Comments on: Average Vacation Days Worldwide

By: eric

eric — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:52:05 +0000

hey, thanks for the post. i want to know what and who you work for and how i can get those overseas posts! i love living and working overseas also, am back in the US trying to find some type of full time gig overseas or a european company that would hire an american since almost no US companies would offer that.

any info would be appreciated…

onenomad

By: HASH

HASH — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:01:34 +0000

Jama, where do I sign up? Seriously, I’m ready for 1/4 of the year off.

By: jama

jama — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:12:28 +0000

We have an average of 45 days in the G.C.C., I’m currently living in Bahrain (My second post in the Gulf). This includes the 30 days by law plus the average of 15 public holidays per year. Add to that time off for overtime and canceled offs, I get around 55-60 days per year. Also add to that yearly flights home to my country of passport (Canada) or cash equivalent!! No taxes, free health care and all the other expat goodies. Why would you want to work in North America?
I take 3 trips to Kenya every year, 1 to Europe and 1 to Asia. I would never have the time to do that back home.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 05:56:37 +0000

Good points!

By: Irena

Irena — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:17:16 +0000

One of the many reasons why we are stressed in the US is overwork but wait a minute , my company had a week off but coming back on the 3rd , enough emails from folks who missed work that much that they felt obliged to work, some even came in to work literaly. What? the Kenyan in me was busy eating Nyama Choma ands still complained the week was too short and had to take a sick day off on Tuesday the 3rd!. I think most people in the US are obssessed with work and fear of losing their jobs hence the non deviant mode and kiss ass even when provided with a free vacation week! I’m moving to Italy or France .Hey how many vacation days do Kenyans have not counting the long lunch hours on Fridays:-)