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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 | 4 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.661s | source
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kramerger ◴[26 Aug 23 09:39 UTC] No.37271127[source]▶
It has been shown that you need around 14 days of interrupted rest to recover from stress etc.

The European laws are not some random thing we made up because we are lazy. It is to ensure workers are well rested and ready for a new working year. Hence in long term it will also benefit employers.

Some personal anecdata: I notice an immediate difference when I come back after a long vacation. The first 2-3 months I work at top efficiency, get probably done twice as much as I would do any other month.

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1. veave ◴[26 Aug 23 10:41 UTC] No.37271537[source]▶
>The European laws are not some random thing we made up because we are lazy. It is to ensure workers are well rested and ready for a new working year.

If that was true Europe would have the highest productivity of the world, but it doesn't.

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2. maccard ◴[26 Aug 23 10:50 UTC] No.37271580[source]▶
Productivity, the thing that is so reliably easy to measure.
3. arepublicadoceu ◴[26 Aug 23 10:52 UTC] No.37271593[source]▶
> If that was true Europe would have the highest productivity of the world, but it doesn't.

Maybe productivity should not be the metric we should strive for?

I lived/worked in the US and Europe and my quality of life and overall happiness was way higher in Europe even if my salary was higher in the US.

4. thiht ◴[26 Aug 23 10:55 UTC] No.37271618[source]▶
> If that was true Europe would have the highest productivity of the world, but it doesn't.

Depends on how you measure productivity. Per hours worked, the top 10 most productive countries is almost only European. Per capita the results are different.