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Exactly.
In most radiology private practices, out of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year, you have to work at least one of them. This is not the case for many other fields.
During my career, I have missed a good number of family gathering and special occasions due to the vacation structure of radiology.
I am not saying radiology is good or bad. But when you hear about 10 weeks of vacation, take into account that the devil is in the details.
Also let's point out "downtime". In your 8 hour work day how much downtime is there in rads ? On some of my remote work days I've managed to go grocery shopping, gym, lunch, to the point it didn't feel like a real work day as 5pm rolled around I had done all these things and could simply go to a happy hour/dinner out...felt odd.