&gt; 10 days paid time off is the de-facto standard for just about every company based in this country.<p>Not to mention that <i>tech industry</i> firms are reputed to be more generous than what is otherwise common, that sounds really low <i>even outside of the tech industry</i>; its lower than <i>any</i> company I&#x27;ve seen, and lower than what most sources I&#x27;ve seen indicate is common. [0]<p>[0] e.g., <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;news.release&#x2F;ebs.t05.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;news.release&#x2F;ebs.t05.htm</a> and <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.salary.com&#x2F;time-off-paid-time-off-from-work&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.salary.com&#x2F;time-off-paid-time-off-from-work&#x2F;</a>