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Is it normal to get 20 vacation days and 8.5 sick days on top of that? That's nearly 30 days off, not including holidays. Seems really abnormally high to me, so

by nilkn 13y ago

Is it normal to get 20 vacation days and 8.5 sick days on top of that? That's nearly 30 days off, not including holidays. Seems really abnormally high to me, so I'm curious if I'm missing out on something here.

LandoCalrissian 13y ago
That's what it is at my company, it's not very strictly enforced though. I don think that the average is lower for most jobs however.
jasonpbecker 13y ago
While a lot of crappy, and especially non-professional, entry level jobs offer less time, it is not atypical for a professional job to offer 4 weeks paid vacation and 10-12 sick days a year.
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samastur 13y ago
Depends on where you live and who you work for. At my current company I have 30 vacation days + 10 days of sick days and that's because I work for a British instead of a local company. If I worked for local, then those sick days would be whatever my doctor would say is needed and I couldn't be fired for having too many.
- nilkn 13y ago
  That's crazy. If I remember correctly, my current company will only offer 29 days of PTO after 10 years of service. PTO includes sick days. Then again, I frequently hear that the US falls far, far behind in these matters compared to other countries.
  - __chrismc 13y ago
    Sounds like the US lags behind on this, but I'm sure the tradeoffs are made up elsewhere - for example, it looks to me like salaries for equivalent roles in IT are often a little higher in the US. At my current (UK) employer, I get 30 days vacation, 13 days Scottish public holidays which get added to my vacation (so all paid), and paid sick leave of no more than 3 "instances" in a year. An "instance" could be 1 day, or it could be a month... but if it's longer than 5 working days I need to back it up with a letter from my GP. The downside is that if I don't use up all that vacation, I lose it - it's not converted to salary (although some companies do this). This is something I'm acutely aware of this year, as I'm struggling to find opportunity to take the remaining 15 days leave I still have to use by Dec 31st.

by nilkn 13y ago

LandoCalrissian 13y ago

That's what it is at my company, it's not very strictly enforced though. I don think that the average is lower for most jobs however.

jasonpbecker 13y ago

While a lot of crappy, and especially non-professional, entry level jobs offer less time, it is not atypical for a professional job to offer 4 weeks paid vacation and 10-12 sick days a year.

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samastur 13y ago

Depends on where you live and who you work for. At my current company I have 30 vacation days + 10 days of sick days and that's because I work for a British instead of a local company. If I worked for local, then those sick days would be whatever my doctor would say is needed and I couldn't be fired for having too many.

nilkn 13y ago
That's crazy. If I remember correctly, my current company will only offer 29 days of PTO after 10 years of service. PTO includes sick days. Then again, I frequently hear that the US falls far, far behind in these matters compared to other countries.
- __chrismc 13y ago
  Sounds like the US lags behind on this, but I'm sure the tradeoffs are made up elsewhere - for example, it looks to me like salaries for equivalent roles in IT are often a little higher in the US. At my current (UK) employer, I get 30 days vacation, 13 days Scottish public holidays which get added to my vacation (so all paid), and paid sick leave of no more than 3 "instances" in a year. An "instance" could be 1 day, or it could be a month... but if it's longer than 5 working days I need to back it up with a letter from my GP. The downside is that if I don't use up all that vacation, I lose it - it's not converted to salary (although some companies do this). This is something I'm acutely aware of this year, as I'm struggling to find opportunity to take the remaining 15 days leave I still have to use by Dec 31st.