Vacation Days in Asset Management?

I've read a lot of posts about culture and work hours in AM but haven't seen many comments on vacation time. Is it similar to IB where you get 2-3 weeks of "vacation", but you never get to actually use the days? Do you have the ability to go to Europe for a week in June and take a week in the carribean in December?

I know this isn't a technical question, but lets be honest - what's the point in making good money if you don't have time to spend and enjoy it?

 

I work for a $750B fund complex in the US and I would say that people are pretty good about using their vacation days. I'm sure it varies by group and office, but our company culture is very pro work/life balance. I came from a F50 where no one used their shitty allotment of 10 vacation days per year because you would be "seen" as a slacker. Fuck that mentality, life is way too short.

 

2 weeks plus 3 personal days. Personal days don't accrue, but I think vacation days do up to a certain point. Granted I just started, so will only get 1 week for this year (which I probably won't use).

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
 

I get 15 vacation days per year and have no problem using them whenever, and for however long (i.e. a three week vacation), that I need. The more senior analysts get 4-5 weeks of vacation plus a sabbatical every few years. At least at my firm, it's totally different than IB where you are pressured to take as little vacation as possible.

 

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