To think 2 weeks is an unusually long summer holiday?

[PrettyLittleCryer]

How long do you take off on holiday if you go away over summer - particularly if you work full time?

I think half a month is a long time to expect to just walk out of a job and them to carry on without you.

But is that what most people take?

We are strongly recommended not to take less than four weeks (in a row) as it’s important to get a proper rest.

This!!

It's 2 weeks not 2 months ffs

Because you could usually get away without handing over all your responsibilities for a single week - do tasks last thing Fri, first thing the Mon you are back type of thing - to potentially cover up an ongoing fraud (say, long term imbalance of books). But for two weeks someone else is going to have to take over, making it harder to cover something up.

I thought there was a typo and you meant to ask whether 2 weeks is too short.

Two week annual leave is the only time I feel I properly take a break from work! I don’t usually go away away for the whole two weeks maximum 10 days. Before kids at school always had the first two weeks off in September!

first week gradually forgetting about work …last two days usually think opps forgot my password!

As others said if they company can’t cope with someone being away then there usually an issue with that company!

I'll often take two weeks (just had nearly three recently, and about to go away for another two), but I'm self employed and take my work with me (all I need is my laptop).

Totally standard in the UK. Are you new to the UK workplace?

If you only take two weeks off now, how many (fully paid) weeks do you have in a year in the UK?.. Just two weeks is nowhere near enough time to relax.

Wait til you hear about parental leave OP, you can “walk out” of your job for 4 weeks on top of your annual leave per year and coming back to your job is protected www.gov.uk/parental-leave/entitlement Employees need to give 21 days notice and employers can’t refuse unless there’s a “significant reason”.

Yes 2 weeks is normal.

@PrettyLittleCryer your company will hire another you tomorrow if anything happened to you. Life is for living you, I or the next person do not owe our lives to work! We are mainly doing it for the money... to live.

I am unusual among my colleagues in not taking two weeks but my leave in a week or ten days. Even those like me without school age children tend to have two weeks at some point.

Handovers and planning for holiday are a basic management competence in my view.

Don’t be daft! You do realise plenty of people go on holiday to places that take 7/8 hours + to get to? Do you really think it would be normal to travel that kind of distance and back within a week?

And here it’s 1,5 years paid maternity leave. 😅

The only time I have come across 2 weeks being a problem 'in the summer' was a workplace where people were asked to only take 1 week max during august due to so many people wanting time off in the school holidays. It was a care job so you couldn't have to many people off at once as residents still needed caring for. However you could easily take 2 weeks in July or Sept for example.

What an odd thread. On what planet is 2 weeks off for 'holiday leave' a LOT?

You'd go batshit at my DH's place. There are 3 women there who are not originally from this country, (been here 5-8 years,) and 2 of them have 3-4 weeks every year to go back to Ghana and Brazil to visit family. The other one (from Poland) has 2 weeks in September to visit her family over there.

Thanks for the replies about fraud. I had no idea.

That's it! My Dad got factory fortnight in the 80s its not a new thing.

Are you a workaholic op?

It’s normal to book a two week break from work to take a holiday, but obviously it will have to be booked and approved in advance.

I think 2 weeks is usual for a main holiday. 3 weeks is pushing it and I've never managed to get more than that consecutively.

Wait til she hears about resigning with one month’s notice.

My money is on OP not working at all, with a DH who is far too busy and important to take annual leave. I would guess venting due to envy of friends taking a fortnight in the Maldives?

Sorry if wrong OP, that was just the tone I sensed!

We all take at least 2 weeks, I usually take 3.

Completely normal to take 2 weeks at a time, if not a bit more sometimes!

I should add especially if going long haul somewhere-I’d never go that far for a week, too much hassle with the cost/time/jet lag