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As a European every time I read articles like this and the comments that go with it it makes me happy that I never moved to the states. In my last job I had a b
by mywacaday 8y ago
As a European every time I read articles like this and the comments that go with it it makes me happy that I never moved to the states. In my last job I had a basic of 25 days PTO + public holidays + whatever days I carried over from the previous year. If I had to work a public holiday I'd get two days PTO in lieu. Reached the point that my allowance for my last two years before I left was 35 days per annum. I'm contracting for the last three years and just take the days(unpaid) I want , I just can't imaging living under the American system.
- mbrameld 8y agoThat's worse than what I receive as an American. Sorry to shatter your world view!
- bloomca 8y agoEuropeans have more public holidays than americans (on average). Also, general work culture encourages better work-life balance, and people rarely expect you to do anything outside of your working hours.
- DanTheManPR 8y agoIt's dramatically better than what I receive as an American (I get the 6 major American holidays, any time off beyond that is unpaid). Europeans rightly view that as crazy.
- cribbles 8y agoYou are an extreme outlier. American workers have on average nearly half as many vacation days as are legally mandated in the EU,[1] while EU member states have more public holidays than the United States. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave...