I really value my holidays. Four weeks a year is hardly enough. Every couple of years, I like to "retire" and take a few extra months off.

Vacation !!!!! Hmmmm !!!! I am supposed to have 3weeks off every year but i take around 2weeks but the good thing is that i am going on a holiday next week

Most of the jobs that I had here in the US gave me between 10 and 15
working days plus two discretionary days and several sick days.

I always take the discretionary first and then vacation, as discretionary
days are not paid when you quit.

When I was working in Brazil, vacation was 30 consecutive days -- by
law you are allowed to sell 10 days and you cannot carry over any days
for next vacation.

The last vacation I had was January of last year, for fifteen working days.

I took a new job last November, thus I have not had any vacation since January.

I plan to take a sebbatical pretty soon.

Enjoying life is much more important than money.

I take leave in bits, 1 day, 0.5 day something like that

And when I reconcile at the end of the year about the leave I took, they seem like lost bits in Information Super Highway.

Though on leave, most of the time I answer / help official calls.

But I prefer to disconnect myself from the world atleast for few days in a vacation

I work for the state of pa, so I get lots of leave time .

Hey Neo,

You didn't comment about your vacation ?

I work 12hr shift and work half of the month, every month i get 1 week off as well as a few days here and there also get my holiday allowance which is 184 hrs not including Bank holidays if i work them i get time in lieu as it would be my normal shift, but if i work as overime i get double time plus ieu day back.