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>Outside tech (which is dripping with privilege) it's common to have 0-2 weeks of vacation in the US. I have to disagree. Maybe outside of white-collar work.

by smackfu 12y ago

>Outside tech (which is dripping with privilege) it's common to have 0-2 weeks of vacation in the US. I have to disagree. Maybe outside of white-collar work. But "tech" is not all of white-collar. Most people who work in offices for big companies get good vacation time.

johnward 12y ago
Yes but there are still a lot of people who receive no vacation time and there is no law saying that employees have to get a minimum amount of time off.
CalRobert 12y ago
I disagree as well. Of course, "good" is subjective but this doesn't look great: (from http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm) Table 5. Average paid holidays and days of vacation and sick leave for full-time employees in small private establishments, 1996 Professional, All technical, Clerical Blue-collar Leave category full-time and and sales and service employees related employees(2) employees(3) employees(1) Paid holidays................... 7.6 8.5 7.7 7.0
- CalRobert 12y ago
  Sorry, I didn't catch that this data is for small establishments and you specifically said big. I can't immediately find this data from the BIS so disregard it if you like.
- smackfu 12y ago
  For professional, technical, and related employees, it looks like starting at two weeks and moving up to three or four after some time is the most common, which agrees with my experience.

by smackfu 12y ago

johnward 12y ago

Yes but there are still a lot of people who receive no vacation time and there is no law saying that employees have to get a minimum amount of time off.

CalRobert 12y ago

I disagree as well. Of course, "good" is subjective but this doesn't look great: (from http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm) Table 5. Average paid holidays and days of vacation and sick leave for full-time employees in small private establishments, 1996 Professional, All technical, Clerical Blue-collar Leave category full-time and and sales and service employees related employees(2) employees(3) employees(1) Paid holidays................... 7.6 8.5 7.7 7.0

CalRobert 12y ago
Sorry, I didn't catch that this data is for small establishments and you specifically said big. I can't immediately find this data from the BIS so disregard it if you like.
smackfu 12y ago
For professional, technical, and related employees, it looks like starting at two weeks and moving up to three or four after some time is the most common, which agrees with my experience.