I live in Ontario, Canada, where many people get two weeks off, including me. That's the government regulated minimum, so unless you have a good job that's what you get. After five years of working at a place, you get three weeks. I am so fucking tired. We have to use vacation days to book appointments and doctor visits so it's not like we even get two full weeks to rest. I can't believe I have to stay at this job for five years just to get an additional week off. Most of my coworkers don't even take all their days because they think it's lazy not to work, and they want the extra pay. (You get four percent vac pay on your regular cheque but no pay during your actual vacation.)
I hate this so much. I have a degree and even went back to school to get another certification but the job market here is really hard so I'm stuck in this crap work with shitty vacation time. Don't even get me started on the pay. It's awful too but what I really need is just more time to my fucking self. I'd cry if I wasn't too tired to. Weekends fly by and I'm so stressed I don't even rest properly, plus I spend a shitton of time doing general chores and stuff so who has time to rest? I no longer see my friends because I'm working or stressed and tired all the time.
My parents are telling me to suck it up because they only ever got two weeks off, but that's a bullshit take because overwork nearly killed them both.