[aecay]

The UK also gives people 6ish weeks (5 weeks to take when you want, plus 8 fixed bank holidays). I grew up in the US and am American more than I am anything else. I've lived in the UK for a relatively short time (6 years, under 20% of my life) -- but that's been my entire professional career. It's cultural differences like this that lead me to believe that America will never feel like "home" again -- I now can't imagine living somewhere where 6 weeks of vacation time seems like it's far outside the norm.

[tharkun__]

You might have misunderstood the 6 weeks. That's 6 weeks actual vacation.

Bank holidays (different depending on the federal state you're in but minimum is 9 - in Hesse) are on top of that.

To be fair 30 days PTO is simply the standard in tech jobs. Minimum by law is 21, which some other industries do stick to.

[lmm]

5 weeks is 25 days and not at all uncommon in tech jobs, sadly.

[randomswede]

The UK minimum is "25 days, including Bank Holidays". Most decent places will make that "25 days, plus Bank Holidays". One place I worked did "25 days, plus Bank Holidays, but since we need in-office cover, you can work a Bank Holiday and take that day off somewhen else."

[vidarh]

The UK minimum is now 28 days.

Since bank holidays can be included many places have stuck to 25 + bank holidays, though.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights

[randomswede]

Thank you for the fact-check.