Not necessarily.Those countries don't have as many people so obviously they want to keep as many workers satisfied as possible.
Take a day off here though? Sure, but don't be surprised if you get replaced by someone else who never takes a day off and works overtime down the road. Competition breeds excellency.
It doesn't surprise me. Many places in Canada even enforce breaks too.
i worked saturday morning today because the corporate tax deadline is coming soon and had to clear up some client details. OH NOES, NO VACATIONS AND WORKING SATURDAYS?!
-woke up, put on my new 98$ lacoste polo and drove my bmw to office...it enriched me
-the boss ordered breakfast from panera bread, ate that, worked for 4 hours and had a 65$+tip lunch with a co-worker....it enriched me
-came home at 3 and saw my new 170$ raybans were here. so wore those and gave my old pair to my sister, she was happy....it enriched us
-took my mom,dad,sister to a 165$+tip afternoon early dinner....it enriched us
-i will feed my girlfriend a close to a 100$ meal when we go out at 9pm, while my copy of saints row4 is installing....it will enrich us
-tomorrow we are going to long island, 120$ gas+beach parking+food i dont know, theres master card.....it will enrich us
-Monday morning i will go to work in my bmw wearing my new ralph lauren shirt....it will enrich me
then i will work 50-60 hours at my office so i can manage to do that again next friday. because doing those things enriches me, and to support my enriching i have to work
Yup, even in a place like Tim Horton's (where the manager seemed upset when asked if there was a union upon being hired) respected the laws enforcing two 15 minute breaks per shift.It doesn't surprise me. Many places in Canada even enforce breaks too.
The stereotype that Americans are lazy is so untrue.
i worked saturday morning today because the corporate tax deadline is coming soon and had to clear up some client details. OH NOES, NO VACATIONS AND WORKING SATURDAYS?!
-woke up, put on my new 98$ lacoste polo and drove my bmw to office...it enriched me
-the boss ordered breakfast from panera bread, ate that, worked for 4 hours and had a 65$+tip lunch with a co-worker....it enriched me
-came home at 3 and saw my new 170$ raybans were here. so wore those and gave my old pair to my sister, she was happy....it enriched us
-took my mom,dad,sister to a 165$+tip afternoon early dinner....it enriched us
-i will feed my girlfriend a close to a 100$ meal when we go out at 9pm, while my copy of saints row4 is installing....it will enrich us
-tomorrow we are going to long island, 120$ gas+beach parking+food i dont know, theres master card.....it will enrich us
-Monday morning i will go to work in my bmw wearing my new ralph lauren shirt....it will enrich me
then i will work 50-60 hours at my office so i can manage to do that again next friday. because doing those things enriches me, and to support my enriching i have to work
Starting a new job in a week. My first full time job at that.
start with 10 days vacation. You also get 5 sick days and 3 personal days, or somekthing close to that. From Xmas Eve until New Years you have off and it doesn't count against your vacation days. Federal holidays off as well.
Don't know if this is a lot of whatever. I know you get more as you stay in the company longer, I just forget the finer details.
I would love if there was a country with the American employment numbers as well as European vacation days.
I think after the devastation of World War II, Europeans learned the importance of the finer things in life, while at the same time Americans were industrializing and learning the value of the almighty dollar. Different cultures due to different experiences, but kind of sad for us Americans really.
i worked saturday morning today because the corporate tax deadline is coming soon and had to clear up some client details. OH NOES, NO VACATIONS AND WORKING SATURDAYS?!
-woke up, put on my new 98$ lacoste polo and drove my bmw to office...it enriched me
-the boss ordered breakfast from panera bread, ate that, worked for 4 hours and had a 65$+tip lunch with a co-worker....it enriched me
-came home at 3 and saw my new 170$ raybans were here. so wore those and gave my old pair to my sister, she was happy....it enriched us
-took my mom,dad,sister to a 165$+tip afternoon early dinner....it enriched us
-i will feed my girlfriend a close to a 100$ meal when we go out at 9pm, while my copy of saints row4 is installing....it will enrich us
-tomorrow we are going to long island, 120$ gas+beach parking+food i dont know, theres master card.....it will enrich us
-Monday morning i will go to work in my bmw wearing my new ralph lauren shirt....it will enrich me
then i will work 50-60 hours at my office so i can manage to do that again next friday. because doing those things enriches me, and to support my enriching i have to work
Yup, even in a place like Tim Horton's (where the manager seemed upset when asked if there was a union upon being hired) respected the laws enforcing two 15 minute breaks per shift.
Occasionally I'd end up working through them for one reason or another and they never had any real complaints about putting an extra half hour on my clock out time, either.
Of course, they basically paid minimum wage and they worked me like a dog, but the rules are followed... at least in my limited experience.
This is a joke post right?
Sadly, no.
God that "enriching" post is so heart breaking.
I get the average UK allowance. For me, the importance in this isn't so much time away from work but what I get to do with it. Next year I've booked off three weeks in April to go to Japan, and I'll still have two weeks to spend elsewhere later in the year. I have the money to go to these places because I don't put so much value in wearing fucking Lacoste (seriously?)
If a lot of Europeans here didn't know how shit our Maternity Leave was in the USA, I have another bombshell for you.
In the US you are required to go to to the hospital to deliver your baby, BY LAW, the costs to have a child are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. Yet we still have an infant death rate nearing a 3rd world country.
Europe invests in people. In America there is a sense that there are 100 people on call ready to work twice as hard as you.
If a lot of Europeans here didn't know how shit our Maternity Leave was in the USA, I have another bombshell for you.
In the US you are required to go to to the hospital to deliver your baby, BY LAW, the costs to have a child are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. Yet we still have an infant death rate nearing a 3rd world country.
I was just talking with some of my coworkers and managers and they were bragging about how much time they had saved up. Not planning on using it but hoping the company pays out when they leave or retire
If a lot of Europeans here didn't know how shit our Maternity Leave was in the USA, I have another bombshell for you.
In the US you are required to go to to the hospital to deliver your baby, BY LAW, the costs to have a child are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. Yet we still have an infant death rate nearing a 3rd world country.
Well not having maternity leave should be straight up illegal. I never thought the US would be this backward with regards to workers right.
Lunchbox come back pls, thought you got a perma.*post about stuff you own*
Isn't that because American hospitals are a little too generous with the c-sections? I believe I saw a documentary about this, but I can't remember the title.If a lot of Europeans here didn't know how shit our Maternity Leave was in the USA, I have another bombshell for you.
In the US you are required to go to to the hospital to deliver your baby, BY LAW, the costs to have a child are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. Yet we still have an infant death rate nearing a 3rd world country.
not bad, but not nearly good enough for the hours you work. you dont want to know what kind of stuff people have that work 50-60 hours over here. and they still get 25+ day vacation, + unlimited sick days, + weeks of maternity leavebut i would trade all this away even my sandals, just to lay down on my couch for 10 more days
And we're strongly suggested to volunteer to come in for a couple days during our week off in order to deep clean the restaurant.
If a lot of Europeans here didn't know how shit our Maternity Leave was in the USA, I have another bombshell for you.
In the US you are required to go to to the hospital to deliver your baby, BY LAW, the costs to have a child are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. Yet we still have an infant death rate nearing a 3rd world country.
What? You are not required by law to have a hospital birth. Home births are a thing.
Oh my bad then. There is no standard midwife care in America though, so at home births are rare.
This topic really amazes me. I guess I should really consider myself lucky with 40 paid days of vacation per year. By law, the minimum number of vacation days for everyone here is 4 times the number of days they work per week. So if you work 5 days per week, you get 20 days. And that's only what's required by law. A lot of employers give you more. And, also by law, we all get vacation money on top of the normal salary every year around May. This is 8% of your annual salary.
This topic really amazes me. I guess I should really consider myself lucky with 40 paid days of vacation per year. By law, the minimum number of vacation days for everyone here is 4 times the number of days they work per week. So if you work 5 days per week, you get 20 days. And that's only what's required by law. A lot of employers give you more. And, also by law, we all get vacation money on top of the normal salary every year around May. This is 8% of your annual salary.