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

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137 points pg_1234 | 2 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.541s | source
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cynicalsecurity ◴[26 Aug 23 09:33 UTC] No.37271086[source]▶
As much as I like my vacations, I would rather prefer US salary over it.
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lionkor ◴[26 Aug 23 09:36 UTC] No.37271102[source]▶
Does the US salary hold up against the benefits you get in a well-off EU country? Namely free healthcare, automatic payments into pension fund, strong social system if you're ever in trouble, etc.?

It seems to me that, as high as US salaries are, they arent that much higher compared to European salaries when you factor all this in, plus the face that a month of that work youre paid for youre OOO

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Longhanks ◴[26 Aug 23 09:45 UTC] No.37271151[source]▶
For Germany: "Free" as in waiting for months to get an appointment with a specialist? "Pension fund" as in gigantic ponzi scheme that requires 30% of the state‘s yearly budget, with no party having any kind of plan how to save the system? "Strong social system" as in being taken advantage of with the world‘s second highest taxes?

Sure, I’d rather be super poor in Europe than in the US. But anybody above the poorest, anybody that can and wants to work for a living, I’d much rather try to find my luck in America.

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1. rightbyte ◴[26 Aug 23 09:53 UTC] No.37271201[source]▶
> "Pension fund" as in gigantic ponzi scheme that requires 30% of the state‘s yearly budget

Why is that a problem? At macro scale you can't really save money. As long as the pension payouts are somewhat balanced to pay ins each year it is kinda fine.

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2. lotsofpulp ◴[26 Aug 23 10:14 UTC] No.37271362[source]▶
It is a problem once the ratio of money in to money out diverges from previous projections, such as due to unbudgeted increases in proportions of non working and/or lower earning populations.

Then you have to start adjusting the money in (higher taxes) and money out (reduced benefits), and different people in different ages/income/wealth levels start having different opinions.