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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 | 1 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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unmole ◴[26 Aug 23 09:35 UTC] No.37271099[source]▶
Did the survey ask if they wanted a pay cut to match European style wages?
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NavinF ◴[26 Aug 23 09:38 UTC] No.37271111[source]▶
I suspect the survey results will change drastically if each person was shown this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_c...
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1. andrelaszlo ◴[26 Aug 23 10:03 UTC] No.37271285[source]▶
The difference is much smaller if you look at the median disposable income instead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per...

The big skewness (difference between the mean and the median) suggests that a lot of wealth is concentrated at the top and that many people are in fact worse off than Europeans.