but any chart that has France at the top that isn't titled "Biggiest Pussies in the World" or "Least Thankful Bastards post WWII" I have a problem with.