Vacation Days in Asset Management?

Where I work, it is very flexible when you get to use your vacation days and many people have the opportunity to use them all. Plus like 3 personal days per year.

streetwannabe:

Where I work, it is very flexible when you get to use your vacation days and many people have the opportunity to use them all. Plus like 3 personal days per year.

Same. Pretty flexible with taking time off

You want vacation time? Go teach third grade, public school.

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.

streetwannabe:

Where I work, it is very flexible when you get to use your vacation days and many people have the opportunity to use them all. Plus like 3 personal days per year.

If you don't mind sharing, how much vacation time per year on average to people at your firm get?

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).

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.

at my old firm (600B AUM), i get 15 days + 2 personal days. I think I would get 20 days + 2 personal days the next year if I were still there.