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It's no revolutionary idea, but the comments here are dishonest when they compare a 3-month leave to standard european vacation. I would say most middle class
by yreg 2mo ago
It's no revolutionary idea, but the comments here are dishonest when they compare a 3-month leave to standard european vacation.
I would say most middle class europeans take like 10-14 day long vacations. I sometimes travel for a month and that is already abnormal.
- zazuke 2mo agoauthor here, this is the differentiation I meant, and I didn't make it clear enough before - I added now a callout to clarify this more: > To me, vacations are too short to turn off completely. Here, where I live, we have 5 weeks a year, if you are lucky, you can take three in a row in summer. But having two months or more, it’s completely different. Your mind will take time to turn off, to shut down from everyday life, and that’s when the benefit of new ideas comes, usually out of the blue, not forced just because your mind and body are resting from work and everything else.
- yreg 2mo agoI agree with you that it is very different.
- mystifyingpoi 2mo agoI second that, EU here. Most of my colleagues take either 5 days (which creates 9 days free in a row effectively, when combined with weekends) or 10 days (which creates 16). Any normal vacation over this requires special approval and I know only 1 person that even wanted that. The only cases when someone is away for longer are medical leaves after severe accidents (in practice unlimited) or parental leaves (could me maxxed to ~1.5 years when done smart, but doesn't happen in practice).
- KptMarchewa 2mo agoThree-four weeks can happen, at least here in Poland. They are pretty rare but I know bunch of people who did this, myself included. Usually for prolonged vacations in far away regions - Japan, South America, Australia etc.