Negotiating salary: Discussing benefits like vacation days or remote work

🇪🇸 By law in Spain, full-time workers get at least 30 calendar days of paid vacation, which is about 22 working days. Offers are usually stated as either one or the other.

🇪🇸 Spain has national, regional and local holidays, adding up to around 14 a year. The exact dates depend on where you work.

💬 The c in veinti- isn't here, but the z in veintidós... is absent too; watch for it in doce (DOH-theh), where Spain says a (th) sound.

💬 Follow es posible directly with a plain -r verb to ask about options: ¿Es posible empezar en mayo? "Is it possible to start in May?"

🇪🇸 Remote work is common in Spanish offices since 2020, but many companies offer a hybrid setup with a few office days. Asking about it in an interview is normal.

💬 Starting a question with Y "and" is a natural way to move to the next topic. It sounds conversational rather than abrupt.

💬 No "my" is needed: casa alone means home. Compare estoy en casa "I'm at home".

💬 "Per week" is a la semana, literally "to the week". Swap in other spans: tres veces al mes "three times a month".

💬 Podrían is the softer "could" form, and it is plural because you're asking about días. The singular version is ¿Podría ser el lunes? "Could it be Monday?"

🇪🇸 A polite counter-offer like this is normal in a Spanish negotiation. Giving a reason, such as a long commute, makes it land well.

💬 Bastante means "quite" or "rather", not "enough" here. It softens or strengthens the word after it: bastante bien "pretty good".

💬 Consultar means to check with someone or look into something, not "to consult" in the formal English sense. Lo means "it"; you can also put it at the end: Puedo consultarlo.

💬 Spanish often uses the present tense for a near promise where English says "I'll": Le digo algo literally means "I tell you something". Le is the polite usted form; with a friend you would say Te digo algo.

💬 Spanish uses el with weekdays where English uses "on": el lunes means "on Monday". Los lunes means "on Mondays", every week.

💬 Hasta "until" plus any time makes a goodbye: hasta mañana "see you tomorrow", hasta luego "see you later".

💬 tenga is the polite usted form. To someone you call tú, it's Que tengas buen día.