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You know, I don't know of any place in Europe where employees are forced to take their holidays all at once. I'm sure there is some niche industry in some backw
by Luc 17y ago
You know, I don't know of any place in Europe where employees are forced to take their holidays all at once. I'm sure there is some niche industry in some backwater country to which this applies, but I haven't heard of it.
No, we are 'forced' to take our holidays all at once to spend time with our children, who DO have 'forced holidays'.
- davidw 17y agoThere are plenty of companies, here in Italy, at least, that shut down in August, at least for the first two weeks.
- Luc 17y agoAmazing. I did not know that. And apologies for implying Italy is a backwater country, it certainly isn't!
- edu 17y agoIn Spain there are still some companies that do the same, but this a less common practice each day. I guess it's because the shift from a industrial economy to a services one.
- davidw 17y agoYeah, it's becoming less common here too, but is still way more prevalent than in the US. It's not uncommon to see something like 1/3 of small shops closed in your average northern Italian town in early August.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoFactory shutdowns are almost unheard of now it seems as we (in the UK) have no factories left ...