Wibblypig

What do you do? It's a very specialised company so I doubt will be of much use to you.

trirod

Luckily I get 25 days so very similar to UK holidays. The big difference is that I am one of the few people here that takes all my vacation days. I feel the pressure when people ask me if I'm going on vacation yet again, but so far haven't yielded to it.

My wife came over here with her multinational company and as a 22 year employee gets 22.5 days of vacation plus the week between Christmas and New Year, so we get about the same, which is great.

Wibblypig

My husband doesn't get additional holiday at Christmas...but due to the nature of what he does most companies don't require his services over that period so he is 'working from home'

jenninedinburgh

I am a management consultant

njmackem

I am fortunate enough to work from home and I get to do pretty much what I want and when I want to do it.

I am taking a working holiday in the Dominican Republic in June and although I won't be able to visit clients I will be available on phone so whether I am in the hotel or poolside I will be working... ha ha ha.

jenninedinburgh

Nice

jenninedinburgh

My husband is the same with his job around Christmas time.

njmackem

It is awesome. I never miss mid-week football, I'm home when my daughter gets in from school its sometimes like not actually working.

On the downside, I have no colleagues to bounce ideas off on a face to face basis, I do not hear new ideas as they come out in the office and I have nobody at work to go out for drinks after work with.

Ups and Downs.

Wibblypig

Sorry, his company is a specialised IT company.

One thing my husband was approached by another US company recently who weren't offering as much holiday time but they did say it was negotiable... so you could try that

Wibblypig

My husband finds that, he is either the only one from his company on a client's site or at home....he finds that lonely and hard sometimes If he is up in NYC he tries to pop into the office to say 'hi' and remind himself what everyone looks like...well more to remind them what he looks like and that he is still human and has a life as some often forget that when they just speak to him on the phone or assign him work.....

jenninedinburgh

I worked for a services firm at one time and worked from home everyday as the team was global and our remit was to manage suppliers and write RFP's. I LOVED working this way - I'd go to the gym at lunch, work in my PJ's, etc.

jenninedinburgh

Found this article which is interesting.....

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/...une/index.html

jackattack

I know, I remember answering a survey a couple of years back and it was asking about vacation time, I think it might have been for a timeshare presentation.

One of the questions was something along the lines of "How many extended breaks (4-5 days) do you take in a year?" Seriously, do you know any brits who call 4 days an extended break? And also there was no option for a longer trip either!

My husband (USC) is always amazed at work when he's trying to deal and get things done with the Brits and the French in the summer. Particularly the French in August, when apparently everyone is on the beach.

N1cky

Google offer 3 weeks in your first year, 4 in the 4th and 5 6th year onwards.

I'm the same, it's nice being able to run the vac around and do some laundry during the day, and great for my daughter to come home from school everyday, but I miss the interaction. I think I may have gone insane if it wasn't for BE and Facebook.

I started with 2 weeks vacation, my company allow unpaid time off too, which I am fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of. I had at least 4 weeks vacation last year.

I'm really starting to think I need to change jobs within the next year. I get 15 days paid next July onwards, and then I'll start to feel tied to the company as I won't want to go back down to 2 weeks.

tonrob

I adjusted by going on holiday less.