> Vacation time is also the lowest (2 weeks) compared to Europe which on average has 4 weeks of vacation time. As far as I know, no law requires employers to g

> Vacation time is also the lowest (2 weeks) compared to Europe which on average has 4 weeks of vacation time. As far as I know, no law requires employers to give their workers paid vacation days in the US. Although the most common vacation time is 2 weeks, there are some jobs with no paid vacation time at all. Also, from what I've heard, what the article mentions about people feeling guilty for taking vacation time is very real in American's work culture. Here in the Netherlands, in contrast, the minimum paid vacation time by law is four times the number of working days in a week. For full time that's 20 days. Typically, companies provide a bit more than that.