It's one of these huge gaps between the USA and Europe (the other two being free or near free university education and medical care). Seriously, how worse can it be? Oh yes, it can: holidays! From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_b...:

> Some employers offer no vacation at all. The average number of paid vacation days offered by private employers is 10 days after 1 year of service, 14 days after 5 years, 17 days after 10 years, and 20 days after 20 years.