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shmokes:
According to Nationmaster, The US beats out france for the number of days off work.  By a large margin.  The measurement is "Number of days not worked for every 1000 salaried employees."  France is 117, the US is 163.

I don't get how this could be possible.  From what I have been told by multiple Frenchmen, every employee in France has at least 5 weeks paid vacation per year, mandated by law.  I can probably count on one hand the number of people I've met in the US who have that much vacation, paid or otherwise.

This can't be true.  I can only think of three explanations for these numbers:

1- There are fewer salaried employees in France and hourly employees are not counted -- wait, scratch that . . . the number is per 1000 salaried employees so it controls for this . . .

2- School teachers work year-round there, whereas school teachers in the US have 13 weeks off (18 for university professors), which substantially skews the overall numbers. (edit: btw, this is a guess . . . for all I know France has summer vacation too)

3- The statistics on that site are total ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---

Anybody want to weigh in with an opinion?

polaris:
whats it supposed to be displaying, its not annual leave.

shmokes:
It appears to me to be showing the number of days off . . . as in, "Hi Bob . . . I'm not coming into work next week.  Gonna take the family to the Grand Canyon."

shmokes:
From the same website, though, the statistic for legally required vacation time says:

5 weeks + 2 weeks of RTT (Reduction du Temps de Travail, in English : Reduction of Working Time) = 7 weeks. The most significant vacation time of any country in the world.

shmokes:
Maybe that first statistic doesn't include vacation time.  Like it means calling in sick or missing work because you missed a flight or something.

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