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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 | 3 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.631s | source
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xetifafa ◴[26 Aug 23 09:59 UTC] No.37271255[source]▶
If anyone is interested in an anecdote from a US American mid level dev living in Germany:

I get 30 paid vacation days, 10 ish public holidays and my employer has to pay up to 6 weeks of sick leave a year (after that the public health insurance pays).

I make around 75k€ with a 38 hour work week and my take home is roughly 3600€ net. My living expenses are less than 1k (mid sized city, no car, split rent, no kids) so I am able to invest 2-2.5x my living expenses every a month.

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1. stop50 ◴[26 Aug 23 10:21 UTC] No.37271415[source]▶
Consecutive sick days. If you got in the icu because of corona for 5 weeks and the month after that because you got into a car crash for 4 weeks the employer has to pay for all the 9 weeks.
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2. xetifafa ◴[26 Aug 23 10:29 UTC] No.37271458[source]▶
Yes, but my employer can fire me (in some cases) if I am sick for more than 30 days in a year.

https://www.wirtschaftsforum.de/tipps/welche-anzahl-an-krank...

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3. stop50 ◴[26 Aug 23 12:54 UTC] No.37272428[source]▶
Not for beeing sick for 30 days in a year.