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markd@csl.sj.nec.com (Mark Dyer) writes:

>In the US we get about 11 paid holidays a year. Most of them are on a
>Monday giving us a 3 day weekend. Sometimes a couple will get put
>together around a holiday giving us a really long weekend. The number
>and dates of holidays are generally up to the company.
>
>In general we also get 2 or 3 weeks of paid vacation time. The longer
>you are with the company, the more vacation time you get every year. 
>This is time that we can take whenever we want. We just have to schedule
>the time off with our managers. For example, this year I am planning to
>take about a week of vacation time around Christmas time and go visit my
>family in Arkansas. My company is giving us two days off for Christmas,
>the 24th and 25th, so I don't need to use my personal vacation time for
>those two days.

Sounds like nothing has changed all that much since when I worked there
some 20 years ago....

>Is it like this in Japan and the rest of the world?

Not quite. For example, in France (still, as far as I know, it's
also been a long time), the whole country takes August off. Imagine
what the roads are like when Paris, en masse, tries to return!

While Japan isn't quite like that, there does seem to be relatively
few times when everybody goes on vacation (read, the company closes).

I don't know about other countries, but IMHO the main difference
between Japan and the U.S. is that U.S.-style vacations are mostly
taken on a person-by-person basis. 

In my case, I get a 'vacation' (read no work, no pay) in August when
it's too hot to move, yet everybody is trying to go someplace and
the prices are much higher than the other non-vacation parts of the
year.  I stay home, and take it easy....

>Mark Dyer		English: markd@tdd.sj.nec.com
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I like your copyright notice. Yes, most of the rights people
claim are clearly imaginary :-)

Dave

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