[jrochkind1]

OK, very few people I know get 4 weeks vacation at all, including myself, and of those even fewer could take it all at once without pre-negotiating that with their boss, it would be considered unusual.

But we know different people! I don't know a lot of people with six figure engineering jobs.

Apparently here's what the US Bureau of Labor Statistics last said about it:

> One reason for this is that American companies offer fewer vacation days. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 76 percent of private industry workers (who make up 84.7 percent of all workers) receive paid vacation days. After one year of employment, these workers were granted 10 days of paid vacation, on average.

> This number grows modestly as years of tenure with an employer increase. In 2017, the average worker with five years of experience at a company was given 15 days of paid vacation and the average worker with 20 years of experience was given 20 paid vacation days.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/heres-how-many-paid-vacation...

[jseban]

Just in case it's not clear: when Swedes talk about 4 weeks of vacation, they also count the weekend that they have off anyway, so 15 days = 3 weeks and 20 days = 4 weeks

[jrochkind1]

yep, same here. Apparently it's typical here in USA, for those who get paid vacation at all (ie not restaurant staff and other low-wage hourly workers), to get 4 weeks after... 20 years of tenure at the same employer!