Originally Posted by
Machka
Not all of us live in the US. Here in Australia, I get 4 weeks of leave in my first year of employment, plus a day off each month (RDO) ... so not counting stat holidays, I get 6.4 weeks of leave. If I added stats into that it would be more like 8.4 weeks of leave. And this is just my first year. If I were to remain in my job a number of years, the leave time would go up.
I should probably clarify at this point that this situation isn't common in Australia. At most jobs here, you'll get four weeks paid annual leave a year, and a lot of companies will mandate that you take at least some of that during the annual slumber at Christmas time.