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Re:Amazon says France's new bill is 'discrimination' by nerfhammer on Thursday October 03, 2013 @03:25PM (#6491297)
> I'm curious, is it possible to negotiate 10 weeks vacations in an american company?

You cannot do that for any kind of normal job, no. Maybe you could negotiate 3 weeks at most.

Also a 45 hour work week is now accepted as normal.

Re:Amazon says France's new bill is 'discrimination' by brok3nmachine on Thursday October 03, 2013 @04:03PM (#6491604)
I just negotiated 4 weeks. Wasn't too difficult, you just have to ask. The funny thing is... I'm likely to pass on the job opportunity, while I stay with my French girlfriend in Paris, building and testing product ideas for a few months =)
Re:Amazon says France's new bill is 'discrimination' by nerfhammer on Thursday October 03, 2013 @04:23PM (#6491743)
If 3 weeks is normal at the company you're applying for then you might be able to get 4