I don't know about insanity, in Europe it is very clear what the contract and law says, and it is very simple. People usually have the holidays around the same

I don't know about insanity, in Europe it is very clear what the contract and law says, and it is very simple. People usually have the holidays around the same time of the year. Then again the salaries are much, much lower than (some parts) of the US. You could see it as a tradeoff. However it varies from country to country but in my understanding the difference to US is drastic.