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Paid Holidays/Vacation Days in the U.S. Versus Other OECD Countries
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:44 pm
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When I show figures like these (and there are many of them, parental leave, work hours, military spending, class inequality, etc) to my students, they are STUNNED. Most Americans are woefully ignorant of how pro-business U.S. policies are compared to the policies of like countries. I think this ignorance contributes to the resistance many Americans display when politicians and activists talk about improving protections for workers.
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:45 pm to Phat Phil
You can post a bit of the article there phat phuck?
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:45 pm to Phat Phil
So much for the American dream
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:46 pm to The Mick
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Yep, that’s right. In every country included except Canada and Japan (and the U.S.), workers get at least 20 paid vacation days. In France and Finland, they get 30… an entire month off, paid, every year.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:46 pm to ForeverLSU02
Well, someone's got to work to keep us ahead of the other frickhead countries...
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:46 pm to Phat Phil
If our paid time off went up, our pay would likely go down
I'm fine with what we got
I'm fine with what we got
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:46 pm to Phat Phil
What kind of schlub only gets 10 vacation days a year?
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:46 pm to ForeverLSU02
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France
Cheese eating surrender monkeys.
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:47 pm to Phat Phil
I have a cousin that works for Loreal in France ..... 6 weeks of vacation a year.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:48 pm to Phat Phil
I created my own job so I wouldn't have to be on The Man's clock. When you work for The Man, The Man makes the rules. Thankfully we are all free in America to find/create a better situation more to our liking.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:48 pm to Phat Phil
Earn more vacation days. If your employer thinks you're worth giving four weeks to, then you'll get it or he risks losing you to someone who will...unless you need the government to do everything for you.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:48 pm to Phat Phil
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:49 pm to Phat Phil
Someone who gets weekends, every government holiday and summers off wrote that article.
I swear, people don't want to work anymore. They want to get paid, but don't want to work.
Don't complain when immigrants take your jobs.
Also some of those European countries have big gaps in the workforce, good luck with that when the old people are hungry and too old to work and the young are too lazy and want hand outs too.
I swear, people don't want to work anymore. They want to get paid, but don't want to work.
Don't complain when immigrants take your jobs.
Also some of those European countries have big gaps in the workforce, good luck with that when the old people are hungry and too old to work and the young are too lazy and want hand outs too.
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:49 pm to ForeverLSU02
So that article is claiming that US workers get 0 paid holidays?
WTF are new years day, memorial day, labor day, thanksgiving, and christmas?
WTF are new years day, memorial day, labor day, thanksgiving, and christmas?
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:49 pm to Phat Phil
I get almost 5 weeks of paid vacation. 
Forgot about those.
Edit: I get more than 5 weeks of paid vacation.
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WTF are new years day, memorial day, labor day, thanksgiving, and christmas?
Forgot about those.
Edit: I get more than 5 weeks of paid vacation.
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:52 pm to CHEDBALLZ
I get 30 paid days off each year. I also get all government holidays off in addition to 4 (I think) family days off, and paternity leave (2 weeks when our daughter was born, it may be higher now). I love America.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:52 pm to Brightside Bengal
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So that article is claiming that US workers get 0 paid holidays?
WTF are new years day, memorial day, labor day, thanksgiving, and christmas?
salaried workers get paid holidays. but many hourly wage workers get nothing. For example, no work on Christmas, no pay.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:52 pm to ForeverLSU02
So Finland gives off around 11% of the year, not counting weekends. If the retards that work for me would do their job in a somewhat timely fashion I'd be happy to let them have more days off.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:52 pm to AnonymousTiger
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I get almost 5 weeks of paid vacation
I take at least 5 week of UNPAID vacation every year. Because I own the company and I don't pay myself if I don't work. I'd rather have the time than the money. Others would rather have the money. Free country. No right way, just personal preference.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 1:53 pm to Brightside Bengal
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So that article is claiming that US workers get 0 paid holidays?
WTF are new years day, memorial day, labor day, thanksgiving, and christmas?
Not quite. The article is stating that there are no federal mandates or laws that require employers to give vacation days or holidays to workers....even though most do.
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