• Veedem@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    6 hours ago

    20 is the legal minimum in the UK? Sheesh. In my current job, I had to negotiate for a 3rd week (15 days instead of 10, the regular two days off don’t count as vacation days that week).

    • Kushan@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      5 hours ago

      We also have public holidays (We call them all Bank Holidays for historical reasons, but it’s things like Christmas, Easter and a couple of others), there’s usually 8 in a year and that’s on top of your 20 days.

      Employers can make you work a bank holiday, you just get another day off instead. So really it’s 28 days holiday per year, with 8 of them being the public ones that you may or may not have to work.

      My employer gives us 30 + the Bank Holidays, then we got took over by an American firm which ironically introduced unlimited PTO.

      • lukaro@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 hours ago

        I get Christmas and Thanksgiving day off, and having to listen to the boss bitch about those days almost makes it not worth it.