Even the vacation thing depends. As an American, I just finished a six week paid sabbatical. I also get 10 paid holidays. And I get another paid day that I can use as a floating holiday. And I get 8 hours of vacation each paycheck, up to 400 hours of which can rollover from year to year. And we get a paid week off in the summer. And we get every Friday as a paid vacation day in the summer (between labor day and Memorial Day). And every five years a six week sabbatical, as I already mentioned.