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> Vacation time is also the lowest (2 weeks) compared to Europe which on average has 4 weeks of vacation time.

The EU mandates a minimum of 4 weeks, so 4 weeks could hardly be the average.



Yep, in Sweden the minimum is five weeks with a lot of companies offering six. That is not counting "other" days off, e.g. "squeeze days" (a day between a public holiday and a weekend) that a lot of companies have. All of it 100.8% payed for and completely guilt-free!


I am not sure in which EU countries you get less? It is a question.


> I am not sure in which EU countries you get less?

Normally none, as I said 4 weeks is the minimum mandated by the EU. The only way an EU country would have less is if it recently integrated the union and has yet to transcribe 2003/88/EC ("Working Time Directive") into local law.




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