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I'd rather work in walmart than work in a German factory like my grandfather did. He was able to come home to Italy once a year to see his family.
by derision 7y ago
I'd rather work in walmart than work in a German factory like my grandfather did. He was able to come home to Italy once a year to see his family.
- bobthepanda 7y agoIf you think that unpredictable American retail shift work would give you more vacation than a German factory, I have a bridge to sell you. America has zero required vacation per year. Germany has 20 days every year for a five day working-week.
- hnarn 7y agoAnd in Sweden it's 25, the numbers are probably similar across all of Europe (and sometime increases due to employment benefits). And don't mention paternity leave.
- eloff 7y agoYou're comparing Germany today with the Germany of the OPs grandfather. Apples and Nazi oranges.
- the-dude 7y agoI assumed OP was talking post-war era.
- eloff 7y agoYes, that's the most likely reading, I'm just making a (poor) joke.
- lisper 7y agoUnfortunately, HN has zero tolerance for humor of any kind :-(
- craftinator 7y agoDownvoted for being funny.
- lisper 7y agoThe first rule of humor on HN is that you do not even talk about humor on HN. Which rule I have of course just violated. Note to downvoters: FYIOTLB. And happy new year.
- pnutjam 7y agoYou'd have to go back to Great Grandparents to mix it up with Nazi's, for most people under 50. Maybe Great-Great...
- klyrs 7y agoI'm under 40 and my grandpa escaped a concentration camp and gave testimony in the Nuremberg trials.
- pnutjam 7y agoI'm 41, born when my parents were in their very early 20's, and my Grandpa missed Korea during his draft, he was out before it started. You must have much older parents.
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- nonford150 7y agoRequired and actual are very different animals. Just b/c the govt doesn't say you must doesn't mean employers don't provide good benefits. Reddit always says race to the bottom but a quick look around doesn't support it.
- coldtea 7y ago"A quick look around doesn't support it"? Try talking to people not in developer echo bubble...
- nonford150 7y agoI'm just a normal guy who has worked hard to build up a career.
- bobthepanda 7y agoWhere are you located that retail workers get anything close to 20 days of vacation annually? (Which is also separate from sick time, maternity leave, etc.) Even at a fairly cushy corporate job I don't get 20 days of vacation time.
- nonford150 7y agoIf you work in retail you expect not to have mush PTO. I do consider myself lucky my job offers 6 weeks vacation plus sick/personal time off; but this is one of the reasons I've stayed with them b/c of this benefit. I still do not think the government should dictate to private businesses in this area.
- pintxo 7y agoIt’s actually 24 days [1]. [1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/burlg/__3.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/burlg/__3.html
- germanier 7y agoThat's assuming a (rare) 6-day workweek. If you work 5 days, as most do, you get 20 days by law.
- iudqnolq 7y agoParent is clearly comparing present day to two generations ago to make an argument that there's been a general positive claim. Present day Germany is completely irrelevant to their point.
- iudqnolq 7y agoEdit: s/claim/change
- bobthepanda 7y agoEven if you were to take that at face value, it's not as if Walmart retail workers are getting vacation time to visit their relatives in a foreign country more than once a year.
- einpoklum 7y agoThose are not the two significant alternatives you know... Also, I'd rather not work in WalMart.