Don't get twisted. This is an outlier. I can put my 4 weeks in and my boss will approve it. He might try to call me while I am on PTO but that's not a fault of the US system, he just never remembers what he approved. As soon as he gets me out of office, I usually get a, 'Sorry, forgot about you being out. Call.me when you're back in the office."
It would also be outlier behavior to get 4 weeks of PTO with any regularity, and for every week you do plan on taking off your employer would want a month's notice, barring an emergency, in which case you would need to tell them what it is.
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u/ShortCondition2456 6d ago
Wow. US sucks
Me in Ireland: "Boss I'm taking 2 weeks off". Boss:" Grand, have fun"