USA, 2 weeks/year but they don't expire and I can roll them over if I want to.
I usually vacation for 3 weeks at a time, it's a good amount of time to spend on one place I've never been and see a bunch.
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UK here. I get 30 days paid leave a year, and will have 2 or 3 weeks away on vacation throughout the year and use the rest of the days for just chilling.
My employer will literally hassle me to use all the days, and is not happy if I don't take my full entitlement.
USA, no paid time off.
But I make enough to take off a few weeks a year anyway.
Canada - Four weeks vacation. Five and a half years with the company.
To explain for those not in Canada... It is usual in Canada for a job to start with a low level of PTO an then add a week every few years that you stay with the company. This usually is capped at 6 weeks.
You can, of course negotiate an amount of PTO when you accept a job. Someone coming into a more senior position wouldn't expect to start with just two weeks of PTO.
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France - never got some since i always was in internship/short/seasonal contracts. I have huge free time in unemployment periods though, and some are 'paid' by social aids, around 1 week each month if i worked the previous one. The legal basis is 30 days otherwise.
Australia: 20 days PTO by law, 13 public holidays (depends on the state, but no less than 10 which are national), 10 separate days for use when sick or caring for someone who is sick. There's more entitlements for different scenarios but this is pretty much the baseline.
USA. 4 weeks. Gotta love a good union!!!
US, unlimited vacation and PTO and the major holidays off. We’re encouraged to take off a minimum of 1wk per quarter. Definitely unique in the states. I work for an extremely large startup. Don’t know how long this vacation plan will last. lol.
Til it's bought by a VC. 😉
Czechia. I get 20 days off mandated from the state, plus some (12-ish?) public holidays, plus every day I donate blood (that's up to 5 days a year).
My job gives me 5 extra vacation days, and when I'm on sick leave, pays me the full 100 % of my salary.
I take vacations for as long as I need :) But mostly I try to chip away at my supply with one- or two-day vacations, usually around weekends and/or combined with public holidays. I am obligated to take vacation at the end of the year, and I always take 3-4 days for a yearly local metal festival.
US. 20 vacation days, 6 personal days, 7 paid holidays.
Longest vacation I've taken has been about 10 days not counting weekends.
10 days is our max away from home. We’ve done 14 twice and both times it was just too long.
Norway: 25 working days. And the pay is 12% of whatever you earned the previous year.
On top of that there are the public holidays. 2025 list, lazy copypasta:
1 Jan Wed New Year's Day
17 Apr Thu Maundy Thursday
18 Apr Fri Good Friday
20 Apr Sun Easter Sunday
21 Apr Mon Easter Monday
1 May Thu Labour Day
17 May Sat Constitution Day
29 May Thu Ascension Day
8 Jun Sun Whit Sunday
9 Jun Mon Whit Monday
25 Dec Thu Christmas Day
26 Dec Fri 2nd Day of Christmas
USA, I usually take a day or two at a time, either when I'm sick or I have a doctor's appointment.
I get 40 hours of PTO per year and both sick and vacation come from the same pool, sick days count as "points" though and you get 3 points in a 6 month period, exceeding that is termination.
Unpaid time off isn't an option until you run out of PTO.
Canada. 20 days PTO, 5 PEL, 11 holidays
US - unlimited
but is it really unlimited? At my last job, it was "unlimited with manager's approval", which basically means as long as the manager approves you're good to go, no hard limits, but in practice managers wouldn't approve more than 2-4 weeks (10-20 work days) a year, usually.
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Spain
Vacation: 30 natural days or if your employer is ok with you picking and choosing days here and there, 22 working days.
Holidays: around 14, or 15 between national, regional and local holidays.
Edit: depending on what collective labor agreement your job falls into you may have some more vacation days because upper limits to the number of working days in a year, I'm not sure how that works but I end up having an extra week each year.
US and I get I think six weeks a year off.
It's been a while since I did the math to figure how much I get but I think it was about six. I can take it more or less when I want. The only exceptions are around winter holiday time. That can get a little tricky, but other wise I can basically take off when I want.
Most of my time off is a day here or there. Rarely do I take a real vacation.
In the US. I get all federal holidays plus my birthday and a few extra holidays (like an extra day around new years, Thanksgiving and Christmas) plus I get 25 days of paid vacation but no sick days. In 3.5 years I'll get the maximum of 30 days/year.
Our vacation time is tied to years of service.
1 year = one week 1-5 years = two weeks 5-10 years = three weeks 10-20 years= four weeks 20-25 years = five weeks 25+years = six weeks
Of course by "week" I mean 5 days of vacation.
US, in theory, unlimited PTO, but here's the problem in the US...
PTO is up to your employer, and while my employer is very generous, my wife's is not.
So I can't really take a holiday. I'd LIKE to, I have time available to take, and places I'd like to go, but it's not like I can tell my wife "Sucks you have to work, anyway, going to Vegas! See you next week!"
Pro top : take lots of pictures while on the vacation to Paris France. Send her the pictures. She'll be very greatful that you thought of her on your trip. Trust me.
I work for a US company but my contract is governed by Canadian and Ontario labour laws. The company offers unlimited time off but that's illegal in Canada so we have unlimited time off minimum four weeks. We take as much time off as we want as long as our job gets done.
US
My situation is a little fucked up because I work 12 hour shifts, but PTO is based around 8 hour days because that's what most employees here work and they haven't made any special exemptions for us. These numbers are going to be based around 8 hour days because I don't feel like doing the math
Vacation time- 10 days for new hires, and you get 5 additional days at 5, 13, and 19 years, so assuming I stick around for 19+ years I'll have 25 days. You can carry over up to 15 unused days to the next year
5 personal days, no carryover
Sick days accrue at 1 day per month, so essentially 12, with unlimited carryover,
1 personal holiday
Certain things like perfect attendance, coming in for overtime, etc. can earn you "flex time" which actually is usually awarded in 12 hour increments.
I'm kind of bad at using my PTO. My schedule is kind of wonky and I work less days overall than most people and tend to just slot most of my vacation plans into that. If I plan things right I also only need to take 2 days off to get a whole week, and every other weekend I have a 3 day weekend. I don't tend to take a lot of elaborate vacations, 3 day or less trips are kind of my norm. Every couple years I'll do something a bit more elaborate and take a week or more, but more often my PTO tends to get used for other things besides going on vacation. I have a week coming up that I took off to paint some rooms in my house for example.
US. 30 days per year, plus all federal holidays and a handful of extra days. Also unlimited sick leave with supervisor approval.
Edit: Missed the other part of your question. I usually take a week here or there, but try to take at least one stretch of 2-3+ weeks every year.