How many paid "vacation days" do you get in a year?

[Mike Gayner]

Another thread today made me wonder how many paid vacation days people get in a year. Over here it's legally mandated - the minimum days an employer can give an employee is 20 (four weeks) for a full time worker. Most people I know either get the legal minimum or legal minimum + 1 week.

I get the legal minimum, 20 days paid leave per year (called "holiday leave" or "annual leave" here). This doesn't include sick days, of which I get another 5 - though most employers I know of are pretty flexible and will continue to pay sick leave as long as its reasonable. It also doesn't include statutory holidays (Christmas, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Easter etc).

 

[darkxshade]

2 weeks + 2 personal days = 12 days + 10 days off for official holidays though I wish I could opt to come in those days and get 22 days off instead... meh

 

[surfsatwerk]

My leave accrues based off the number of hours I work. I have like 130 hours available and took off 40 hours last year. For sick leave I have like 190 hours available and used 70 last year.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

the typical 10 days + 6 sick days.

 

[meltdown75]

22
+6 sick days

 

[PepePeru]

New year's day, memorial day, 4th of july, labor day, thanksgiving, xmas are the only ones that are paid.

I went to Brazil for 3 weeks this summer. 15 days without pay. Yeah, it sucks, but my boss can't afford to pay people that aren't here.

 

[TheKub]

At my new job everything is just PTO (holidays, sick, vacation) and I get 26 days off. My last job was for a county government and I got 14 holidays and roughly 2 weeks each of sick and vacation time.

 

[ViviTheMage]

15 + paid holidays and whatnot

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

30 days + as many sick days as I need (have to actually go to a doctor in the morning if I'm going to miss work though).

 

[amdhunter]

5 weeks + 2 sick days a month.

 

[DVad3r]

lol, I actually voted 21-25 but that was a mistake.

I get about 65 days paid for the summer. 2 weeks off from x-mas paid. 1 week off for March break paid. Catholic holidays, paid. And I have an additional 21 sick days per year to use, which stack to the next year if you don't use them.

I'd say around 89 days not counting paid sick days.

 

[BrownShoes]

4 weeks vacation plus 10 days sick & personal.

 

[KeithTalent]

20 Vacation plus 8 sick days that I never use, plus all of the stat holidays of course.

KT

 

[Mike Gayner]

lol, I actually voted 21-25 but that was a mistake.

I get about 65 days paid for the summer. 2 weeks off from x-mas paid. 1 week off for March break paid. Catholic holidays, paid. And I have an additional 21 sick days per year to use, which stack to the next year if you don't use them.

I'd say around 89 days not counting paid sick days.

WTF what job do you have?

 

[vi edit]

WTF what job do you have?

I'll take "What are the benefits of working for a school district?" for $400 Alex.

 

[KeithTalent]

WTF what job do you have?

Sounds like a teacher.

KT

 

[Mike Gayner]

Damn, why didn't I become a teacher? Oh yeah, I hate young'uns passionately.

 

[DVad3r]

I'll take "What are the benefits of working for a school district?" for $400 Alex.

What is your paypal account sir? j/k!

I'm not a teacher yet though, I'm actually a Child and Youth Worker:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_and_Youth_Worker

I am taking courses part time though to get into teachers college...

 

[TheKub]

WTF what job do you have?

Most likely a teacher.

 

[crownjules]

Officially we get 10 vacation days + 2 sick days. However, they don't really keep track of it and due to the fact that we usually work a lot of OT it's an understood thing that you get compensated with extra vacation. Most people take 3-4 weeks vacation.

edit: Teachers might consider it "paid" vacation during the summer, but then they have much lower salaries than other jobs.

 

[OutHouse]

i earn 17 hours a month.

 

[kstu]

20 (PTO = sick + vacation) + 8 holidays + birthday + personal choice holiday

 

[AMDZen]

I have 30 days

 

[gophins72]

4 weeks = 20 days, + 10 holidays for 30 days

 

[SSUSeaWolf]

24+1+12+15 = 52 paid days