Likelihood of reentry? 5 Months in US last year, wan tot return in May for 1 Month

[jamontoast 0]

It obviously depends on the job.... Or if there is a job....

I'm 25 now. After leaving University i worked two jobs for two and a half years (both pretty much minimum wage, which in the UK is around $10/hr), saved a fair amount of money, quit both jobs and went travelling. So unfortunately it wasn't a paid holiday. Though i got around 4 weeks a year, which i think is pretty good by american standards?

[JFH 12,191]

It is very good by American standards and something that will be hard to adjust from if you plan to emigrate at some point. I recently saw a job advertised doing the same as I do here in the UK but in my husband's home town and it proudly announced that the lucky applicant would have 7 days annual leave per year.

[Mike-eeh and Odie 193]

the UK certainly offers an incredible vacation scheme....months and months of paid holiday? Wow. How many Brits have a holiday scheme like that?

I wish I could get 6 months off paid holiday too!

[Chris and ZhiJia 146]

I'm 25 now. After leaving University i worked two jobs for two and a half years (both pretty much minimum wage, which in the UK is around $10/hr), saved a fair amount of money, quit both jobs and went travelling. So unfortunately it wasn't a paid holiday. Though i got around 4 weeks a year, which i think is pretty good by american standards?

Vacation time, or PTO as many places are calling it now is largely in part to the company you work for. I Personally have not worked for a single company that has given less than 3 weeks. Currently I get 5 weeks of vacation each year, and 1 year from now I will earn 7 weeks of vacation.

Typically here in the US the larger the company the less vacation time you get. For example Walmart starts FTE's at 2 weeks, 7 years later you get 3 weeks, and after you have devoted a decade to them, you get 4 weeks.

Most smaller companies with benefits packages are usually better with Vacation accruals for employees.

[jamontoast 0]

I wish I could get 6 months off paid holiday too!

I'm 25 now. After leaving University i worked two jobs for two and a half years (both pretty much minimum wage, which in the UK is around $10/hr), saved a fair amount of money, quit both jobs and went travelling. So unfortunately it wasn't a paid holiday. Though i got around 4 weeks a year, which i think is pretty good by american standards?

[Ischnura 285]

Your name makes me hungry.

Back in England I got 6 weeks paid leave a year. Over here hubby has to take a month of per diem leave once a year, unpaid but the wages are more than enough to cover 4 weeks off.

~Going to get some jam toast and a cuppa.