How many weeks holiday per year

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I wouldn't hire a lawyer that disappeared for six weeks out of a year. That's a little much. The reality at large US law firms is that (1) as long as you meet your billable hours and (2) you're response to partners and clients, it doesn't really matter how much vacation you take.

why not? my clients go away and don't respond to me, why can't I? Believe me, I serve them better when I come back after a holiday as I am no longer burned out from listening to their problems and stupidities, albeit at $325.00 an hour plus 12% tax and disbursements

I have staff and juniors who can fill in when needed. If they have to, they usually can reach me via email or text for real emergencies.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Where I work you start out with 2 weeks, 3 sick and 2 personal. After 10 yrs you get 3 weeks and after 20 you get 4 weeks. I've been there almost 16 yrs so I get 3, 3 and 2 even those it's all put in one PTO pot.

 

[Duane]

Three weeks of regular vacation, about two weeks of holidays and one week of sick leave.

 

[YosemiteSam]

We get a particular amount of time per pay period, the amount of which is relative to the length of time with the company. I get about 6.5h per pay period (2 weeks.)

I rarely take bunches of time together unless it's around the holidays, in which case I'll take 3-4 days. I prefer taking an extra day here and there to have 3-day weekends and such, or if I need random time off for whatever else.

We have a cap of 320 hours, which I'm very close to, so sometimes I have to take days off to stay below the cap.

I hope you don't have a high pressure / high stress job. If so, three and four day weekends don't give you time to do a full decompression that say seven days off could. While, the longer vacations don't really effect your happiness as a whole, think they do help your mental and physical health.