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If "we" is Japan, no you don't.

Do you have any proof? I don't trust HN comments to talk about other countries vacation days, since I see too many people here say Americans get no vacation days, yet every company I've worked at in the USA offered 15-20 days.

15-20 days that usually included sick days, and with high levels of pressure NOT to take any of them.

plus this is HN, so "every company I've ever worked for" is almost certainly a white collar STEM gig -- which ain't 90% of the country.

No it doesn’t include sick days. Not usually, not in the last 20 years. Where did you get that idea from?

High pressure not to take it? I doubt you can say that with any level of confidence.

>that usually included sick days, and with high levels of pressure NOT to take any of them

These are both also untrue based on my experience.

You owe it to yourself to better understand the plight of those around you. Your experiences are far outside of the norm in the US.

Your experience is an outlier then.

> yet every company I've worked at in the USA offered 15-20 days.

Then you've been very fortunate. This is not representative of many people - ask anyone working in a restaurant or retail how much paid vacation they get.

Unlike many countries, in the USA the legal minimum is zero.

Your situation in USA has nothing to do with Japan. Thus guy is correct. Most Japanese with a salaried job can't take a long holiday overseas.

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