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77 days is quite a while (and assume a few more for final transport home), but I get 5 weeks of leave a year and can rollover 6 weeks from year to year, which,

77 days is quite a while (and assume a few more for final transport home), but I get 5 weeks of leave a year and can rollover 6 weeks from year to year, which, with weekends, would get me 79 days. This is not even a stellar job. Of course, being away from my wife (no kids yet) for 77 days might be a hard sell, and when we do have kids that'll be off the table for a while. Then you schedule the event to coincide with holidays. In the US, we have (depending on your employer) 3 federal holidays from May through July (Memorial, Juneteenth, 4th of July). 4 for September through November but it doesn't line up well enough to get all 4 starting with 11 weeks off (Labor Day, Columbus, Veteran's, Thanksgiving). If you're willing to travel to get a better climate for an event, you have November-January which gives you Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and MLK. So 3, 4, or 5 extra days on top of leave are feasible several times of the year (late spring/summer, fall, winter). That can be used to stretch your leave if you don't have enough to make it, or to give you a recovery week (or partial week). Or, you get enough money and have no responsibilities and just quit working for 2-3 months.

lotsofpulp 2y ago
> This is not even a stellar job. I would bet you have more leave than 95%+ of W-2 workers in the US. https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/paid-vacations.htm https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/paid-vacations.htm
- Jtsummers 2y ago
  Probably, but lower pay than most software engineers at this point in their career even excluding SV and major metros. It's a tradeoff. I could almost double my salary going across the street but I'd have to drop to 4 weeks of leave a year and lose the rollover. EDIT: But if I'm understanding the table you linked, for people with between 10 and 20 years of experience, 19% have > 24 days off and 43% have > 20 days off. So my base leave is above average but not extraordinary. The rollover may be, though.
  - lotsofpulp 2y ago
    Yes, the amount you can 6 rollover is very exceptional. It would also be exceptional if you were approved to take all that leave at once.
    - Jtsummers 2y ago
      I've had several coworkers take 1.5-2 months off at once, usually scheduled very deliberately to coincide with the completion of some major work effort (+ some margin), when work would normally be slow as the next effort is barely ramping up. Of course, part of doing this means effectively not taking leave for a year so you have enough to roll over or using smaller amounts of leave for several years to accrue enough rollover leave.

lotsofpulp 2y ago

> This is not even a stellar job. I would bet you have more leave than 95%+ of W-2 workers in the US. https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/paid-vacations.htm https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/paid-vacations.htm

Jtsummers 2y ago
Probably, but lower pay than most software engineers at this point in their career even excluding SV and major metros. It's a tradeoff. I could almost double my salary going across the street but I'd have to drop to 4 weeks of leave a year and lose the rollover. EDIT: But if I'm understanding the table you linked, for people with between 10 and 20 years of experience, 19% have > 24 days off and 43% have > 20 days off. So my base leave is above average but not extraordinary. The rollover may be, though.
- lotsofpulp 2y ago
  Yes, the amount you can 6 rollover is very exceptional. It would also be exceptional if you were approved to take all that leave at once.
  - Jtsummers 2y ago
    I've had several coworkers take 1.5-2 months off at once, usually scheduled very deliberately to coincide with the completion of some major work effort (+ some margin), when work would normally be slow as the next effort is barely ramping up. Of course, part of doing this means effectively not taking leave for a year so you have enough to roll over or using smaller amounts of leave for several years to accrue enough rollover leave.