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MicroWave Aug 27, 2023

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

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.

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bob_wiley Aug 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?

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Nurloc Aug 28, 2023

Well… factorys and stuff usually close down entirely for 3 weeks… but stores etc is still open… in sweden we also have alot of young people who have 10+ weeks of holiday who works a few weeks in the summer to help out, get some cash and work experience… ita highly regulated though… no shift work, no dangerous work etc… So society still runs like normal… but perhaps a bit slower…

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bob_wiley

Thanks, this makes sense. I assume the factories stockpile a bit to get through the slow month while they’re shut down.

When talking about the young people’s holiday, is that the break from school rather than a work holiday? So they have a summer job? In the US we differentiate “summer break” from school vs “vacation” or “pto… paid time off” for a break from work. Just trying to make sure I’m conceptualizing this right.