In Europe 4 weeks of PTO is the minimum by law IIRC. I'm inclined to think the parent meant "2 continuous weeks" (I'd have to check but AFAIK at least in germany your employer has to grant that as well, either by law or by court interpretation of the law. Take this with a grain of salt, no legal advice, yadda yadda...)

The legal minimum across the EU is four weeks of paid annual leave.

Source (article 7):

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:...

It varies. Most importantly the "good countries" have 5-6 weeks plus all sick days, bank holidays etc.

That is, you get at least 5W in summer (typically).

The uk for exemple I think has 28days pto as a minimum, but as bank holidays count against those 28, it's hard to get a long holiday.

In the us, I get 4 weeks and can take it basically however I want. I can choose to get 5 weeks by buying it. Depending on my team I might not be able to take the month leading up to taxes off, but a month off is easily done and happens often.

> In the us, I get 4 weeks and can take it basically however I want. I can choose to get 5 weeks by buying it.

I can get up to six weeks with roll over. Used up 4 weeks for my wedding, still had 2 weeks left, saved one of them up so I'd have 5 weeks in total the next year.

It is very hard to paint the US with a broad brush.

I have 25 days in Sweden and my UK colleagues 28 days, but they still envy me because of how my 5w are mine to choose and aren't used up on bank holidays etc. When summer comes I usually have 4-5w off and they have 2 or 3.

Having to use pto for sick days also doesn't happen anywhere in the EU.