In Denmark it's 25 vacation days a year, +5 personal days. If you start fresh in a new company, you'd having nothing saved up but most will simply get paid vacation money from their former employer. My wife, who's Canadian, used to get two weeks + some personal days whenever starting a new job and it takes 5 years to gain an extra week; and if you get a new job, you're down to 2 again.
I've been told by friends that the only ones with a decent vacation in US/Canada, are lawyers and schoolteachers. On Sep 2, 10:10 am, Glenn Bech <glenn.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have 25 days of "paid leave" in Norway, but it is actually just a > Hoax and scam. Employers take a small amount of > your salary each month and keep it for next year. In june or july, you > get around 12% of your annual income in a special > "holiday pay", and no regular pay. > > If you start fresh at a new company, you get no paid leave the first year.... > > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Romain Pelisse <bela...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The French figure seemed excessive but it was the American figures that > >> were the > >> most shocking. > > > As French living in Germany, I can definitely says the number of days is NOT > > a good metrics. In France, we probably have a lot more vacation than most > > people, but the "entreprise culture" lead us a lot to "burn the candle late > > at night". > > In most company, you can therefore call Friday at 5pm and get something > > done. In Germany, even by calling at 3pm won't probable be able to join > > anybody - coming early and leaving early is customary in Germany. > > Here in Germany, we get 25 days of vacations a year, but we have really > > (most of the time) a lot of freedom in how we do our 40 hours. In France, I > > think we have round about 36 days a year (I'm not sure), but you'll have to > > stick to business hour, and probably stay more often late... > > My point is "number of paid days" definitely not equals "How much vacation > > or free time I'll get". > > -- > > Romain PELISSE, > > "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist > > on coming along and trying to put things in it" -- Terry Pratchett > >http://belaran.eu/ > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
