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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by ssss11 on Saturday February 15, 2020 @05:31PM (#22338491)
Isnt US employer determined holidays 2 weeks per year? No thanks. Time off work is important.
Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by unishark on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:14PM (#22338708)
There's around two weeks total of holidays (spread over the entire year). There's also a vacation benefit, which typically starts at two weeks and increases the longer you stay. Big companies give more and a senior person at a large company may get 4 or 5 weeks a year. There may also be separate sick days.
Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by sokoloff on Saturday February 15, 2020 @05:55PM (#22338608)
It varies by employer. I get 24 days that I pick plus 9 or 10 that the company picks each year. Plus an additional 4-week block (that I pick, but has to be contiguous) every five years.
Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by ssss11 on Saturday February 15, 2020 @11:49PM (#22339846)
Thanks to those that replied, I learned something today.
Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by deilline on Sunday February 16, 2020 @05:11AM (#22340853)
The people that replied are likely software engineers and likely high earners in a very employee favored market.

It's true that it varies by employer.

Here are average numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm

Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by anticensor on Sunday February 16, 2020 @05:35AM (#22340938)
The average is just one week a year (two weeks a year past 15 years of work), well below world average.
Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by marcinzm on Saturday February 15, 2020 @05:37PM (#22338521)
Like most everything in the US, vacation time varies by employer. Last year I took 6 weeks not counting holidays and wfh 2-3 days a week.