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Has anyone negotiated more leave days when changing company?

I’ve gone from 10 to 14 days leave per year in my current role. I’m looking to switch this year and I’d rather not have it reset back to 10 with a new company. Anyone done this? How did it go? I’m in tech.

3 comments

  1. I think that very difficult.

    The number of vacation days is written in the “Rules of Employment (就業規則)”. This is a legal document approved by a labor-management agreement, and no unstated exceptions can be made for you.
    In order to apply an exception, it must be stated in the “Rules of Employment”. This means that the new rules must be checked by a ”Labor and Social Security Attorney (National certification specializing in handling labor contracts)”, approved by the board of directors, approved by the labor union (or worker’s representative if there is none), and then submitted to the government office.

    So, No company will do this for you.

  2. The 10 days is mostly meant for new graduate hires, mid-career hires with more than 5 years of experience should ask the full 20 right off the bat.

  3. Most companies won’t accept, but you can try. If you are working for an international, it’s quite likely that the foreign senior management get 20.

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