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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: 0.205s | 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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cpursley ◴[26 Aug 23 09:37 UTC] No.37271107[source]▶
Fair question. I think many Americans in higher income brackets would say yes; it’s just that they’d never had the option. Ditto on a 4 day work week.
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refurb ◴[26 Aug 23 09:42 UTC] No.37271141[source]▶
Americans with higher incomes likely have very good vacation policies.

I get 25 days per year.

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morelisp ◴[26 Aug 23 10:01 UTC] No.37271265[source]▶
25 days a year is not a "very good" vacation policy in Europe, I'd say that would be at least 35 + public holidays.
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1. refurb ◴[26 Aug 23 12:00 UTC] No.37272004[source]▶
I’m very happy with 25 days plus another 13 bank holidays. That’s a total of almost 2 months off per year.

And in trade for not getting another 10 days I get 2-3x the compensation as the EU.

That’s a trade I’m happy with.