Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023) by ecshafer on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:40PM (#37745991)

30 days of vacation seems normal? Most places in finance you're going to get at least 20 days vacation and you get all NYSE holidays off typically. So that's 30. My first software job I had 23 days, could buy an extra week (So 28) plus 10 NYSE holidays so I had 38 total. Because of financial regulations, Finance/Insurance is are both typically in that 20+ range.

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023) by jeromegv on Monday October 02, 2023 @08:52PM (#37746552)

Definitely not normal or the norm in the US.

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023) by sgerenser on Monday October 02, 2023 @09:18PM (#37746724)

Yeah, 30 days vacation really isn’t that crazy in the U.S. tech world at least. I currently get 20 days vacation, an extra 5 available to buy, plus ~13 federal holidays off. I went ahead and bought the extra 5 days for this year since an extra 5 days of vacation was worth more than a marginal $3k or so.

My previous employer had just switched to an “unlimited PTO” policy and had I not been laid off I planned on taking at least 30 days off.

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023) by 2rsf on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @03:24AM (#37748855)

That's 30 European vacations days before public holidays, so closer to 40, and more important is that you are expected to actually use them with no eyebrows raised

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