With one exception I never had less than 22 days paid as an employee in the UK, it varied from 22-26 days. 20 days is actually the legal minimum in the UK which I did have once in a small company.
I spent some time working for EDS and they allowed you to trade up/ down holiday for pay. So with a standard (in my final fill year) 25 days you could sell back up to five days, or buy more. I used to buy 4 or 5 days extra but it was sometimes hard to use them all. As a freelancer I plan on the basis that I'll take about 30 days off (plus bank holidays) meaning I can bill for about 44 weeks a year. It can go either way though, I've had gaps after my last two contracts (but I find this time is very productive for personal projects). When I worked in the US, the people I spoke to said that 10 days was about the norm for paid holiday. On Sep 2, 8:14 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" <vjosulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm currently on leave from work, in Mauritius with my family for ten > days watching my daughters master wind and kite surfing. Meanwhile, > my addiction to computers and Java forums is driving my wife scatty... > > Anyway, while surfing (the internet) I came across this article on > leave allowances in various countries (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ > world-11139960). Being British I find the 20 day allowance about > normal (though I actually get 26 paid leave days myself). The French > figure seemed excessive but it was the American figures that were the > most shocking. No paid annual leave seems to be the norm! Is that > really true? > > How many days paid leave do other software developers normally get > from their employers? > > Vince. -- 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.
