How Many Vacation Time Do You Get?
The workers in Lithuania and Brazil led the pack with an average of 41 days a year away. The averaged US of 25 days – 15 days of vacation plus 10 holidays one years. So, How much vacation time do you get?
The vacation is one thing that I’ve always monitored and negotiated since I’ve changed jobs and therefore I never have gone backwards. I’ve had a couple employers want to drop me back to their “standard policy” (as one weeks) when I have switched positions, but I’ve held. I see time as vacation time with my family and I will not give up.
As such, here’s what I currently have as vacation time each year :
- 20 vacation days
- 7 personal days (can be taken in one-hour chunks for things like dentist visits or full days for sickness, etc.)
- 6 holidays (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day)
- 33 days total
We actually convert the vacation and personal days into hours and then take off what we need, when we need.
By the way, I hardly ever take all my vacation. I take what I need/want and the rest is banked. I carried over some days last year and as of this writing I still have 24 days coming to me for 2009. I may use some of those in December, but no matter what I do, I will carry over a big amount into 2010.
I prefer to be paid to them as I like, but I prefer to leave invested for the event that we decide we want to take an unexpected vacation. Now I think about it, I should make it a target for next year to take more holidays. I will on my resolution list.
So how about you? How many vacation time do you get?
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