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Originally Posted by Deschodt

Vacation policy
healthcare that isn't tied to a job...

We've got that, but it's cheaper when tied to a job. I suppose if you opt out of the company subsidized health care, your check would be bigger which would make it easier to pay for the stuff that's not subsidized (although it's not remotely going to be a 1 to 1).

We could always bump our taxes up another 15-25% and then have the govt pay for it with the money that we give them in taxes. Nothing's a free ride.

Vacation policy is about where you work. For the last 8 years I've been someplace where I get 4 weeks of vacation plus 2 weeks of holiday plus a couple of personal days and then sick leave. I also have a pension on top of my 401k.

But yes, that is not the norm. Most of the places that I've worked have started at 2 weeks of vacation and then usually after you've been with the company some years, they add weeks until you are somewhere between 3 and 6 weeks of vacation a year.