Originally Posted by
msfi
I see that stated all the time but all the Americans I know have 4 weeks off, or more. Perhaps because most I know work government/public jobs?
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I'm a Canadian, living in Canada, but I have lots of friends and colleagues in the USA. The majority of them seem to have around 2 weeks (10 working days) of vacation per year.
They also seem to have fewer stat holidays, so they 'use up' a lot of their vacation days creating long weekends so they can visit friends and families.
As a result, what I see is this:
10 days vacation:
5 days used up here and there.
5 days used up at a 'week in Cancun' or on a cruise.
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I have 15 days vacation.