When I was terminated from my prior company I had 12 days vacation. It was a nice severance. My new company had 17 days Paid Time Off (PTO) for both vacation and sick days. The newest company that bought us out has 15 vacation days and the normal U.S. Holidays. Their view is if you're sick, you're sick -- stay home. But they also have many remote workers, so a lot of them can still do the job even if they are under the weather, so it usually not an issue.

I just look at it that without a family, I never really worry about it. And I usually do best doing extended weekends and just having screw-off days throughout the year.