I don't think people get nearly as much time off as they should. My husband has a nice amount of vacation now, but only because he's worked at the same place for around 30 years. I do hope to get back to working some day, but MUST have sufficient time off for sickness and vacation. At my old job I managed to negotiate three weeks vacation from the start, but three weeks vacation per year to me now would seem frighteningly little. So many places only want to offer two. Though my old employer was fine about taking sick days, I know of some people who say employers give them flack about that. That would just not be workable for me.