This is not true. I am a French software programmer, with the cadre status. I have 9 days of RTT. With the 25 paid holidays, I have almost 7 weeks of holidays /

This is not true. I am a French software programmer, with the cadre status. I have 9 days of RTT. With the 25 paid holidays, I have almost 7 weeks of holidays / year (34 days). As a cadre, I am not paid by the hour: I am paid to attain results. If I can do it in 35 hours, great. If I need to work more, so be it. I often work 40-50 hours, but it's a choice. And I have relatively flexible hours, as long as the job is done. Now, while the actual number of hours worked varies, and nobody keeps count of those hours... my employment contract still specifies that I am supposed to work 37,5 hours / week. Which is more than 35 hours. Which means I get 9 RTTs / year. Some cadres have contracts that specify they should work 39 hours / week, and they get 18 RTTs / year. Regardless of the actual hours worked (since they are paid by the results). Some companies have contracts that specify their cadres work 35 hours / week, and they get no RTTs... Even though they often work a lot more.