People working hourly jobs don't get much guatanteed vacation and we have lots of them. Just about any full-time professional setting will have much more. Somew

People working hourly jobs don't get much guatanteed vacation and we have lots of them. Just about any full-time professional setting will have much more. Somewhere around 20 days when you factor in vacation and holidays and most give more days after a few years of service. The end result is that the older working population has many more days it just isn't mandated by the government. In regards to wealthy nation vacation times: It is possible that prosperity is not derived from vacation.