I get 5 weeks vacation a year which doesn ' t amount to much 15 paid days off . But our vacations can be extended thanks to self scheduling . So most of my 1 week vacations really turn into 23 schedule my vacation for the last week of the schedule , take off the week before and the first week of the new schedule . So I can have up to 100 days off work if I really push myself , the down side is having to fit all my scheduled days in before my vacation or right aftersooo working 4 days in a row . On top of vacation , I get 8 holiday days to use , 2 personal and appx 13 sick days 150 hours a year . So its not bad . This year alone I ' ve been away for 13 weeks , went to 6 different countries and across the US to different states . I enjoy it !