[Slainte]

If you want 8 weeks of vacation, negotiate for it. If you're damn good at what you do, and unskilled labor in Mexico can't do it, and there aren't two dozen other people in line with the same qualifications who can do exactly what you do, but will do it for less than you're willing to do it for, you'll get your 8 weeks of vacation. It's all in what you bring to the table and how much extra that's worth to the employer.

Everyone wants the deal for themselves when they spend the money, whether it's on a car, a stereo, the toaster, a loaf of bread. But they can't seem understand why an employeer wants to pay as little for labor as possible. If the only thing you can do is shovel dirt, well there are a lot of people who can meet that minimum criteria, and they may just want the work more than you do.

[Tuco-bad]

If you want 8 weeks of vacation, negotiate for it.

You mean like threaten to strike to get more?

[altair]

If you're damn good at what you do ... you'll get your 8 weeks of vacation. It's all in what you bring to the table and how much extra that's worth to the employer.

Yeah. When I worked at TRW there was a guy who was a total wizard at writing defense contract proposals. He got six months vacation. Of course, the other six months he worked 12+ hour days.