[sultezdukes]

While the top wage earners seem to be able to negotiate comparable number of vacation days as most other nations, it's the bottom wage earners that seem to have absolutely no negotiating powers.

So when McDonald's offers you a job, you can't ask them about vacation time?

[rrouse]

You can ask, but you probably won't get it.

Some people don't have the luxury of choosing which job they take. Sometimes there's only one.