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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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its_just_me

Well crucial services like public transport and water keep running. Some people also take off in July, or September if they don’t have kids. But life definitely slows down in the summer. Lots of smaller businesses, especially restaurants will often just be closed for a few weeks. Large grocery chains stay open of course. It all depends on the amount of manpower to be able to spread out vacation periods.