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Stolen from SECRANT OT board- no vacation nation
Posted on 8/27/14 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 8/27/14 at 5:51 pm
quote:
(CNN) -- Let's be blunt: If you like to take lots of vacation, the United States is not the place to work.
'Americans work like robots'
It's a totally different story in other parts of the world.
Nancy Schimkat, an American who lives in Weinheim, Germany, said her German husband, an engineer, gets six weeks of paid vacation a year, plus national holidays -- the norm. His company makes sure he takes all of it.
It's typical for Germans to take off three consecutive weeks in August when "most of the country kind of closes down," Schimkat said. That's the time for big trips, perhaps to other parts of Europe, or to Australia or North America.
Germans might also book a ski holiday in the winter and take a week off during Easter.
Schimkat's family back in the United States teases her that she's spoiled. But when she tells Germans that workers in the U.S. usually get two weeks of vacation a year, they cringe.
"They kind of have this idea that Americans work like robots and if that's the way they want to be, that's up to them. But they don't want to be like that," Schimkat said.
"[Germans] work very hard, but then they take their holiday and really relax. ... It's more than just making money for Germans, it's about having time for your family and it's about having time to wind down."
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Off the bat, the graph is somewhat misleading. Just because the government doesn't force an employer to offer paid leave, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. So that big fat O is false.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 5:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Most of America is on permanent Vacation....Whats our work Participation , again?
Posted on 8/27/14 at 5:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Is there a graph of Government Employees paid holidays?
Posted on 8/27/14 at 7:37 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
the ones working cant take a break because we have to pay for the ever increasing portion of the population that doesn't work.....
Posted on 8/27/14 at 8:00 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
How about no vocation nation.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 9:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
It's not a secret one thing Americans suck at is relaxing. Americans can't even relax on vacations, they have so little time it's always a rush to see everything.
I'm thoroughly devoted not to have the working Americans way of life. I'd rather be homeless on the street than work a 9-5 with 2 weeks of vacation till I'm 70.
I'm thoroughly devoted not to have the working Americans way of life. I'd rather be homeless on the street than work a 9-5 with 2 weeks of vacation till I'm 70.
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