MicroWaveAug 27, 2023

66% of Americans want European-style vacation policies, like being OOO for the entire month of August

https://lemmy.world/post/3936528

66% of Americans want European-style vacation policies, like being OOO for the entire month of August - Lemmy.world

In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit. Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.

Show threadbob_wileyAug 28, 2023

Can someone from Europe explain how this works? Surely everyone isn’t off for the whole month of August. I’ve been hearing this for as long as I can remember. How do people do anything if everything is closed? Need food… sorry, the market is closed. Need to get somewhere… sorry, the trains aren’t running. Need clean water… sorry, we shut down the treatment plant for holiday.

I always hear about his August thing in Europe and it makes 0 sense. Is this some half-truth people blow up in attempts to manipulate others into getting something that doesn’t actually exist?

Show threadkrist2an
In Estonia we get 28 vacation days every year, and companies are free to give out additional free days. For example I get three additional health days per year. It’s compulsory to have one vacation that is at least 14 days long, and the rest can be used as you wish.
Aug 28, 2023 at 7:55pmWeb
Show threadbob_wileyAug 28, 2023
Interesting. I don’t love the idea of being told how to break up my time off, but I will say that having 2 weeks has a certain restorative effect that a few days or a week just don’t do… so I think that would be helpful for a lot of people. I used to do that every year, but haven’t done it since the pandemic… maybe that’s why I’m so stressed out and burnt out. This has given me some things to think about and some trips to plan.