How much?

Well, I'm guessing I will get 0 days paid holiday ever again. However, I reckon the benefits of owning my own business outweigh the disadvantages. :)

I have never worked at a job that provided a paid vacation. I could take time off for a vacation but they did not pay me when I wasn't there. Same with sick time, I lost pay. I was typical of people that didn't have the training to get a job with employment perks like paid time off--I worked mostly phone jobs and unskilled jobs because I was stupid and dropped out of college! Young folks, pay attention! But I knew a lot of people, acquaintances and friends, who did get paid time off. Those were usually jobs for big corporations or highly skilled jobs such as in the legal area for white collar positions.

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hi p ikefish I never got paid holidays as I worked for years parttime so guess I did not miss the paid vacations much. but looking back it sure would have helped a lot with the bills and all. I did get paid vacations many years back woking as a nurses aide. all the US holidays were paid though and I got time and a half working on holidays. too warm today in here Ikeep falling asleep lol.

Let's see, I get: New Year's day Martin Luther King Day Memorial day July 4th - Independence day Labor Day Thanksgiving and the day after Thanksgiving 1/2 day Christmas eve Christmas day 1/2 day New Years eve For a total of 9 paid days off, plus I get one floating holiday that I can take on my birthday or adjacent to one of the other holidays. And I get PTO (paid time off) accrued at 7.38 hours every two weeks, for a total of 24 days per year. This is combined vacation and sick time. The accrual goes up when I reach 10 years, to 26 days per year. We also have bereavement time, 3 - 5 days at the supervisor's discretion.

I just had a discussion with a colleague about this last week. As it turns out, because I have been with this employer for more than 4 years, I am already entitled to 3 weeks paid-leave. I could have negotiated for more when I started, but I think I was just happy to get the job that I agreed to the generic 2 weeks paid-leave.

Yes I know, it is unreal. I know people who work on the European continent and they all get 6 weeks vacation plus sick leave plus paid holidays. How do things get done? I don't know. I was very lucky in the later years when I was employed her in Canada. I got 3 weeks paid vacation, then 4 weeks after 10 years, maximum of 15 days sick leave a year and paid holidays New Year's Day Family Day (Feb) Good Friday The Queen's Birthday July 1, Canada Day Aug 1, Bank Holiday Labour Day 1/2 Christmas Eve (not officially, but everybody went home early) Christmas Day Boxing Day I know things are really tough in the USA. I feel for the people who work in the service industry. They have no benefits.

I get NONE. Nothing, zip, zero, apparently, the Feds don't think people in the health care profession deserve a holiday or vacation

I'm not working at the moment but at my last job I got the same as you. I was a civil servant, and I felt very lucky to get all that holiday, especially when I learnt about how little they get in the States. When I was a student I spent a year in France, and was shocked (and happy!) that they had so many public holidays there. And when the holiday happened to fall on a Thursday, they took the Friday off as well, as a "bridge day", just because, well, what's the point of going back to work/college for one day? (Personally, I think they somehow planned for a lot of the holidays to fall on Thursday for this reason! ) That's a really interesting article. Reading the comments below it, I wonder if it's true that US workers are compensated for their lack of paid holiday by comparatively higher earnings than other countries? But then this can't be true in all sectors, what about those working in low paid areas, such as fast food etc.. Many people must suffer from both low pay and hardly any holiday. It's interesting to ponder on why there is such a difference between Europe and America. It possibly has something to do with our history of having a welfare state, and union power, at least during certain periods(?). Of course over time having at least 4 weeks paid leave is what we have come to expect here, and as Americans have never had this they this expectation doesn't exist in the States.

That is great. I get 8 holidays, 5 personal, 4 weeks vacation each year until I hit 5 years withthe company. Then I get another week of vacation.

We here in Australia get 4 weeks annual leave as a rule. Some larger companies might give you more, I am not sure. You have to be a full time employee to receive these benefits though. Some companies will employ lots of casual or part time staff to avoid having to pay them entitlements like sick leave, public holiday and annual leave payments. I do not get anything as I am self employed. I do miss not getting all of these payments sometimes, but I prefer being in charge of my own life and working hours more than anything, so I will not be rushing back into full time employment in a hurry!

My most recent employer paid for two weeks vacation after one year, and then I got a promotion, which earned me three weeks and one day paid vacation. But as to holidays, none were paid.Before that, I worked as truck driver for the same company for 10 years. Two weeks paid vacation, nine paid holidays, plus two "personal" paid days off every year. I had serious health problems and had to leave that profession, but that was good in terms of paid time off in the U.S.

6 weeks !!! I don't believe it. South Africa, at least beats you guys in terms of public holidays which is 11 days per year and 15 working days which is equivalent to 3 weeks-any other day off is unpaid holiday unless its those statutory ones like maternity, compassionate etc.