Re:Quitting my job has been the best thing I've done for my ...
by thelasthuman on Saturday October 13, 2018 @05:53PM
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Normal in the sense that they get vacation time last, unlike in the USA (outside of the middle class+ bubble).
Overlap it with public holidays, and you can get 17 or 18 days off in a row for 10 vacation days - 10 weekdays, three weekends and a public holiday or two. But it's usually better to plan a public holiday somewhere in the middle because of the extra traffic.
As terminology though it's not a sabbatical either. 6 weeks off sounds more like a gap between jobs with gardening leave or travel or some other project that wouldn't fit in a work vacation.