At my current employer it is normal to take 2+ weeks off. This was also the case at my prior employer before too. Is the culture at your job the same? I am a bit anxious cause I’m looking for a new job and fear taking 2 weeks off will be looked down on.

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Definitely not normal where I work. We get so little PTO as it is, anything more than two weeks would completely wipe it out for the whole year. Plus I'm pretty sure there's a hard rule that two weeks is the absolute maximum and even that is pushing it and putting a bunch of pressure on your colleagues.

Each of several employers promised me 2 weeks in writing and I never received more than 1 week per year. Each one laid people off and made the rest of us take up the slack. This was both in the private and public sectors. Two of these employers refused to give me even a few days off. I should have moved to another state.

Not normal here either. It's doable when things are slow, but you'd definitely raise some eyebrows asking. Unless it's for a honeymoon or something like that.

That is so crazy and unfair. Other countries don’t do this

This is the norm at my job too so hopefully it’s the same for you!

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