PlayStation Studios Development

[kitler53]

I have 25 days off a year and it doesn't Include any public holidays. I work 4.5 days a week. But I'm not currently in Europe, though they have similar number if days off per year.  Of course it all depends on the country, job, company.

I don't think 40 hour work weeks are "insane". That's a typical work week.

Don't you think the ability to fire anyone for any reason is unjust?

I don't think its abused.  In 20+ years ive seen only 2 people fired and they very deserved it. 

Fireing requires a paperwork tail and the company has to pay unemployment.  So they don't.

What is abused is layoffs.  Soo many times i've seen us "need to go though some unfortunately needed downsizing" in which 10% of people are layed off at the discretion of middle management only to see us immediately go on a hiring spree. 

Clearly it is a workaround for firing someone and in my experience middle managers use it in petty ways against people they have squabbles with. 

[Horizon]

only counting years with the current employer i'd say this is fairly standard and what my company uses:

0-5 years: 10 days
5-10 years: 15 days
10+ years: 20 days

+ 10 days of company holiday regardless of years of experience.

That's crazy. I've worked only a couple of years in my current role and accrued one day holiday for every year. Right now I have 28 days annual which doesn't count bank holidays. Also we can buy another 5 holidays. 

The amount of time Americans get off for holiday is just crazy and I'd imagine most of the world feels this way.