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    Unfortunately, this is fairly standard for north america. 25 days off is kind of unheard of IMO unless you’re like director level.

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      In my experience in the tech industry, 10 days is standard for entry* level positions, but quickly grows as you advance your career. At some places you can accrue more than those 10 days as well, based on hours worked. A lot of places do the “unlimited PTO” thing too now, so 10 days for a pretty experienced person working at a successful tech company seems pretty paltry to me.

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        Yeah, 10 vacation days is pretty standard. Usually it’s like 10 vacation days + 2-5 sick days, so like 15 days max. After like 3-5 more years with the company, maybe you get like 20 days, but 25 like minimum is pretty rare imo

        Unlimited PTO is often so employers don’t have to pay out vacation days as part of termination pay.

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          And it’s a psychological thing. Employees tend to actually use less time off in those places.

          It’s not done or of the goodness of the employers heart.

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      I’ve had ~25 days off for years, and was most of that time merely “developer”. My first career job was 3 weeks from day 1. I would gamble many of the people that work for LTT are otherwise in fields that would get more than 10 days per year starting. And I’m in the US. My Canadian friends always have better vacay and bennies than I do.

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        And I’m in the US. My Canadian friends always have better vacay and bennies than I do.

        That is very far from the norm - at least, if we’re talking about salary. Typically, the pay is much lower here than you’d get in USA, especially for tech jobs. Silicon Valley is basically the tech hub of the world, after all.

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          Yeah, I didn’t mention pay. I would take a pay cut to move to Canada. I have no illusions about that.

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      I get 5 weeks at a smaller semiconductor fab in Oregon, that’s the industry standard for fabs in the Portland area. Intel has a mandatory month sebatacle after 5 years of employment I’ve heard.