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The Higher Your Salary, the More Time Your Employer Will Pay You Not To Work (qz.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

The best-paid workers in the US not only make more money than many of their colleagues, they also tend to get more paid vacation days. An anonymous reader shares a report: An annual survey of of employee benefits conducted by the US government shows that, in 2017, nearly half of the people in the top 25% of earners received at least 10 days of paid vacation. The bottom 25% was not so lucky -- only around a tenth of them received such generous leave. Paid vacation time is often overlooked in measures of pay inequality in the US, because the value of time off does not appear in the household income statistics.

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  1. In other words. by will_die · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In other words, the more you are a value to a company the more they will pay you in salary and benefits.
    Vacation leave is nothing more than additional pay and in most companies is negotiable.
    If you are working as a burger flipper your salary is not that high and the extra benefits are the same.

    1. Re:In other words. by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If your manager is letting them charge you for PTO in a week you've worked at least 40 hours in, then it's time you either say down and had a talk with him about expectations, or started shopping for a new manager.

      If you are unable to shop for a new manager, then you're either under-qualified for your job or you're getting something from your job more valuable to you than the extra PTO time would be. You're not a slave.

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    2. Re:In other words. by thegarbz · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Vacation leave is nothing more than additional pay and in most companies is negotiable.

      Only in most American companies is it negotiable. In the rest of the world they are mandatory, and we laugh even at the top 25% of earners.

  2. So why is it surprising? by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So why is it surprising? It seems like basic economics to me. People with more in-demand and marketable skills can obtain both a higher salary and more benefits.

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  3. Re:10 days??? by barrywalker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here in Europe we get 120 paid days off per year! What a country!

    Europe isn't a country. You must be an American.

  4. On the other hand ... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The number of vacation days you receive often increases with your number of years at a company, as, often, does your pay. New(er), perhaps younger, employees often start out with lower salary and fewer vacation days. How is this a revelation? In addition, people higher up the salary scale may have more experience, perhaps from somewhere else, and negotiated more vacation days during the hiring and/or annual review process. Less experienced employees don't have that leverage.

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  5. Strange.... by tacokill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's almost as if employees are being offered pay and benefits that are directly proportional to the value they bring to the company. Huh. Whoulda thunk