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Sorry, I don't understand why 1-2 weeks off is significant. That's a short break? My department lead works about four days in August. My boss takes three weeks

Sorry, I don't understand why 1-2 weeks off is significant. That's a short break? My department lead works about four days in August. My boss takes three weeks to visit family abroad each year. A few Swedish companies I know basically shut down entirely for July. Are American tech companies so fragile that you can't lose staff for more than two weeks at a time?

jedberg 6y ago
In the USA, since the standard vacation is two weeks total a year if you have a good job, no one takes more than a week off at once usually. The fact that he's taking two is significant.
- dragonsky67 6y ago
  OMG you poor buggers.. I'm in Australia and admitidly in a job that has very good worker relations but legally it's a minimum of 20 days per year. I've rarely had less that 4 weeks off per year (mostly in one of two blocks) and as we can bank our leave, it is possible to take a batch of 6 or 8 weeks if you plan ahead. How is it possible that you don't all end up in the mad house with work absolutely dominating your entire lives?
  - jedberg 6y ago
    > How is it possible that you don't all end up in the mad house with work absolutely dominating your entire lives? Oh that's easy. Only people with good jobs get medical and mental health care, so the rest just die off! But less sarcastically, it's a huge problem in the US. Many people do in fact die or have serious issues from burn out.
    - Infinitesimus 6y ago
      Another factor here is consumption. Even at salaries far below Netflix-tier offers, many people depend on consumption to stay sane. Media, food, buying unnecessary items, seeking the next sale, etc.
  - ck425 6y ago
    Hell in the UK most people get atleast 6 weeks. I currently get 27 + 9 'public holidays' that I can take when I like.
WWLink 6y ago
> Are American tech companies so fragile that you can't lose staff for more than two weeks at a time? Almost everything in the US is understaffed to the point that one person missing will ruin someone's day.

jedberg 6y ago

In the USA, since the standard vacation is two weeks total a year if you have a good job, no one takes more than a week off at once usually. The fact that he's taking two is significant.

dragonsky67 6y ago
OMG you poor buggers.. I'm in Australia and admitidly in a job that has very good worker relations but legally it's a minimum of 20 days per year. I've rarely had less that 4 weeks off per year (mostly in one of two blocks) and as we can bank our leave, it is possible to take a batch of 6 or 8 weeks if you plan ahead. How is it possible that you don't all end up in the mad house with work absolutely dominating your entire lives?
- jedberg 6y ago
  > How is it possible that you don't all end up in the mad house with work absolutely dominating your entire lives? Oh that's easy. Only people with good jobs get medical and mental health care, so the rest just die off! But less sarcastically, it's a huge problem in the US. Many people do in fact die or have serious issues from burn out.
  - Infinitesimus 6y ago
    Another factor here is consumption. Even at salaries far below Netflix-tier offers, many people depend on consumption to stay sane. Media, food, buying unnecessary items, seeking the next sale, etc.
- ck425 6y ago
  Hell in the UK most people get atleast 6 weeks. I currently get 27 + 9 'public holidays' that I can take when I like.

WWLink 6y ago

> Are American tech companies so fragile that you can't lose staff for more than two weeks at a time? Almost everything in the US is understaffed to the point that one person missing will ruin someone's day.