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I'm having trouble finding support for your assertion. Some quick googling seems to indicate that France has a higher unemployment rate than the US and lower G
by jeffdavis 14y ago
I'm having trouble finding support for your assertion.
Some quick googling seems to indicate that France has a higher unemployment rate than the US and lower GDP per capita. Same for Spain. Same for the EU overall.
The Netherlands seems to be in better shape but it's a much smaller economy, so it's not really comparable.
- roel_v 14y agoThe Netherlands doesn't have significantly more vacation days than other EU countries. Looking at this table: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922052.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922052.html it seems that we're even on the low side, since the legal minimum is 21 but most people get a few more, so I estimate the average at around 25. Which would put us at the same amount as Japan, of all places. (The link's methodology isn't explained though, and maybe it includes public holidays, which would boost .nl with something like 10 days into the same magnitude as Germany and France)
- TylerE 14y agoWould be interesting to see numbers of time actually taken. It is my understanding that in Japan it isn't unusual for an employee to not take so much as a sick day for years - and don't even mention vacation. The corporate culture is so "dedicated" that's it's really unhealthy.