WTF was this downvoted? What did I say that pissed people off so much they felt this was worth of a downvote?<p>First off 7 French natives have told me the minimum is 2 months. 3 work at Nintendo of France and brought this up in relation to their Japanese co-workers in Japan. Even though Nintendo is a Japanese company it has to abide by French laws for it&#x27;s office in Paris. 1 works at a Nuclear Power Plant. She&#x27;s the one that gets 4 months off a year. Yes, she actually gets 4 months off paid vacation. This is not a lie. 3 others are currently working in Japan, 2 in Kyoto, 1 in Tokyo, not working for French companies, frustrated at the lack of vacation relative to France. They might have been wrong but that&#x27;s what they believe.<p>Second it doesn&#x27;t matter if it&#x27;s 40 days off a year or 25. That&#x27;s still INFINITELY MORE THAN THE USA which is has a mandatory minimum of ZERO days off and still entirely makes the point that lots more vacation than is typical in the USA is at least something to be considered.