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I haven't seen any US companies offering 25 days of paid vacation a year, plus unlimited sick leave (doctors note required for more than 3 consecutive days), pl

I haven't seen any US companies offering 25 days of paid vacation a year, plus unlimited sick leave (doctors note required for more than 3 consecutive days), plus extra days off for personal emergencies eg children sick, death in family. All the money in SV could never make me go there if I never have time to spend it.

wil421 10y ago
A quick google search and I can't find many places in Europe that offer 25 days, not including the national holidays. If I include national holidays I get 22 days off. No set sick days unless you're out for more than 5 consecutive days. I'm not sure why you'd move to SV, startup life's seems like hell.
- snovv_crash 10y ago
  From Wikipedia[1], minimum annual days leave are: UK: 28 Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden: 25 Iceland, Malta: 24 Portugal, Spain: 22 The EU mandates a minimum of 20 days, so all other EU member states have 20. Of course, these are just the mandated minimums. Many employers will give more to be competitive. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_b...
  - Accacin 10y ago
    8 of those in the UK are Bank Holidays. I'm not sure about others countries because I'm from the UK, but I think other countries get more "real" holiday days than the UK. Most companies I've worked for offer a little more than the minimum, for example I get 23 days excluding bank holidays and that generally increases by a day per year you've worked at the company or something like that.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago
  > A quick google search and I can't find many places in Europe that offer 25 days, not including the national holidays. The legal minimum in Europe is 20 days' vacation plus national holidays. Competitive employers offer more.
- jinglebells 10y ago
  6 weeks holiday in UK, Germany and Sweden is fairly normal. I don't know about the other countries.
lg 10y ago
google provides all of these benefits.
- snovv_crash 10y ago
  What would my commute to Mountain View be like? 10 minutes by train or bus, while living in affordable accommodation?
  - thedufer 10y ago
    If only one of the biggest tech companies in the world had multiple offices. I don't know about mountain view, but on Google's software dev salary you should be able to live within 10 minutes of pretty much all of their US offices. I know for sure it's possible in nyc.

wil421 10y ago

A quick google search and I can't find many places in Europe that offer 25 days, not including the national holidays. If I include national holidays I get 22 days off. No set sick days unless you're out for more than 5 consecutive days. I'm not sure why you'd move to SV, startup life's seems like hell.

snovv_crash 10y ago
From Wikipedia[1], minimum annual days leave are: UK: 28 Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden: 25 Iceland, Malta: 24 Portugal, Spain: 22 The EU mandates a minimum of 20 days, so all other EU member states have 20. Of course, these are just the mandated minimums. Many employers will give more to be competitive. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_b...
- Accacin 10y ago
  8 of those in the UK are Bank Holidays. I'm not sure about others countries because I'm from the UK, but I think other countries get more "real" holiday days than the UK. Most companies I've worked for offer a little more than the minimum, for example I get 23 days excluding bank holidays and that generally increases by a day per year you've worked at the company or something like that.
eli_gottlieb 10y ago
> A quick google search and I can't find many places in Europe that offer 25 days, not including the national holidays. The legal minimum in Europe is 20 days' vacation plus national holidays. Competitive employers offer more.
jinglebells 10y ago
6 weeks holiday in UK, Germany and Sweden is fairly normal. I don't know about the other countries.

lg 10y ago

google provides all of these benefits.

snovv_crash 10y ago
What would my commute to Mountain View be like? 10 minutes by train or bus, while living in affordable accommodation?
- thedufer 10y ago
  If only one of the biggest tech companies in the world had multiple offices. I don't know about mountain view, but on Google's software dev salary you should be able to live within 10 minutes of pretty much all of their US offices. I know for sure it's possible in nyc.