In Britain you typically work 37.5 hours per week and get five weeks vacation. Over 47 weeks, those extra 2.5 hours an American works is three extra weeks of wo

In Britain you typically work 37.5 hours per week and get five weeks vacation. Over 47 weeks, those extra 2.5 hours an American works is three extra weeks of work. If you only get 10 days vacation per year then an American works 3 more weeks, for a total of 6 more weeks than a Brit.