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This did happened,
- I was in holiday and received few calls from my employer. I guess this is very common.
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For those of you you answered "Unlimited - my employer doesn't track my holidays", please tell me where I can send my CV 
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Netflix, for instance.
However, in practice it turns out that people with limited number of vacation days tend to actually use them all, and those who have "unlimited" vacation days end up using fewer, as they have none to lose.
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yeah, there's always a catch. We need unlimited holidays and no deadlines 
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I answered unlimited because I own the company. My employer (me) doesn't set limits on how much time I take.
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..student! So, how can I get a paid holiday?
Do tell me hehe!
Favourite line: Throw me to them wolves and close the gate up. I am afraid of what will happen to them wolves - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Your parents pay for your Holidays ..
Gihan Liyanage
http://gihansampathliyanage.wordpress.com
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In that case, you're the employer. The staff gets the holidays.
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I answered the question based on how many paid holidays I get...New Years Day, Fourth of July, Christmas etc, not how many paid vacation days I get. I thought it was odd that some people might get several weeks of paid holidays off. Then I realized, perhaps you meant what we call vacation days. So I left my answer, but it may be incorrect depending on what you meant by "holiday". I think you need to redo this survey and make it clear what you mean by holiday. Your answers to this survey are not going to be correct.
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I think it is a British-English vs American-English, problem but for sure that it's about vacation...It has no meaning otherwise...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I agree. The question should be rephrased to say "paid holidays and vacations" if that's what they mean. In the USA, we get paid holidays, which are specific days (like the 4th of July and Christmas Day) that everyone gets paid time off for, and vacations, which are mostly at the discretion of the employee. Is the question about the total combined time off, just vacation time or just holiday time?
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Same here, since there just aren't 7 weeks worth of holidays (as in Christmas) at all, it would be difficult to be off for them.
Jeremy Falcon
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I too agree.. This survey should be done again with the clear definition of paid holidays.
.:>GSN<:.
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It is just basic sanity check.
No weekends or that would be 7 weeks plus by itself, not only public holidays because really, is there a country with more than say...30 days of holidays?
I get 28 days, plus sick days which must be doctor certified up to max 42 days inlcuding weekends (6 full weeks) plus whatever state terms as public holidays (those are Independance day, Constituion day, Christmass, Easter and several others (about week total) - no distinction between vacation and personal days.
I plan on living forever. Or die trying.
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1) I wonder how serious people take these surveys.
2) the surveys are always very much biased since only a certain kind of person respond and since the probe set is biased already, so, go to 1).
3) as non-native English, the question is clear without doubt. It's not always good to think too much about questions, especially from such surveys, go to 1)
4) for nit-pickers: if in doubt, consider trying to apply "common sense", go to 1)
Have fun!
Cheers
Andi
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Holiday or Vacation. .. I do enjoy both.
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In the UK, if working full time, then by law, all employees get 20 days a year, plus 8 bank holidays.
Where I currently work, I get the 20 + 8 - the minimum. I start a new job in two weeks and I'll get 25 + 8. I also have the option to "buy" and "sell" additional holiday days.
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There should be some distinction.
like the weekend off day(s) are to be considered.
We have:
14 earned leaves (granted after completing a year of working; 1 per 15 present days of the previous year)
10 casual leaves (granted 2.5 every quarter).
8-10 holidays selected from the gazetted holidays.
and Sundays off(~52).
in addition to above we have 2 restricted holidays which may be selected according to some criteria and vary every year.
We have saturdays working... 
So we have in all 34-36 days off excluding sundays.
.:>GSN<:.
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I think it should include only normal working days, you to take off. No weekends or official free-days...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Besides, my home is better than your vacation.
Keystone Colorado.
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Lucky you. I live near a slum area, where there are poor healthcare facilities, a lack of basic infrastructure and where the violent crime has raised for ten consecutive years. "Wanna trade?" 
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Been there, Done that, Bugged out, Am here.
So.... No
Besides, It's gonna snow here tonight so there will be cold slippery white everywhere by morning.
You wouldn't. like that
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Depends...
It is tired to work at home, there are not divisions between when you work and when you are at home. Finally you end working more from home, with no schedule no holidays no time to rest. Customers get use to call every time, with the certainty find you at your home.
And you become boring to see the same all the time everyday; not further human contact than neighbors, no changes in the horizon more that the mere entropy rusting every corner you might see...
If you employee yourself, I suggest to hire a cowork or an office
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Agree with what you said. But hiring an office might be not really necessary. When I am working offline, I go to the bibliotheque of the city and get a desk at the end of the room.
I can not really concentrate at home and I want to separate the feelings, so when I come home I can say... "ok, done for today. Tomorrow will be another day"
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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It's not black nor white. Depends on your "mode of operation". If you have a home-office, there is nothing against turning off the business mobile phone and the computer while you are "off-duty". If you have customers not respecting your office-hours, you have to either explicitly block the interruption of private life or make a service contract so that you get at least paid for your extra hours.
With regards of social contact: I always go at least once a week to my customers (e.g. work on-site) to get the informal contact to the "co-workers". That's a "must" on my side, even it involves some travelling. It's worth the effort!
Finally: "self-employed = none" is sick - or one turns sick sooner or later...
Cheers
Andi
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