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It's not just blue collar. Right after college I was offered a job as a software engineer with five days PTO to start. I declined.

• RankingMember 13y ago
  Those kind of offers I prefer the company just goes under rather than find a soul willing to accept that.
  • saryant 13y ago
    They were actually a great company. I interned with them during college, learned a ton. They just had some very old-fashioned policies which I suspect were due to the CEO/founder (and most of the higher-ups) being from a military background.
    • cobrausn 13y ago
      In the U.S., military members get 30 days a year of paid leave, though weekends count as 'on duty' even if you would not normally work. Of course this can always be overruled by your commander - you can get stuck in a situation (i.e., deployed in Afghanistan) where you can't use your leave, you just get paid for it.
• Nicholas_C 13y ago
  Good on you for declining, I hope you expressed that as your reason why. Employers need to understand that is pathetic.
  • saryant 13y ago
    There was actually some back and forth on the matter. Eventually they offered 10 days but at that point I had other offers and wound up with one that started at three weeks vacation. Of course, that job sucked for a variety of other reasons which led to me leaving after six months. "Oh, we hired you as a programmer? Babysit this Excel spreadsheet for me."