I too received 5 weeks vacation startomg with the 25th year of my 30
years but I don't believe such largesse is as common now as it was in
the 90s.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/18/2011 4:22 AM, Moose wrote:
> On 12/18/2011 1:10 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> :-)
>>
>> But I thought that most employees in the USA had something like 2
>> weeks' leave a year; certainly much less time off than their
>> European counterparts, I thought.
>
> Policies vary. Most private companies increase vacation with time
> served. In many cases, when taking a mid level or higher position,
> vacation time is part of the negotiations, especially when being
> hired away from another company where one has more vacation than
> ordinary new hires at the new firm.
>
> I received five weeks of paid vacation per year for the last years of
> my Fortune 500 employment.
>
> Permanent Vacation Moose
>
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