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We give our staff anything between 25 days to 30 days paid holiday. In addition they receive 8 paid bank (aka public) holidays a year. So that's a total of betw

We give our staff anything between 25 days to 30 days paid holiday. In addition they receive 8 paid bank (aka public) holidays a year. So that's a total of between 33 and 38 paid days off.

seanmcdirmid 8y ago
The USA has bank/federal holidays also (around 10/year).
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  Public holidays (federal or state) in the US are not obligatory for (and many are often not observed by) private employers.
  - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
    Sure, but most tech companies will give you them anyways. If we are talking about what we get for half the pay in the uk, vacation isn’t it.
    - dragonwriter 8y ago
      > Sure, but most tech companies will give you them anyways I've yet to see any private employer in the US that gives employees every public holiday applicable in their jurisdiction; heck even public employers often don't, as federal government doesn't give state holidays in the location and state and local agencies often don't give all federal holidays.
      - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
        There are only ten federal holidays. If you are working in the states, you get most of not all of them.
        dragonwriter 8y ago
        > There are only ten federal holidays. If you are working in the states, you get most of not all of them. MLK, Washington's Birthday, Labor Day, and Columbus Day are particularly frequently not granted by private employers. Columbus Day and MLK are each not given by some nonfederal public employers (to my knowledge, a non-overlapping set.)
        seanmcdirmid 8y ago
        Labor Day is most definitely granted, as is MLK, at the big techs. I’m sure most full time employees get Labor Day off actually. That’s the whole point of it actually. See: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-12-paid-holidays-at-Googles-US-offices https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-12-paid-holidays-at-Googl... https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-paid-holidays-at-Microsoft-in-Redmond https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-paid-holidays-at-Microsof... https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Facebook-Paid-Holidays-US-BNFT30_E40772_N1.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Facebook-Paid-Holidays-US...
        doingmyting 8y ago
        I know from previously working there that Microsoft gives all public holidays. When I started you had floating holidays you could take for some (MLK, Columbus etc) but now all are given. Wouldn't be surprised to learn it's the same at Google, FB et al.

We give our staff anything between 25 days to 30 days paid holiday. In addition they receive 8 paid bank (aka public) holidays a year. So that's a total of between 33 and 38 paid days off.

seanmcdirmid 8y ago

The USA has bank/federal holidays also (around 10/year).

dragonwriter 8y ago
Public holidays (federal or state) in the US are not obligatory for (and many are often not observed by) private employers.
- seanmcdirmid 8y ago
  Sure, but most tech companies will give you them anyways. If we are talking about what we get for half the pay in the uk, vacation isn’t it.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > Sure, but most tech companies will give you them anyways I've yet to see any private employer in the US that gives employees every public holiday applicable in their jurisdiction; heck even public employers often don't, as federal government doesn't give state holidays in the location and state and local agencies often don't give all federal holidays.
    - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
      There are only ten federal holidays. If you are working in the states, you get most of not all of them.
      - dragonwriter 8y ago
        > There are only ten federal holidays. If you are working in the states, you get most of not all of them. MLK, Washington's Birthday, Labor Day, and Columbus Day are particularly frequently not granted by private employers. Columbus Day and MLK are each not given by some nonfederal public employers (to my knowledge, a non-overlapping set.)
        seanmcdirmid 8y ago
        Labor Day is most definitely granted, as is MLK, at the big techs. I’m sure most full time employees get Labor Day off actually. That’s the whole point of it actually. See: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-12-paid-holidays-at-Googles-US-offices https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-12-paid-holidays-at-Googl... https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-paid-holidays-at-Microsoft-in-Redmond https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-paid-holidays-at-Microsof... https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Facebook-Paid-Holidays-US-BNFT30_E40772_N1.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Facebook-Paid-Holidays-US...
        doingmyting 8y ago
        I know from previously working there that Microsoft gives all public holidays. When I started you had floating holidays you could take for some (MLK, Columbus etc) but now all are given. Wouldn't be surprised to learn it's the same at Google, FB et al.