One of the best things about working in France is that you get 45 or so days off per year. That is not including government holidays like Christmas, Bastille Day, New Year, etc. I have the whole month of December and some of January off.
In comparison, in the US, you only get 10 days off. For many or even most jobs there, you will get fired if you actually use them. So people usually spend a short winter holiday visiting their parents or inLaws. Depending on their personalities, you go back to work in the New Year more tired and frazzled than you were before you left.
The one exception is teaching school. I`ve never wanted to teach, but looking at it that way, it could be kind of tempting. However, my work and educational background is similar to that of Walter White. Walter White is a character on a TV show. He was a talented physicist at a government research lab somewhere in the US. His funding was cut and he found a job teaching high school chemistry at an underfunded public school. But he is over qualified and underpaid and seemed bored out of his mind because most of his students were boneheads. He could not support his family on his salary and had to take a second job to make ends meet.
In comparison, in the US, you only get 10 days off. For many or even most jobs there, you will get fired if you actually use them. So people usually spend a short winter holiday visiting their parents or inLaws. Depending on their personalities, you go back to work in the New Year more tired and frazzled than you were before you left.
The one exception is teaching school. I`ve never wanted to teach, but looking at it that way, it could be kind of tempting. However, my work and educational background is similar to that of Walter White. Walter White is a character on a TV show. He was a talented physicist at a government research lab somewhere in the US. His funding was cut and he found a job teaching high school chemistry at an underfunded public school. But he is over qualified and underpaid and seemed bored out of his mind because most of his students were boneheads. He could not support his family on his salary and had to take a second job to make ends meet.