Comment on 66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work

RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’re probably mostly rich or retired, so they can take as much vacation as they want anyway.

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• Arose8334@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think there’s a lot of good old moralization going on out there. «Young people are getting lazy» etc.

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• w2tpmf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There’s got to be a big chunk of that percentage that want MORE vacation time that Europe.

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• ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t want my company telling me when to spend my PTO? God forbid I’d rather have more days that I chose.

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  • RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t want my company telling me when to spend my PTO?

    Even if it actually worked that way, in what shothole reality is barely having any PTO at all preferable to having a shitload of it that you can only use at select times?

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    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s not the question asked in the survey.

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  • mayonaise_met@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They don’t tell you that here in Europe? You’re free to spend your PTO when and where you wish, usually under the condition you at least take the legal minimum days per year. Companies get fined if they don’t meet those limits.

    There are usually restrictions about what requests employers can deny. Of course you can imagine some situations in which you can’t have everyone leave when they wish (healthcare/police for instance). Of course their are shitty employers that try to abuse the exceptions and get away with it.

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    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.

      I get 25 days + 13 federal. I don’t plan any of those in August.

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      • Kage520@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s a super awesome vacation policy you are enjoying. Basically like they have in Europe.

        It took me 16 years to get that much vacation, and they just took away pay for my holidays now. Store will be closed but they won’t be paying us.

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      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Replace like with “such as” or “for example”. Does it sound more sensible now?

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      • mayonaise_met@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Very cool. Everybody should get that.

        It’s not like you have to take August off in most countries either. You can do it whenever it suits you.

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  • NuPNuA@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s bit how it works in Europe/the UK either. I get 31 days I can book whenever I like, staffing levels permitting, then the eight bank holidays which are set days because they’re national holidays.

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    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      like a month of in August

      Christ folks 🤦‍♂️ it’s right there just waiting for someone to read.

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      • NuPNuA@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s the right to take a month off if that’s what you choose to do with your leave, not forced.

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