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

• RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s not the question asked in the survey.

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• mayonaise_met@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t disagree that US policy is shit.

        Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August.

        It’s a shit article with rage bait that skips any actual attempt in analysis, to which OC makes an equally useless comment JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING. When in reality the article wasn’t read, the questions on the survey were never read, and they are just looking for that good old reddit amirite? I then answered with a simple, common answer to why a third of respondents might think a policy like ‘a month off in August’ might be dumb.

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    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        👌

        Yes, the author of the article and survey designer most definitely could have done a better job with language…

        But they didn’t, yet here we are, this entire sub ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED that 34% of Americans could have had the audacity to answer no to the question.

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    • mayonaise_met@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August.

        But not in the context of what OC was bitching about. I’m not sure which part of this is a stupid rage bait article is unclear to the general audience here.

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• NuPNuA@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Then that should be communicated clearly instead of the current chosen language. Otherwise you end up with, and here is where we complete that full circle, 34% of people answering “no I don’t want that”, answering OCs question why someone would answer that way.

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