Re:Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
by Scarblac on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:27AM
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I'm quite sure the five weeks he mentioned don't include official holidays. In the Netherlands it's also five weeks on top of a number of official holidays, and we gave the lowest number of those in the EU (7 iirc, some of which may be weekend Sat's in some years, like Christmas now).
Of course good companies typically don't offer only the minimum.
Re:Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
by BrandoElFollito on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:43AM
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In France you get 5-8 weeks of vacation that are counted in addition to the official days off.
In general you work 272 days a year and the rest is vacation and days off (this is also the reason we get a different amount of days off every year).
I have about 40 working days off, of which the company can choose the dates of 10.
Re:Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
by kileywm on Sunday December 19, 2021 @11:07AM
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272 days is very high. Full time work in the US with 0 vacation (typically is 10-20 days) and 0 company holidays (typically is 5-15 days) is 250 days. Perhaps you mistyped?
Re:Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
by BrandoElFollito on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:48PM
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Oh yes, sorry - I meant 227 (too late to edit)
Re:Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
by Msw242 on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:46PM
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Don't they have a 4 day work week in France?
Re:Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
by BrandoElFollito on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:51PM
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No we don't. We have a concept of "35 hours of work per week" but it gest complicated once your time is not metered per the hour.
People whose work is counted in days get special "extra vacation days to catch up" (this is more or less the real name), around 15 per year I think.
Average professional job has about 8-9 paid holiday days, plus vacation time on top. My worst number of vacation days was 10 at my first job right out of college (they had to change after they struggled to attract employees) but every other job has been more than that.
But only accounting for 10 unpaid days per year would barely cover minimum federal holidays, so it’s not realistic. It’s equivalent to saying you’re never going to take time off unless the company is shut down for a federal holiday.