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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. 10 days??? by 110010001000 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. 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.

  2. Generous? by Dragonslicer · · Score: 5, Informative

    10 days is considered generous? That seems pretty low to me, and I'm sure it's considered uncivilized by most other modern countries.

    Also, first ever first post?

  3. 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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  4. Work/Life balance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    10 vacation days is not a lot.

    The work/life balance in the US is horrible. The typical 9-to-5 doesn't exist-it's closer to an 8-to-7 schedule if you're salaried.

  5. 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.