[artimaeis]

> “I've worked at companies that give you 10 days, _that they choose_, for your first five years.”

They choose? I’ve worked in a lot of companies in a lot of parts of the US, and have never heard of employers choosing a worker’s vacation days. That’s awful.

[kelnos]

I think they're talking about holidays. Like Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. Pretty much every US company does this.

[vxNsr]

Wait, basically every single company in the world gives you their local bank holidays off, here in the US we have 10-15 of those depending on what your particular company decides to give, and then additionally I have yet to hear of a white collar company that doesn’t also give you at a min 12, but lately I’ve seen 15-20 be the norm.

[grumpy_coder]

Most countries in the world don't do the 'depending on what your particular company decides to give'. California recognizes 18 holidays. Average holidays given is 6 (https://money.com/columbus-day-who-has-to-work-why/)

Lately I've seen a lot of 'unlimited' - read as less than your boss takes

In Europe 20 is the legal minimum

[bigtunacan]

Unlimited isn't the worst possible vacation situation, but it can definitely be bad depending largely on your boss.

I took a job with "unlimited vacation" at one company and then AFTER I started my boss "explained" to me that "Unlimited means 4 weeks here." About two months after I started I was moved to a different team new boss. My new boss (same company) had clear deliverables and said, "Unlimited means Unlimited so long as you hit your deliverables." Glad I was moved to a new team.