vacation time

I believe Canadian companies seriously fail their employees. And I would even go so far as to say that the Canadian government also fails the Canadian population due to their lack of action. Most companies in Canada start new employees off with 2 weeks vacation a year after a year of service. This in my opinion is criminal. 10 days a year to recharge, take care of personal matters, spent time with family etc. Two weeks a year hardly encourages a good life to work life balance. In fact I believe our society encourages workaholics and actually makes people workaholics simply by denying enough personal time. I cannot understand how companies think that they get more out of their employees by having such standards. I would wager that if Canadian companies provided more vacation days to their employees not only would they have happier employees, but the would have more productive, well rested, more alert and positive employees.

After a recent visit to England - where I stayed for only one week because of vacation day restrictions - my family and friend in the country were astounded at our vacation allowance. It was often referred to as "archaic". In England every employee gets a minimum of 20 days starting their first day on the job. That is part time and full time employees. And most get more than that. My cousin gets 28 days a year at his job as a CA. Amazing! After further investigation my friend from Hungary gets 24 days a year and that is actually mandated by government. ALL employees receive a country standard depending on age. As you get older you receive more days. AMAZING!

Canada - figure it out one time.