I think one important thing that CNBC missed on this video is that the US does NOT guarantee PAID SICK LEAVE like many other countries do. Therefore, people save their PTO (paid time off) for situations where they are sick and cannot come in for work instead of actual vacations.

@1nEGOR

Жыл бұрын

What, you get paid time of work for vacation in EU. Why is US so against it's own work force, you guys need to revolt or something

@WK-rp1yh

Жыл бұрын

Yea mine is all combined into pto

@dudetocartman

Жыл бұрын

Here in California, it's mandatory to give PAID SICK LEAVE of up to 24 hours a year if someone claims them. It's good and bad the way I see it. Problem can be that employees would lie and use them for non sickness reasons. And, sometimes you can't ask for prove that you were sick. Sick leave is specified for sickness only, keyword SICK.

@gary9933

Жыл бұрын

PTO is another scam.

@tesladrew2608

Жыл бұрын

​@@dudetocartman most people are honest

I got laid off while on a honeymoon I had made managers aware of 4 months in advance. I even worked the day I got married (small ceremony in our yard). You think they'd recognize how much you prioritize them, but the one time you choose not to, they show you how nothing is ever enough. US corporations can get bent.

@adamcolclasure4892

Жыл бұрын

You'd love Italy they pay for your honeymoon.

@HughJass-jv2lt

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@annaniezgodzka1101

Жыл бұрын

Your situation is the perfect example of how because you all are making a priority of your employer and not yourself,you end up being exploited

@karlabritfeld7104

Жыл бұрын

Everything I hear about the USA makes me hate it even more.

@karlabritfeld7104

Жыл бұрын

​@@annaniezgodzka1101true

I work in the US for a German based company. I get 28 days of PTO plus weekends and holidays. They never make you feel bad for taking time off.

@dic3686

Жыл бұрын

What company is this?? Because I am sick and tired of the 2 weeks vacation i get each year. When I worked overseas, I had AT LEAST 30 days.

@athens31415

Жыл бұрын

My wife also gets 28 days of PTO + weekends + holidays. But her employer gets hostile towards her whenever she takes more than 1-2 days off at a time. So most of her vacation days go unused and wasted, so she can keep her job.

@bbo40

9 ай бұрын

The German company that bought the machine shop I worked for did not offer us any more time off ! They loved the fact we had so little and used to complain about all the time allotted to their German based workers !!!!

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

@@bbo40Hypocrites!!

@Cc2971

4 ай бұрын

@marwarluigi as they should. Nobody should make you feel bad for taking time off. They need you you don't need them

As a young professional, I prioritize vacationing. I’m often judged by my peers and coworkers for traveling so much. Often times I will even take unpaid leave, but at the end of the day you only have one life to live. Budget for fun and live a good life.

@genius11433

11 күн бұрын

Amen!

@btwgarage

9 күн бұрын

Correct

@fujin09

3 күн бұрын

my colleagues either travel as much as i do or are jealous they cant (kids, pets ,etc). no one judges me. This is in Belgium.

@rgnk.l1173

Күн бұрын

I agree with this so much. Life is too short to just be chasing the bag all the time. Money is good, but if you’re not living, that’s another matter.

@zzzarkka

Күн бұрын

One life at a time.

Managers at my company guilt trip you when you want to take time off. It’s so creepy. They even joke about you not having your job when you get back like that’s supposed to be funny. They have no social skills or empathy.

@philipp3001

Жыл бұрын

I took 2 weeks off to go see my family, and everyone at my job lost their minds. I put my pto request almost 6 months ahead because I knew I was gonna have 3 weeks of pto, and my parents live in another country. My boss made me feel so bad for taking my vacation. Talked to everyone about how privileged I was for using my pto. I was shamed by all my coworkers, like it was a bad thing that now I feel bad taking any time off. In my line of work (retail), people never take more than a Friday - Monday (4 day weekend) off.

@jonasbaine3538

Жыл бұрын

Leave.

@jtgd

Жыл бұрын

I hate the ones that practically want doctors notes if you call out sick

@Chessmapling

Жыл бұрын

That's what happens when culturally we tie our career to our self-worth. We think our default state is to work, vacation is secondary

@jonasbaine3538

Жыл бұрын

@@jtgd it’s even worse when your health insurance is tied to the job….

American companies lose their minds when someone requests PTO. I'm born and raised Italian, actually going home tomorrow for a week to visit family and my work was freaking out when I told them I was leaving for a lousy 9 days. Even with ample heads up (told them in February) they still can't grasp the concept of "vacation", it was the same in the Military, and every job I've had since then.

@buffalobill1415

Жыл бұрын

America sucks

@illuminativon6542

Жыл бұрын

This off topic but how was your transition out of the military? I plan on getting out and don’t want to get in the cycle of people thinking they need to army to survive

@0IIIIII

Жыл бұрын

I hope my fellow Americans realize that this is not normal. Republican Party hates regulations and workers’ rights. They are to blame as usual

@giovanni4304

Жыл бұрын

@@illuminativon6542 my CMC was literally yelling at me when I said I wouldn't reenlist "what are you going to do out there?? How will you live??" (I'm being serious). I got most of my college done while I was in and finished my degree with the g.i bill, I'm in healthcare now (was a grease monkey in the Navy) and it's definitely better than being in. I do miss the people though, other than that civilian sector is a billion times better

@fatherson5907

Жыл бұрын

Your company isn’t representative of the entire base of employers. I take time off all of the time. You’re ignorant.

My relatives back in Europe are shocked at why I only take 2 weeks at a time per year. My coworkers in the US are shocked that I take so much time off. 1 week is the norm here.

@dyseskytten1

Жыл бұрын

@alfonsodigrezia5208 One thing about what you said is true. Every unemployment rate is a multiple of the American one. fx. Denmarks unemployment rate is 0.7 or 70 % of the US. As in lower, much lower. Also you can't take a vacation if you are unemployed.

@Skyrose1978

Жыл бұрын

@alfonsodigrezia5208 USA is the only developed country in the world that does not have human rights and employment rights mandated by law. Instead of standards, you have benefits dictated to you by your employers who are allowed to treat employees like 19th-century workers and you have been brainwashed into being proud of that fact. In the UK employees have a minimum of 5.6 weeks of paid vacation a year which you can build more on. If you are sick you will get paid none of these ridiculous allocated sick days you have in the US. I was off work for six months on paid sick leave with a condition I have. If you are sick while you are on paid vacation you will not lose those days they will count as paid sick days and you claim those paid vacation days back. If you are off work for a long period of time on paid sick leave you are still entitled to your paid vacation. The same applies if you are off work on maternity leave. A year of paid maternity leave fathers can take paid paternity leave. If you need time off work for hospital appointments etc you get paid. Paid bereavement leave my sister took five months off work on paid bereavement leave when her son died. The USA is the only developed country in the world where your healthcare is tied to your employment. In the rest of the developed world healthcare isn't a privilege it is a right that everyone has the same access to regardless if they are in employment or not. If you are going back to work after a period off with an illness or disability your employer has to make adjustments for you such as going part-time, taking more breaks, adjusting your workspace, etc. You can't get fired for ridiculous reasons like you can in the US because employees are protected by their employment rights. USA companies have tried and failed to come to Europe and other countries such as Australia etc because they thought they could impose their draconian employment policies on People. They found out you can't treat employees like that we have laws against it. They stupidly went to court lost and were sent packing back to the USA.

@Skyrose1978

Жыл бұрын

@alfonsodigrezia5208 What you have written about Europe is complete rubbish by the way. Get a passport, get a clue, get six weeks of paid vacation mandated by law, and travel to see how backward your country is treating its citizens. You live in a country where people put off going to the doctor or calling an ambulance for fear of medical bills. Where people ration or go without their medications simply because they can't afford them. The USA is the only developed country in the world where people beg strangers for money on Go-Fund-Me to help pay for their medical bills. You stay in jobs that make you miserable because your employer has you and your family by the balls with Medical Insurance. If you are sick you are afraid to take time off work because you won't get paid and if you need a lot of time off work with illness your employer can fire and you certainly won't get paid and will have to live off your savings. Women are forced back to work after giving birth for fear of losing their job and if they do have a few pathetic weeks of maternity leave it usually isn't paid. In the UK women are not even signed off from postnatal care a midwife comes to your home for the first two weeks to check on the health of the mother and baby. If an employee has a death in the family their co-workers donate their own precious few sick days and leave (often unpaid) so they can have time off to be with their family arrange the funeral etc. Hideously expensive education debt follows Americans around for decades much like your medical debt people also find themselves trapped in. For a country armed to the teeth with guns, you guys are amazedly passive in how you allow yourselves to be screwed over.

@agnezabarutanski1963

Жыл бұрын

@alfonsodigrezia5208 Job security =/= life security. In Europe, even if you're unemployed, you have health insurance. You don't become bankrupted and homeless if you get seriously sick. America is very much a broken country when it comes to way it treats its workers. So, I'll edit your last sentence a bit - USA once WAS a country of hope and recognition, but overall life quality is better in almost every EU country. And this is just regarding work and vacation - I won't even start with crime, guns-related violence, public transportation and quality of food.

@wfcoaker1398

Жыл бұрын

​@alfonsodigrezia5208You have really drunk the Kool Aid, haven't you? Here's a hint: it is NOT unpatriotic to admit that your country isn't perfect and needs improvement. You can acknowledge the truth: workers in order countries are treated better than American workers. Put down the Kool Aid so you can stand up for yourself! You're letting yourself be walked on and bragging about it.

A few years back i worked for a company that had paternity leave. 5 days. I took it when my son was born, spent days and nights helping my fiancé, then on my first day back in the office i got fired. People dont take vacation and sick days because they can and do get fired for it. Not simply for fear of it.

@crBudgetWatches

Жыл бұрын

Why do they get fired I don't understand.

@serpent77

Жыл бұрын

@CR Budget Watches in some cases as a punishment for not being their working, i.e. "a lack of dedication to the company", in others it leaves an opening for someone with an "eat or be eaten" mentality to start blaming you for mistakes and failures while you're gone and unable to protect yourself. And finally, for some, it's just because they can. Whether it be an excuse for a power trip or as an example to others. It's less about the "why" and more about if they should even be able to in the first place. This is one thing a lot of unions and employment attorneys fight against often.

@serpent77

Жыл бұрын

@CR Budget Watches oh, and one other point I nearly forgot, is that even if a company doesn't do these things, the fear that they could often causes them not to take time off theure entitled to. So even the fear that they might is beneficial for the employer.

@maythesciencebewithyou

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't you sue them?

@serpent77

Жыл бұрын

@@maythesciencebewithyou sadly, where I live, the attornies i spoke to said I couldn't do anything. Labor attorneys here probably go hungry a lot since the laws favor the employers.

To me as a Swiss person this sounds so ridiculous. Just the concept that you have limited "sick days", like you are planning to get sick. In most companies in Switzerland you get 5 weeks vacation time per year + 10-12 paid holidays as far as I remember. Sick days are unlimited (as they should be) and you take your time off until you recovered. If you get a heavy disease (i.e. cancer and the likes) you are protected for up to 2 years to get your salary.

@mastersnet18

Жыл бұрын

This is why Covid was so bad in the U.S. many people (including myself) had to work while sick. That’s how it spread so well.

@Alepfi5599

Жыл бұрын

@@mastersnet18 Terrifying. Im glad you made it through!

@MrJumpingmaniac

Жыл бұрын

Paying an employee for two years when sick is excessive.

@Lewtable

Жыл бұрын

@@MrJumpingmaniac Not really. If an employee is legitimately sick to the point of dehabilitation for 2 years then clearly it was needed. Most people who end up in protection probably don't even use it for more than a handful of months in case of more serious injury or sickness. It's a *limit* not a *average* .

@phil_ang

Жыл бұрын

I am not surprised why some employers only give out a very limited to no amount of sick leave in the US and Canada. I have heard lots of stories of co-workers and from friends' co-workers pretending to be sick and using sick days just to take a trip somewhere. Lots of dishonesty. They do this so they use up unused sick days and keep their vacation days whole for that grand yearly trip to the Bahamas or Hawaii or Vegas. Employers keep a blind eye on this and do not seem to mind why their employees are always calling in sick. Corporate culture is also to blame for this dishonesty.

The pandemic brought in a lot of changes. For me the biggest impact it has on my life was realizing how toxic work culture can be here in the US. I was always working and I was absent from what should have been the most important times in my life. Never again!

@HughJass-jv2lt

Жыл бұрын

❤❤

@Optim40

Жыл бұрын

It's horrible.

@Pterygotus

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@secrets.295

Жыл бұрын

US work culture is not toxic. Its considered heaven compared to the Japanese

@ft9kop

Жыл бұрын

@@secrets.295 True. lots of Asian countries. Not look at their population, they're so overworked, they can't bother to date and breed. What's the point of life without family and relationships

What CNBC gets wrong is that the feeling that you'll be fired for taking any vacation time is NOT paranoia. People are fired all the time for actually taking their vacation time. My experience working in Canada all my life is that they never want to allow more than 1 week every 6 months. If you try to take 2 weeks at once they will try their hardest to not allow it. Even when requesting only 2-3 days if it's not convient for the company they'll decline your request. Yes it depends on how the company treats their employees but you'd be shocked to find out how poorly employees are treated when trying to take a few days off.

@rufdymond

18 күн бұрын

That’s nuts - I’m in the U.K. and just today I requested 1 week of leave. It was authorised within an hour or me putting in the request.

@shinyshinythings

8 күн бұрын

I once had a colleague who was fired by email while he was out of town for his brother’s funeral - completely heartless thing to do, but “justified” by the fact that he was gone for more than the measly two days he’d been given off to travel, attend the funeral, and return.

I worked at one company (that got very popular during pandemic) and the workload there was double of what was in other companies, "unlimited" vacation turned out that you basically needed to "beg" for an approval for vacation (at least in my department). I was asked multiple times like "why do you need a vacation", "what are you going to do?", "why so long? (if whole week can be considered long). So every time was a struggle to get a time off.

@myfriendgoo2816

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that sounds like a really toxic culture. Probably deliberately understaffed.

@thanosianthemadtitanic

Жыл бұрын

sounds very toxic

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

All of the questions are irrelevant, and that should have been your answer!

Not just Europe’s, but much of the worlds! Here in Australia it’s typical to get 4-6 weeks of holiday a year, if not more. People often take more than one holiday a year. Not to mention we also have maternity leave and far better sick leave. It is genuinely appalling the way the US treats its workers and even more concerning that so many Americans don’t realise this

@mikegeorge1988

Жыл бұрын

Yep, get my 4 weeks leave a year, 15 paid sick days and having been at the same employer more 7 years have long service leave also :)

@karlabritfeld7104

Жыл бұрын

And Americans think the rest of the world really wants to move to the USA so badly

@levibest2409

Жыл бұрын

​@@karlabritfeld7104 I'm trying to leave lol

@jacksonong2576

Жыл бұрын

@@karlabritfeld7104 literally! Like the rest of the world looks at the US as a third world country🤦‍♀️

@AS-kf1ol

Жыл бұрын

not sure if Asia would agree that "most of the world" has more time off

I was a workaholic. Arrive in the dark, leave in the dark. I worked every Saturday for 7 years. Never took all of my paid vacation. Then once during a downtime between projects I took 3 weeks off to raft down the Grand Canyon, which had always been a dream of mine. That trip it changed me. After that trip I avoided long hours, took my weekends off and used every minute of my vacation time until I retired early at age 61 15 years later. No regrets.

@auroramothergoddess

Жыл бұрын

Do you need a a wife ?

@miviaflower

Жыл бұрын

Retire at 61 is not called early. My boss is retiring at 54.

@mattcolver1

Жыл бұрын

@@miviaflower Generally it's considered early to retire before 65 because that's when medicare kicks in. Most people don't get healthcare in the U.S. if they retire before 65.

@RandomJane104

Жыл бұрын

​@@miviaflower It's early in the US. You can't get on the government health care plan until 65 and full-retirement is 67 in my case. I'm 50 now and plan to retire early at 60. Since my husband is younger I will still have access to his health insurance plan until I can apply for the medicare at 65. It's the reason the US will never have socialized medicine. The need for health insurance keeps people in servitude.

@myfriendgoo2816

Жыл бұрын

Did u get plateaued at work? That's what usually happens.

I'm an American and my wife and I live by that motto "we work to live." We are very frugal with our spending so we can take at least 3 vacations a year. One with her side of the family, one with my side, and one by ourselves. Our time to make precious memories with our love one is more important than loyally to an employer.

Let's see. The US has: -No universal healthcare system -No guaranteed leave (PTO) or vacation time. -Most expensive education system in the world. -No maternity leave (only developed country without) -Astronomical housing and rent prices That's just a few, but there's loads more.

@jamisojo

13 күн бұрын

So, you'd like to live somewhere else?

@jgp1294

11 күн бұрын

But morons there really believe it’s the best country in the world hahahahahahahaha

@jgp1294

11 күн бұрын

@@jamisojowho wouldn’t?

@herbst963

10 күн бұрын

+Huge crime rates for a developed country + massive inequality and poverty rates

@kinggrimm2700

10 күн бұрын

​@jamisojo as someone outside of the US I'd rather live in any other 1st world country

American in The Netherlands here. I remember my first year working in The Netherlands, and I didn’t know I could use my vacation days-my European colleagues laughed at me. “What, you can use your vacation days in your FIRST year?!” Incredible! It took me 3 years to get into that “European” mindset that it is OK to take all your vacation days. I get 5 weeks now and am able to take them all...I'd love even more. I've found extended vacation (2+ weeks) really does improve my wellbeing, and I come back recharged to work. I’ve heard of people who get 8 weeks off per year-and they take the full 8 weeks per year! What helps a lot is when everyone around you-your colleagues-takes (all of their) vacation days. It normalizes taking vacation (which sounds crazy to say). I do hope vacation policies (or rather, the culture) change in the US to better support employees.

@fatherson5907

Жыл бұрын

So you didn’t read the policy…ok. You also make KZread clickbait videos, so everything you say should be questioned. I have 6 weeks of PTO and unlimited sick days. And I earn much more than my slow colleagues in NL who can’t be trusted to run projects.

@tolazytothinkofanamd2351

Жыл бұрын

It's not European, it's everywhere but the US. There are third world countries with more vacation days ...

@redwhite_040

Жыл бұрын

I find 5 weeks very little (based in NL). I'm only going to work for companies with more than 6/7 weeks.

@fatherson5907

Жыл бұрын

@@redwhite_040 that’s why your economy is in ruins, like the rest of the EU.

@spiltmilt

Жыл бұрын

I love your channel. Keep it up.

Since a lot of low wage workers get no PTO in the US I think a lot of them just temporarily drop out of the work force when they need rest or a break or whatever. And the culture makes them feel guilty for it. It’s so depressing

@jakel8627

Жыл бұрын

Nah those workers just beat the system. They're smart. Your average Homer Simpson works all year round like a sucker!

@honestreviewer4864

Жыл бұрын

So true 🤣 I used to do that

@TroyKnox

Жыл бұрын

Then you have to be able to survive with no income during your down time? That sux.

@drscopeify

Жыл бұрын

Many in retail stores choose a schedule or have some arrangement at least for the better jobs out there. Here in Seattle the minimum wage is around $17 an hour so it's a lot of money one of the highest minimum wages in the world.

@Tajmaj

Жыл бұрын

Many take unpaid time off

I worked for seven years at a company that provided paid time off, but there was always a thinly veiled unacceptability in taking it. It was seen as selfish to take time off. This was also a company where working on the weekends was almost always expected, and at times you would work for a few weeks without a day off. It paid fairly well, but it was so toxic I had to leave. I had a family member with cancer and took a half day to travel to see them, and my boss had a "talk" with me. If you were to take off an entire week or more at once, you would come back to a total s**tshow, so it wasn't worth it and people used their time off to make medical appointments and over-prepare to be out for a half day to a day. I can't say enough how I look back at those years and wonder how I made it through. Luckily, the joke was on them in the end because when I left I had a huge chunk of paid time off they had to cash out, and the stock that I purchased every year I worked there had tripled so I sold when it was high and made a pretty penny. I was able to live for about eight months and find a much more comfortable job that pays less, but allows me to take time off and have a personal life. Know who else has a lot of time off? Government workers. Funny coincidence that the people who would put into motion writing laws to guarantee time off yet fail to do so are also those that have an abundance of it. Go figure.

@genxx2724

Жыл бұрын

You are free to apply for a government job. Tolerating a lot of BS goes along with it. Your choice.

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

Too bad, if PTO is a PART of your COMPENSATION PACKAGE, then you are ENTITLED TO IT!!!

@marcellofunhouse1234

5 ай бұрын

​@@johnp139just cuz you have PTO doesn't mean you're going to be able to use it

I'm a teacher in Ireland. We are paid for all of our time off which is as follows: All of June/July/August 2 Weeks at Christmas 2 Weeks at Easter 1 Week at Halloween 1 Week in March That's around 19 Weeks off out of 52 Weeks in the year. Our working week is 22 hours, with my timetable this year, I finish at 2:40pm on Tuesday and Thursday and 2:10pm on Friday. We also get paid Public Holidays (Around 10 Bank Holidays) I came from the private sector, but teaching feels like a secret that more people should know about, you start on around €40K and only takes about 5-6 years to get to €50K, you would finish at the moment (retirement age 65 Years but you can finish earlier) on around €70K..... oh and Healthcare is FREE! WORK TO LIVE PEOPLE!!!!

@spooksyschannel3038

8 күн бұрын

I had a week the past two years

@kabuto3907

Күн бұрын

When talking to teachers in Germany, while they do get 12 weeks off a year and have shorter shifts than other professions, they do have to spend a lot of extra time for preparing lessons, marking tests, etc.

Just booked a 3 week trip to Spain 🇪🇸 Not only do I use my PTO, I go all in and enjoy it the best I can. Not using your PTO is like giving back your salary 💸

@jorgesalazar818

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your vacation!

@perthfanny3017

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I don't think anyone in Europe ever considers not taking all his time off from work. This is very sad someone does that.

@itsmanupf

Жыл бұрын

@@perthfanny3017 HR would even be up my A to make sure I used all my vacation days by the end of the year

@catatonicbug7522

Жыл бұрын

Many employers will cut you a check at the end of the year for any unused PTO hours. Sometimes, that check feels more valuable than the time off.

@hhwin2198

Жыл бұрын

My boss won’t let us use more than 2 weeks pto at a time no matter how much pto you have. Work in retail sucks.

Because middle-class Americans are a real life Alice in Wonderland. They thought that if they let rich company owners save money by not paying pension and not paying decent PTO, eventually the wealth will trickle down

@birdiewolf3497

Жыл бұрын

Yeah we were really like, "if we give our lords more wealth and power surely they will split their good fortune us serfs." And then they didn't, but no one wants to admit this was a massive loss. We have nothing to show for it. It's depressing really.

@scholaroftheworldalternatehist

Жыл бұрын

Middle class Americans never thought that. Some oligarchs in power thought that

@birdiewolf3497

Жыл бұрын

@@scholaroftheworldalternatehist True, but then folks earnestly believe in that crap. It was not an unpopular move at the time. Folks generally agreed with these moves.

Most of my jobs I worked at, required you to work for a full year before you got vacation time, which was 40 total hours. And I think we were allowed 3 sick days. So crazy. So glad I work for myself now. I don’t get PTO anymore, but I control my schedule and can really rest whenever I’m not actively working

This was so helpful

I took 2 weeks off to go see my family, and everyone at my job lost their minds. I put my pto request almost 6 months ahead because I knew I was gonna have 3 weeks of pto, and my parents live in another country. My boss made me feel so bad for taking my vacation. Talked to everyone about how privileged I was for using my pto. I was shamed by all my coworkers, like it was a bad thing that now I feel bad taking any time off. In my line of work (retail), people never take more than a Friday - Monday (4 day weekend) off.

@sentinel151

Жыл бұрын

F them people, I’d do it again and wouldn’t feel bad about it. You earned your time and days, so can the other people. It has nothing to do about being privileged.

@hogatiwash7750

Жыл бұрын

@@sentinel151 exactly

@MissInformed10

Жыл бұрын

PTO is part of your benefits! It's like shaming someone for collecting their paycheck or using their health insurance. So ridiculous.

@fatherson5907

Жыл бұрын

Find a better job and stop complaining. You are not a victim.

@BP-vr3rt

Жыл бұрын

Dude, you work retail. Grow up

I work for a Canadian provincial government. You start at 15 days vacation a year (plus stat holidays, sick days and personal leave) and it goes up based on length of employment. Management will actually pressure you to take a vacation if you accumulate too many days. I imagine that eventually a squad of goons will appear and drag you out of your office, force a Mai Tai into your hand, and shove you onto the next flight to Hawaii.

@robertshegil

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@denizv3602

Жыл бұрын

And compared to the EU, even that is low. Sick days are separate from PTO as it should. If you get sick during pto, that will be swapped to sick.

@wyntog

Жыл бұрын

I'm in the UK and I started on 28 days paid days annual leave (on top of the national holidays etc.). After 5 years this went up to 33 days. Staff are allowed to purchase up to 10 more days too as a salary sacrifice, and can carry over up to 10 days of their leave balance into the next financial year. So it's possible you could have 53 days to take in a year (or nearly a week off a month!)

@al821

Жыл бұрын

Lot of companies will use sick leave and vacation time in the same pool for PTO. I work in local government where my sick time is separate from vacation. There is some quality of life in government work but the pay is somewhat lacking. I would rather have a decent quality of life over high salary but working like a dog.

@lauriepenner350

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the mandatory amount of vacation in Canada starts at only 2 weeks. I'm not a good example since I get a lot of nice government perks (we have a good union). I don't know what it's like for Canadians who work in the private sector or aren't unionized.

I used to work in medical sales. I took 2 weeks off in August and when I got back from vacation my boss called me into his office and fired me because I didn’t meet my monthly sales quota for the month of August. Funny thing is that if you had looked at total sales for the year and not the month, I was ahead of every other employee on the amount of product sold. Such a dumb system and till this day I feel so angry that my government allows businesses to do this to their employees with no repercussions.

@08:09 on the productivity chart, this could as well depict wealth & happiness, top ones being the best. Holidays & weekends are horrible when you get back to work on that grimy Monday morning 😢

I live in Germany. My company grants every employee 30 paid days off each year. Added to that are 14 paid public holidays. Some of those dates vary from year to year, some falling on a work day, some on a weekend day. In this years case there are 10 paid holidays during the week where I don't have to work. I also don't have to work on my birthday. That makes it 41 paid days off in 2023. Add to that the 104 work free weekend days and you don't have to work nearly 40% of the year - without any pay cuts. In addition to the regular salary many Germans receive a holiday bonus in June (90% of a months salary) plus a Christmas bonus in November (a full months salary). And if you're sick, you get paid too, of course (as long as it takes to get healthy) without losing any of the paid holidays. That's why you find so many Germans in holiday regions around the globe all the time. We simply have a lot of time to travel. And most of us have enough money to travel. Work to live, not live to work!

@Dan16673

Жыл бұрын

I had this at pioneer in texas. I spent 2 months overseas all the time

@sebastianr8904

Жыл бұрын

Maybe one reason to convince americans to hire in Germany.

@bruzote

Жыл бұрын

In my country, many people brag of how they live to work. They share "war stories" of how many hours they worked, but they claim they are living. Their lack of self-awareness is staggering. Funny, most of them wouldn't do their job for one minute if they were not paid, so clearly it is not that they love their job. What they love is they feel important performing the obeisance of working long hours. Anyone who doesn't feel that way is denigrated by most of these losers. But, they often make more money for their long hours and the ones with money control the messages in the media. So, even though their families are dysfunctional and unhappy within, even though these tragic fools are missing out on the best years of their lives, they swear up and down they are living life on the right path. They simply don't know when enough is enough.

@Dan16673

Жыл бұрын

@@Herro1063 where you been working? Ive had no less than 1 month at any job for many years now as ive switched kany times. You gotra choose better companies

@studentchirag90

Жыл бұрын

It's not common in Germany. 30 days vacation, Yes. But nothing like extra salary etc etc. 7 public holidays is also common.

Thanks for having me! I’m really passionate about people advocating for better working rights in their respective industries and companies. Hopefully American corporations and legislators will take a note from our European neighbors and adopt better practices for fostering a healthier work life balance. 😊

@Parkanvas8

Жыл бұрын

What are your thoughts on the cultural differences in regards to employees respect/loyalty to their employer in the EU? Are they more loyal (work for an employer longer) and thus the relationship is healthier both ways?

@itsthequeenfatima

Жыл бұрын

@@Parkanvas8 In my opinion, workers are NOT loyal to their employer. They are proud in their knowledge and use of strong French workers' rights. It is because it is almost impossible to fire a salaried worker with a indefinite work contract. People stay in a job not because they are loyal but because they are comfortable. Employees don't need to practice their "respect or loyalty" to an employer because it is a job that they are working at the end of the day, and no more. They are not and don't feel indebted to their job.

@LBellatrix

Жыл бұрын

Great job, sis! 👏🏿👏🏿 Questions for you: What made you leave the US? Do you plan to stay in France indefinitely?

@Parkanvas8

Жыл бұрын

@@itsthequeenfatima Thanks for your thoughts! It’s a very unique work culture in France. It is quite different from Northern Europe (Dutch, Scandinavian, Germans). I find it fascinating that the Northern Europeans have terrible weather, a far higher retirement age and less paid vacation days but consistently top numerous surveys and studies on happiness and well-being.

@itsthequeenfatima

Жыл бұрын

@@LBellatrix I never made the decision to leave. I came here and decided to stay little by little. I don't know if I will stay here. While France is great, America is home!

There was a checkbox on an employee form after I started working saying "would you like to be on-call when you do not have a shift to come in when someone is absent?" My answer was "hell, no." That's my time off. I even have a second phone number on a second phone to use on nights and weekends to not be bothered with work-related anything. I do it to protect my mental health.

In Australia, in addition to yearly leave of 4 weeks paid vacation days plus 10 days annually of Sick leave, we have something called “Portable Long Service Leave”. All States and Territories have a framework for Long Service Leave (LSL). Generally, after 10 years of (continuous) service with one employer, LSL allows for an employee to take 8.6 weeks of paid leave. Then, for every 5 additional years of service, LSL kicks in again. The “Portable” component recognises that there are some industry sectors where it is difficult to accumulate the years of service with a single employer to qualify for LSL, such as the construction, cleaning and security industry. In order to rationalise the workers in these industries and bring them in-line with the rest of the workforce (in relation to LSL), these workers can work within their respective industries for multiple employers and after 10 years of work they still get to access their LSL entitlement. For each industry there is a Portable LSL Board (or Authority) whereby employers pay into the workers LSL pool for the time the worker is engaged by the employer (pro-rata). At the 10 year mark, the Portable LSL Board pays the employee for the LSL entitlement, leaving the employer at the time not having to maintain the wages of the employee taking the LSL, thus allowing the employer to effectively fill the position with a temporary worker during that time without the employer being penalised for maintaining two sets of wages.

It is so weird to see the USA, the land of the free, are afraid to get some time off under penalty of loosing their job. If that's not feudal servitude than what is?

@scepts

Жыл бұрын

you are only free here to work. We are not the land of the free. We are free to buy as many guns as you could possibly afford and shoot anyone who scares you *only applicable to a single skin tone I think the issue is people still hold onto "the american dream" as if it could potentially come true for them. in reality its more of a nightmare. Will i be able to leave? No. they dont hold your passport, but they do hold you in poverty so you cant leave.

@kayacenk4164

Жыл бұрын

they are slave but they dont know it.

@Emmanuel-ne3oi

Жыл бұрын

I take all my sick leave😂 and use my vacation

@faheemabbas3965

Жыл бұрын

America is a business, not a country.

@Emmanuel-ne3oi

Жыл бұрын

@@faheemabbas3965 yep

After a 3 month parental leave (which was definitely NOT a vacation) my perspective on time off really changed. For the first time in my adult life I was actually happy and this was at a time when I was caring for infant twins around the clock. Work culture in the US is toxic. Even for those of us who succeed in the work culture, it comes at a high cost.

@user-rr8hi6nl4f

Жыл бұрын

My German friend is getting 3 years maternity leave

@nappyqueen86

Жыл бұрын

@@user-rr8hi6nl4f😮

@faustinreeder1075

9 ай бұрын

That’s ridiculous

Not everyone wants to travel! Some people just need rest.

I live and work in the US, and I used to work for a warehouse. When I first worked there, you received a small amount of vacation every pay period, and you could use it at least once a year. However, they were bought out, and the new company would give us a massive 200 hours (and that was just for new hires! I received 250hours!) of PTO at the start of the year that we had to "use or lose," as many workers would bank their PTO and cash it out at the end of the year. I loved it. I could take two full weeks off a year, and have extra PTO for when work was slow and we went home early, or if I wanted to take a three day weekend once a month to regenerate.. or sometimes 3 days off during a weekend for a mini vacation.. it was great! Loved it. I felt so much better and less depressed with the change! They closed down in 2019 due to cost cutting in the company, I just really hope my next job offers such a great vacation package!

This is why ignorance of other cultures is so high in the U.S. as well. We don't get the chance (time/money) to visit other places in the world. Best we have is meeting people from those cultures here, but it's not the same.

@fatherson5907

Жыл бұрын

Nope, but nice try spewing the same ridiculous bigoted BS that the media feeds you. The US has more cultures internally than nearly every other country. We are also geographically located far from other nations so flights are long and expensive. I’ve been to nearly 50 countries. Stop being a bigoted and ignorant clown.

@lukasloh2509

Жыл бұрын

The only time Americans can understand that the whole world does not revolve around them is when they visit the other parts of the world. Not just other developed countries but those developing countries as well. I believe Americans will realize so many things and appreciate more if they experience the culture and norms of other countries.

@fatherson5907

Жыл бұрын

@@lukasloh2509 the irony of this statement as you spend your free time obsessing over the US. Silly europoor.

@Pleebian94

Жыл бұрын

​@@lukasloh2509 Capitalism in America is pretty much synonymous with Narcissism.

@realnapster1522

Жыл бұрын

The system in America keeps people ignorant and cut off from rest of world and instills a sense of superiority while keeping them ignorant.

Why do you think there is so many people unhappy with their careers in America? Why do think so many turn to drugs/opioids? So many work related shootings? So many unhappy people. Bc mental health doesn’t come first in this country. It’s an after thought

@redwhite_040

Жыл бұрын

So when do the people stand up against this? And when will the Unions address this?

@777Brooklynbeast777

Жыл бұрын

Not even an afterthought - not even thought of at all.

@onetwo12onetwo526

Жыл бұрын

This country is on fire and we have to keep moving so we don't catch on fire as we watch it burn. I say Get The High Ground have a drink and a blow and watch it go

Another key point missed in the video is this crazy rule of thumb companies in america have, where if there is someone in your department scheduled for vacation then you cannot take any time off during that time. My last job literally had "vacation bids" where they would give us a sheet to fill out in NOVEMBER, and we would put in bids for weeks we wanted to take off for the NEXT YEAR. And whoever has seniority would get the weeks they put in for first and if you were low on that list you were basically at the mercy of whatever was left available. And during my 4 yrs there, i saw 3 times where they would come up to you saying "oh we're gonna be shorthanded next week can you push your vacay wk back another week?" And some ppl(myself included cuz i was so fearful of losing my job) acquiesced. But then they would just come up to yoi the next week and be like "oh sorry someone else already had their scheduled vacay that week can you push it back again?" And the cycle repeats. They operate on such a skeleton crew that taking any sort of time off is just horrible and forbidden and really screws your co workers over. Plus we never got paid enough to even take vacations anyway. Sorry for the rant okay im done!

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

That job wasn’t worth having.

In 30+ years of working (20 of those in the military where you earn 30 days of leave per year), only twice have I ever taken a vacation longer than a week. I found out early on that if I was gone more than a week, that tasks pile up to ungodly levels when I got back. I have to spend several days catching up with what’s going on and all the work that piled up on my desk. So for 30+ years I’ve generally just taken one, two, or three days off max at a time here and there. I’ve never left leave or PTO on the table, but when I do take off, I feel like it’s mostly forced just for the sake burning it.

The stock footage used in the ‘freelancers’ section is incredibly idealistic. Most freelancers aren’t working by beaches and Instagramable resorts. A lot of us are grinding it out at home or in small offices.

@internet2055

Жыл бұрын

False. I'm here in Costa Rica with beautiful beach weather right now and even the waitress said she was knocking my beach home door in a little while cause she has a surprise for me Freelance is #1 dude

@alejandroramirez-ih7jv

Жыл бұрын

@@internet2055 what do you do?

@sn5301679

Жыл бұрын

There plenty of them here in Bali...

@internet2055

Жыл бұрын

@@alejandroramirez-ih7jv 😎

@kamilareeder1493

Жыл бұрын

Facts, or we work a job involving physical labor or a trade :P

I lived in Europe before the pandemic but moved back during the pandemic and worked and since moved back to Europe. Vacation time is essential. I cant imagine not having paid time off anymore. You are happier, healthier, and have better relationships with your supervisors when there is a respectful expectation that you are not always available at the drop of a hat for work. You will be gone and not do work for a good portion of the year. America needs to bring back unions to advocate for this issue. We have unions in countries like Iceland and do not even have minimum wage law, but because everyone is unionized it has some of the best wages in Europe, guaranteed time off, and even union bonuses like cheap vacation homes to use during the summer.

@karlabritfeld7104

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Unheard of in the USA. And Americans just meekly accept it.

@robertagren9360

Жыл бұрын

Maybe we should give shares to the workers... why don't we skip doing it and give them free vacation. USA way is that everything is reinvested in the "Fortune 500" while making sure nobody knows how the country is working, school is like poverty house for the broke.

@dain6250

Жыл бұрын

@@EIonMusk1 thank you for the class 🤓 There are quite a few distinctions just between each of the 6 I've lived in, which is why I specifically named one like Iceland to give you some details. If you'd like I can offer some further nuanced details on Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, the UK? Though since you seem to be quite the 🤡 I think you're more than up to the task yourself.

@raymondmiller5098

Жыл бұрын

Excellent points, but so long as American voters fail to "vote their economic interests", nothing will likely change here - sad to say. Significantly, there is only one national political party that has consistently blocked efforts in Congress (and vaious state legislatures) in recent decades to improve the lives of workers - including guaranteed, reasonable paid vacation. I'll let you guess which party.

@cosmicllama6910

Жыл бұрын

What good are unions in the face of Boomers determined to make life worse for all future generations? We literally won't be able to have any meaningful change in this country until enough of the boomers die off.

I have 40 days of paid holiday this year here in Denmark. When my American colleagues compare their salaries/tax systems to mine I have to remind them of this fact (and other perks).

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

So you are being FORCED to not work those 40 days rather than be compensated for working???

@dankspain

8 ай бұрын

@@johnp139I could get paid out 10 of those days and/or lose the rest if I don’t take them. However, my manager will typically intervene if I am working too much.

@riccardob7774

3 күн бұрын

@@johnp139he just said PAID vacation. Shiish man learn to read

@christianfischer9990

2 күн бұрын

@@johnp139 Yes. In most of the countries here in Europe you are obligated to take your recreationa-holiday-time, that you are given by labour law. A pay out is not possible. Because the time ist meant to be used to recreate from work. And of course you get your full payday for that time.

I’m finally taking a vacation after not having one in two years. My reason was not a case of not wanting one but more that I didn’t have time nor the money to plan for one because I had moved across the country. I had also started a new job so I needed to get established there first. After Christmas and the new years holidays had ended I really needed one after working almost nonstop since I had started there, discounting my twice a week off schedule along with any sick days I had and hurricane season causing everything to shut down for a few days, so I was due and ready for one. I’ve already started planning for a vacation for next year so I’m ready for it. I’m actually lucky on the PTO, vacation and sick day leave because my work has a point system where you only lose one point of sick a certain amount of consecutive days in a row so if I’m sick a full week I don’t have to worry about not having a job when I return. We also get a certain amount of PTO given every month that builds up until a threshold is met along with a good amount of vacation hours, I had 70 before my vacation time was approved and that covers an 8 hour work day per day of vacation. I’m lucky for the job I do have NGL.

I feel like another reason we don't take vacation days is related to our horrible health care system. If you get sick or need surgery or have to take care of a family member you have to use your "earned time off" and in many companies if you don't have that time, you won't get paid and may not even be allowed to take it off. There is FMLA but it only covers up to 12 weeks unpaid leave and only for a specific situation and eligibility is only after working for an employer after about a year.

@emma.328

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I know so many parents who have used all their "vacation days" to take care of their sick kids.

@user-uc9fx4ru7p

Жыл бұрын

True.

@darthsirrius

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I had to have a tumor cut out of my throat once, before we even knew if it was cancer or not, and I had to burn all of my sick time and vacation time for the year before I could use an additional couple weeks of FMLA to recover.

@lichi1244eva

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@weirdarthistorian

Жыл бұрын

In Germany you get financial support from your health insurance when you need to take care of a sick close relative. Not in the case of a flu of course, but when your parents or kids need at home care due to serious illness or disability.

What was the worth mentioning is that in Europe, in most countries employers pay you an amount of money specifically to go on holiday with. It’s holiday pay.

@lester12345

Жыл бұрын

*in some countries in Europe

@billdexhart5179

Жыл бұрын

​@@lester12345 Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Finland and Greece. So most countries in rich "Western" Europe that justify being compared to the US. I think it was implied I didn't mean "Eastern" Europe.

@lollllloful

Жыл бұрын

​@@billdexhart5179 not true in Italy

@billdexhart5179

Жыл бұрын

@@lollllloful I’m basing myself on Wikipedia. So I’m going to go with them.

@oscarn-

Жыл бұрын

In Finland, there used to be a "coming back -bonus", about one month's salary's worth extra if people just returned from their summer vacation. In most cases, this is now changed to vacation pay, which is paid in the beginning of the summer vacation season.

I'm one of the 43% who feels guilty when I take time off from work. I feel guilty when someone has to do extra because I'm not there. I do enjoy my time off though. I guess it's all about how much you enjoy or hate your current employment. I don't hate my job so that is a huge factor!

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

The company knows how much time each employee has, so they are RESPONSIBLE to make sure that there is coverage during these times.

@joey-pn3xe

10 күн бұрын

Strange in the US you care so much about your employer not your own lives!

A cool fact about Norwegian paid vacation is that it’s both a policy and a systemic way to save for vacation. The company doesn’t actually pay for the vacation days you take off, but you are forced to save a small percentage of your salary for vacation. It is good for the employees because you are sure to have a paid vacation and the company doesn’t foot the bill keeping everyone happy and the system well supported by all involved. The way it works is that the company have to save/deduct a small percentage of your monthly salary for 12 months. Have to keep that safe until the company’s yearly policy for paying out the saved vacation amount. You then don’t have a salary the month after, since that vacation money should cover one month salary each year. Giving you a total of 12 months paid salary. Meanwhile if you take vacation any other time during the next 12 months since you already have been deducted and received the vacation salary covering 1 month salary you’re sure to get your full salary any time the next 12 months if you take PTO(vacation) It’s basically forced saving for vacation and since everyone have a right to 1 month of vacation it’s important that everyone, is saving something for covering that 1 month PTO each year. Don’t take any vacation don’t worry it’s your money and is paid out by the company each year. Gives a boost to your private economy, since it’s money you don’t really count as part of your salary until it comes each year. There is also paid sick leave meaning your vacation salary actually can be used for vacation

@royharper2003

Жыл бұрын

so what, is the entire world suppose to do that because Norway does?

So here in New Zealand and let me tell you the approach to taking leave is an eye opener. I was summoned to my manager’s office. Walked into the office and there is my manager and a personnel from HR. They almost crucified me for not taking sufficient leave and this was a health and safely issue. I stood there bewildered and mumbling to myself. In the US I had paid leave but two things that stop me from taking vacation was fearing it could affect my work record and the workload on my colleagues.

@JJVernig

Жыл бұрын

This. Every year my manager is just pushing to use the time and if there is vacation on the table they will pull me in around November to tell me again.

@ChineseKiwi

Жыл бұрын

Not taking enough leave actually negatively affects your 'work record' in the eyes of HR and Payroll in most countries as it messes up their books in regard to labour costs and budgeting for that as they still have to pay you that paid leave money regardless.

@marcellofunhouse1234

5 ай бұрын

​@@ChineseKiwiHonestly if I had a job I wouldn't even ask for time off because there's a chance they might just not approve it so what's the point in asking

@ChineseKiwi

5 ай бұрын

@@marcellofunhouse1234 they do in most of the world eh.

@thomascuvillier7250

19 күн бұрын

In France if you don't take all your paid vacation, the company has to pay you extra. So companies push people to take them.

What’s worse is larger companies with entry level jobs. I work at the big wholesale store (the red one) and the managers really want you to request off 6+ months to a year in advance for time off. Not only that, but the schedule system expects people to be there consistently, so when staff is on vacation, everyone else suffers.

@0IIIIII

Жыл бұрын

More proof that republicans have ruined the US and cheat us out of the rights that Europeans have

@Thatguyinthe452

Жыл бұрын

Just say Target

@VinceRiviera

Жыл бұрын

There's no real reason for that either, it's just about control and at the end of the day just make it as inconvenient as possible for people to take their time off. There's so much you can do about staff automation and in cultures where long and frequent vacations are common they can sort that stuff out with a week's or two of notice. I'd be hard pressed to think that the company you work for is so extremely inefficient that they couldn't handle what thousands upon thousands of companies handle constantly. It's just about control and keeping people down.

@streamtec88

Жыл бұрын

just leave. They say Costco treats their employees way better

@Xiosoranox

Жыл бұрын

​@@VinceRiviera Not just control but money. American companies are all about productivity, record profits, and pleasing shareholders. Hiring a temp to cover extended vacation costs money that no one wants to spend so nobody brings it up, and government doesn't want corporate donors mad so they don't touch that topic. Europeans arent nearly as productivity focus, the mentality is more "it'll get done eventually".

I took all my vacation time this year and have plans to use half of it next year, but I don't really like to take it. Because of my pay structure as a truck driver, PTO amounts to 80% of my regular income. So now in addition to saving for the vacation itself, I'm saving to pay my regular bills during that period. I love my job and they have no issues whatsoever about giving me PTO. But making sure my lights stay on is another factor I have to consider. Looking forward to my 5-day cruise in October though!

In many countries they have a 13th/14th salaries. 13th and 14th salaries are additional compensation companies pay to their workforce as either voluntary, performance-based bonuses or as mandatory payments equal to a month's salary. Mandatory 13th salaries are particularly common in Latin America, but are increasingly popular in Europe, Asia, and Africa. if countries mandate the payment of 13th or 14th salaries, there are penalties for companies that fail to make the payment. In Ecuador, for example, the 13th salary payment is mandatory and paid in December and a 14th salary is paid in March or April. Employees often depend on the additional compensation. The fines that result could be significant but the loss of trust in the workforce may be even more damaging.

One of the major reasons I became a teacher. 9 weeks off in the summer. 2 weeks for Christmas. 1 week for Spring Break. 3-5 days for Thanksgiving. Good Friday, Columbus Day. President's Day. MLK Day. Labor Day. 13 weeks off per year. I travel frequently during the summer and I can visit my relatives for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. Meanwhile, others are stuck dreaming of retirement. My wife and I moved to an obscure place for her to work in the medical field but have 22 weeks of vacation per year and still get paid well. There's a lot more to life than working, like your health and being there for your kids.

@krazyfan2000

Жыл бұрын

That's one of the biggest advantages of being an educator. I love having every major holiday off including the summer.

@TomWatsonB1

Жыл бұрын

@@krazyfan2000 Exactly.

@comedianpottymouth

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but they don't pay you 💩 I was a teacher for 10 years you can keep that check

@TomWatsonB1

Жыл бұрын

@@comedianpottymouth Yeah, pay is not that great. Depends on where you work.

@comedianpottymouth

Жыл бұрын

@@TomWatsonB1 I'm in ark Sarah put all teacher starting pay at 50k for a country town teacher who starting pay was 19k they about to live like kings but in little rock they gonna be able to survive with just 1 job

I think the part I get most upset about is the stress when coming back. The fact that as many small companies are smaller, they either don’t consider or can’t have people cover for your work. So when you come back, tasks are piled up and everyone expects you have everything done quick. Makes you think was the brief time of relaxation was worth the potential added stress? Or the fact that even though I’m on vacation I have to still be considerate of the company. Such as bringing the work laptop with so you have access to your stuff or having to keep tabs of how long you’re out without internet etc.

@roscojayco5527

Жыл бұрын

Thats not your problem, there are so many temp companies they can use while you are on vacation

@Londronable

Жыл бұрын

@@roscojayco5527 Also, you know, explain to your colleagues what needs to happen. Colleague is taking a few weeks vacation at the end of May, told me he would show me what to do to keep things running smoothly. When I leave I tell him what to do.

@velshock

Жыл бұрын

Not your problem. Periodt

@sirus312

Жыл бұрын

@@roscojayco5527 no small business will hire a temp person to cover

@Flamehead315

Жыл бұрын

@@roscojayco5527 in my case there isnt a temp that can do my job. There isnt enough work to hire another person who has my skillset, and I'm the only employee who can do my job at my workplace. When i go on vacation no one does my job and its crucial to the business. When i come back projects are sitting on hold and need to be addressed before we lose our customers. It sucks.

I forget to take time off. I get more time off and usually schedule my vacation time with hers so we can travel back home for a week. The other time I have stacks up until I have to burn it or loose it. Gets very interesting because most of my coworkers do the same thing. Its like 2 of us are on vacations at a time trying to burn it. Leaves things a bit short handed lol. Still going to burn it all even if i'm just going to sit at home doing absolutely nothing! Getting paid to relax and recharge is nice. Its also nice to have time to work on projects.

For me my issue in my 20s was that I was single and it was hard to coordinate vacations with friends unless it was something like Vegas. Non of my friends were into hiking or international travel. Now that I’m married with someone that loves traveling, I wish I had way more vacation time to travel.

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

Just take non-paid time off. It’s the same thing as negotiating paid time off but you have the option to earn more if you wish.

Where I work in the US, we have 2 weeks of vacation immediately, and 3 weeks after 5 years. We have no sick time whatsoever which means if you get very sick and just can't work, you have to use your vacation time or lose money.

@silverbiocide

Жыл бұрын

Some NASA contractors

@teotik8071

Жыл бұрын

Lumping vacation and sick days (which should be unlimited) together is disgusting and inhuman.

@oldsenpai4337

Жыл бұрын

I get two weeks of paid vacation with some paid sick time. Plus paid holidays however, if I want 3 weeks of paid vacation, I needed to be in the company for 10 years...lol

@redwhite_040

Жыл бұрын

As if getting sick is your own fault. What a idiot working culture in the US.

@Sarah9677

Жыл бұрын

That would be illegal in the EU! We get 6 months at full pay if you fall sick, also if you are ill on your vacation days you get the vacation days back to use again.

I get 15 days (10 yrs in). I’m not allowed to take off more than a 1 wk at a time and not in Dec. PTO must be used for sick days. Hate it.

@number8killer383

Жыл бұрын

That sucks. My current job offers me 15 days and I’ve been here about 1.5 months. Have you thought about another job? You probably could get a substantial raise if you left for another company as well.

@GreenStorm01

Жыл бұрын

Why do you do that?

@Jimmy-ph8xn

Жыл бұрын

@@number8killer383 My current job is in a rural area with no opportunities nearby and I make 40% more than I would even in a big city. Great pay, terrible quality of life. I’ve already begun quiet quitting.

In Australia 🇦🇺 I get 5weeks paid vacation + 18% loading. 7 paid sick days. If leave isn’t taken it’s accrued into the following year

Odd, I work for a Fortune 500 company with managers that work to ensure you use ALL of your earned vacation time. In fact, it against explicit company policy to not use your vacation time during the year it's earned, you do not get compensated for unused time unless approved at the VP level and if you do not use your vacation time you will receive "counseling" by HR and your manager to help you understand the importance of vacations. It's called work-life balance and is a very important part of company culture.

@jt1559

Жыл бұрын

These benefits are provided to skilled workers as an incentive to work for the company. The lower down the chain you are, the less likely you are to get these benefits.

I work in Luxembourg and I get 35 paid vacation plus 13 paid public holidays. When we talk about paid holidays in the United States, everyone laughs.

@abishekmoosad342

Жыл бұрын

I work in Luxembourg and I agree with you. I Get around 28 days but increases by 2 days every 2 years of seniority maximum up to 36 days. And also the public holiday system in Luxembourg is amazing. If the public holiday falls on the weekend, we get the day added to our paid leave account. Blessed to have good work life balance 😅

@codyparker679

Жыл бұрын

As an American I've never had one paid day off ever. I simply wasn't fired for not showing up when I usually worked 80hr weeks. Now I work for myself

@alastairhewitt380

Жыл бұрын

@@NotSoEntertaining. Be Luxembourgish. This is part of the problem. We are trained to think such privileges are and should only be great to top level executives or very special use cases. When the rights are guaranteed by law and enforced they are extended to everyone. I've met minimum wage workers in developing countries who still take their holidays because it is paid. My mother in the US has to beg for more holidays, even offering for them to be unpaid, and when she does take a vacation she works because we are guilt tripped into thinking we never deserve an actual break

@njnikusha

Жыл бұрын

Im in US and I laugh as well

@horsecockphepner

Жыл бұрын

who the hell wants to live in luxembourg lmao

Just mandate that companies must pay for untaken vacation time. This will cause companies to force workers to take the days off. Over time, this will result in additional leisure time and more people might travel

@GyroCannon

Жыл бұрын

They find ways around this though. Many companies give "Unlimited flexible PTO" rather than a set number of days, so they bypass the PTO payout (x dollars per hour of PTO accrued) requirement.

@jeffreytoman8351

Жыл бұрын

I work as a seasonal worker (landscape) so I’m out of work 2ish months a year. I worked for Chewey in their warehouse for 2 winters, and each time I left to go back to landscape, I received a check for my accrued pto

@effend446

Жыл бұрын

As good as this sounds, it would actually put small companies out of business because the finances simply aren't there for them to provide such benefits to their employees.

@auroragb

Жыл бұрын

@@effend446 paid holidays are not mandatory in the US. Companies that can't pay should just not offer PTO or have fewer PTO days within their finances, or, they can actually insist employees actually use their PTO days *shock*. Many companies have empty PTO policy that looks nice but end up not really being available to most staff

I work at a European company and all our EU people are off for a whole month - and you know what? It makes no impact. We just schedule everything for Sept and move on. It's soooooooooo annoying because for some reason in the US we are all still working every single day of the month and its like, really?! Why don't we get the same time off as our EU counterparts

@reprovedcandy

Жыл бұрын

@Phillip Banes International company. Has offices everywhere in Europe. HQ in Switzerland....

Check Portugal that has more paid days that france in that graph, I can explain how it works: In Portugal it is mandatory to take your vacations - it's not just a right. And you have to take at least 10 days in a row, the rest can be spreaded out, but those 10 days (it's 14 with the weekends) are mandatory as well. It is so that it is mandatory to be off work for those 2 weeks so that you can *actually* rest or travel, so that your company does not put restrictions in having long vacations. Because you can't trust the companies, Portugal makes it mandatory to have those 2 weeks. The minimum vacation is 22 days. You get 2.5 vacation days per month of work, if I am not mistaken You cannot ccumulate it to the next year either (you sort of can until april 30 I think??? but businesses are too afraid to allow it because it's really bad to mess with workers vacations), some people don't get that but that could leave the companies to say "oh we need you, please dont take vacations this year" and stuff like that. So no postponing your vacations, you have to take them. On national holidays, if you work on those days (like service jobs such as stores being opened on holidays) you get an extra day off that you can schedule later and you also earn more money from working on a holiday This means that people in portugal schedule their paid 22 vacation days + the extra days off they get from working on holidays if they do You also get paid sick leave if you are sick for more than 3 days. Also of course maternity leave and all of that. In the company that I work at, we have an online platform where we schedule the vacations ourselves (so there's no pressure from a manager). And you can regularly go to the platform and get your extra days off from the holidays. It updates and shows you that you have an extra day off, so you can go ahead and schedule it yourself. You are also paid a bonus on christmas which we call "13 month salary" so in december you get two salaries instead of on. And vacation bonus - you are "paid" to go on vacation lol.

@Nick84525

Жыл бұрын

Europe is the place to be

Most of us have to use our vacation time for doctors appointments

@kayacenk4164

Жыл бұрын

lol? even in Turkey we can go to hospital or doctors appointments without spending vacation time. and we getting still payed by companys first 2-3 day. if it take more than 2-3 day then government paying our salary. you americans are slave but u guys dont know it. they saying freedom bla bla. in reality u guys just working 24/7. i have 4 week vacation time in a year. and its only for vacation. so if i get sick or something im not loosing my vacation time.

@Alepfi5599

Жыл бұрын

That's baffling. American Dream™, right?

@tangent123456

Жыл бұрын

That is insanely depressing omg

When I got married in 2014, I took off two weeks for the wedding and honeymoon, and didn't get paid anything for it. When I returned to work, my workload was so massive that I just did the bare minimum and was let go after another three weeks. At least that way, I got a crappy two week severance package, so I guess my company did pay for my wedding/honeymoon after all haha.

@konigstiger3252

Жыл бұрын

Imagine thinking getting married should excuss you from the works you are supposed to do...🤦‍♂️

@mastersnet18

Жыл бұрын

@@konigstiger3252 imagine thinking there is more to life outside of work. Or should people simply live at the office and only go home to sleep? Better yet get beds in the office that way no one leaves ever!

@konigstiger3252

Жыл бұрын

@@mastersnet18 i got no problem with people taking breaks. I got problem with people that unwilling to put in the times to catch back up afterwards

@schwarzwolfram7925

Жыл бұрын

@@konigstiger3252 There shouldn't be a "catch up" afterwards. There should just be a "welcome back, here's where you left off".

@MrTmenzo

Жыл бұрын

How did your spouse feel when her newly husband she married was unemployed shortly after marrying?

Here in Brazil we have 30 paid days per year and we can split in two (doesnt have to be necessarily 15/15, can be 10/20 for exemple) and almost everytime i get 40 days cause i try to always start after holidays and most of the time i have hours to take haha, and all the holidays are paid, if you work in the holiday you receive 100% more of that day earns

As an electrician I relate to this a lot, most construction workers don’t get paid time off nor paid sick leave. I don’t work, I don’t get paid, hard to pay the bills if anything happens unexpectedly preventing me from going to work. It would be nice to have a week or two of paid vacation and a week of sick leave. That way I don’t have to stress out and physically or financially plan a couple months in advance just to take a week off

@mustang131radio

Жыл бұрын

Feel your pain, brother. No paid off for the tradesmen. Even when I do I get the "I know you're on vacation, but if you got a few minutes, I need you to look at..."

@maythesciencebewithyou

Жыл бұрын

And your bosses are making crazy money on your backs. Hiring guys like you isn't cheap, yet you don't benefit nearly as much from it as you should, because your bosses want more profit.

Guess I've been lucky... I've never left a single day of vacation on the table... with PTO and Holidays I currently get about 2 months a year off. I've had at least 6 weeks for the last 20 years. Didn't realize so many people didn't take their vacations. My first job right out of college denied my vacation with extended family that I put in a couple months before, so 2 weeks prior to the vacation I put in notice... suddenly they decided they rather me stay and approved my week off. ... You got to look out for number 1 while trying not to step in number 2.

I’m in my early 30s and have had severe health issues due to work stress over the past 10 years. Considering how much longer I’ll be stuck in the workforce, I’ve decided to move to Europe in the next couple years and work over there. I have a sneaking suspicion that all of my health issues would resolve in an environment where I’m not expected to prioritize my job over my life.

@SurpriseMeJT

Жыл бұрын

As someone who moved to France from the US, I can tell you that life can still be stressful, but the lifestyle allows you to destress. Also, the food quality is so much better, which will definitely help with any health issues.

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

Good, go!

For me its rather sad that those that do have vacations don't take them. A day away from work, even if not traveling anywhere, is always good for the psyche.

@marcellofunhouse1234

5 ай бұрын

Just cause you have PTO doesn't mean you can use it

I always get emails from HR in around september that i need to book my (remaining) vacation days. if i dont, the system will automatically book them at the end of the year. there is no not taking PTO

I hardly ever took my vacation time because I was afraid I might have to use it in case something went bad, and I needed the time. Like a medical emergency.

@SpektrikMusic

Жыл бұрын

In Australia we also have 10 days paid sick leave and WorkCover (long term paid medical leave if required for mental and physical health), it's crazy to think that the US doesn't have that in place and it's a sign that they think everyone is disposable.

@auroramothergoddess

Жыл бұрын

You make it bad for the rest of us. You should be mad about that

@kbthegoat824

Жыл бұрын

​@@SpektrikMusic it really all depends where you work. I get 14 days of sick leave and one month of paid time off and I'm in the US so. Many jobs have the benefits and many do not.

@karlabritfeld7104

Жыл бұрын

USA runs like a third world country taking advantage of people.

@vornamenachname5589

Жыл бұрын

here in germany you get 6 weeks of paid sick leave and after that the health insurance jumps in and pays 80% of your net salary as long as it takes. i took this for 8 months a couple years ago because of a back injury. vaccation is for recreation.

I just landed a job as a banker at Wells Fargo and they offer 18 days PTO. You better believe I’m taking advantage of every single one of those days

@perthfanny3017

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah 🎉😂

@calj2090

Жыл бұрын

Australia is 20 by law....and you have to take them by law....

@Kbarboza94

Жыл бұрын

@@calj2090 that’s incredible! Go Australia 🇦🇺

@namkama6649

Жыл бұрын

In Germany it is 24 days the minimum. Mostly the maximum is 30. But there also expextions when u work shifts you can get up to 45 in some companys

@Kbarboza94

Жыл бұрын

@@namkama6649 can you import me to Germany please?

I'm from Canada but now live in the UK and even our vacation time back home pales in comparison to here. I worked a lot of tourism jobs that had no paid time off whatsoever and instead we got a 5% increase on our wage. This wasn't a choice though, like it was you got the small increase which didn't add up to much and that was it; it's not like you could take the vacation days if you wanted. Even my sister who is a police officer and works for the government only gets 15 days and that's seen as really good. Meanwhile, the minimum wage job I worked in ASDA here in the UK during the pandemic gave me 26 days off, something I was legit confused about and had to ask how that worked cuz I thought they made a mistake. Now I work for a University and get 33 days off and honestly don't know how to take them because I'm so use to not, like I have to be told to take them. I still feel guilty from time to time taking them but the longer I live here the more comfortable and ingrained it becomes that it's a good thing and actually benefits everyone. On the flip side, my partner wants to move to Canada but doesn't know how they'd deal with less time off so just ends up being a con for going back/moving there. Still a ways to go I guess.

I’ve never had a paid vacation in my life. I got laid off then fired for having my daughter 45 years ago

At my last job, I made sure to take all of my vacation time for the two years I was there I was convinced that my older coworkers thought I was a slacker (also, a few of them took credit for my work) Even my boss accused me of not working or wanting others to do my work Just because I’d ask for help after being overloaded or just not knowing and asking questions because I was new and had to learn I solved long-standing problems for them. Years and years long problems. But having any boundaries was a huge no-no with management

Prior to 2020, whenever an employee would request PTO and they were denied, they would simply call in sick or use one of their sick days. This, unfortunately, is common throughout the U.S.! What's interesting is that 2020 is (was) the only year where calling in sick will automatically get you a two week vacation. My Christmas Gift for 2020 was testing positive for COVID - 19 and them two weeks went by fast - mainly because I was knocked out 95% of the time lol

@richardstockwell4862

Жыл бұрын

It's sad this was how I got my first vacation in ten years.

@athens31415

Жыл бұрын

I almost got fired for using 4 days of the two weeks allotted to me when I got Covid in 2020. Just because time is allotted to you, doesn't mean that you can actually use that time. It depends entirely on the culture of your work environment.

In Mexico you have 12 days for vacations in your first year, it increases up to 25 days depending on how long you've been in your job, plus holidays, in case you get sick there is no limited days and you get paid

In my job in the UK, I'm basically required to take almost all of my paid time off (though I can roll five days over to next year). If I haven't booked them all by September or so my manager starts to get antsy and chases up to make sure my holidays are booked in. Reason being that the company would have to pay me for those unused days or get fined.

Gen Z will help fix this. We’re gonna take all the vacation we can get and we’re generally less workaholic than earlier generations.

@Chessmapling

Жыл бұрын

Good on you guys. I think each generation should learn from the mistakes of the older ones; that's how society moves forward. It's unfortunate that each generation calls the next lazy, forgetting that the ones prior once called them lazy too. I'm a millennial, but I'm rooting for Gen Z to help us escape this toxic idea of tying work to our self-worth.

@superblondeDotOrg

Жыл бұрын

genz also lacks critical thinking skills so cant work that well anyways without massive supervision.

@kayacenk4164

Жыл бұрын

u guys just need wake up. americans are working like slave. u guys not have freedom or anything.

@hiker0100

Жыл бұрын

@@superblondeDotOrg Most Gen Xers and baby boomers are Trump supporters, so they definitely lack critical thinking skills as well

@Lele-lq3tx

Жыл бұрын

Every 6 months I’m Gone for e week. And I’m not playing about it.

Coming from France, It was hard to explain to my US colleagues that French people work as hard or even more. Fun fact, I actually take more vacation days in the US than back in France. A shocker for me was the "limited sick days" not use for the right purpose. It does not make sense. Another thing to note is that in France, there are geographical vacation zones which stage their the dates so not every entity (schools, administrations, ...) take vacations at the same time. It helps to provide minimum service and avoid saturation of airports, highways, train stations ... Another direct result of the very short vacations in the US is the fact that when people visit other continents, they are in a marathon to visit so many places in a limited time. Every time I would receive US friends in France, they would want to visit all Europe in 5 days. It a shame because they don't take the time to actually see the real beauty of local places and appreciate what they offer.

@perthfanny3017

Жыл бұрын

It's been proven that French workers, even if working less hours than US workers, are still more productive!

@osimeon00

Жыл бұрын

France's economy is proof they don't work harder. They're protesting now because the retirement age has gone up to 64 because they don't work enough to sustain the 62 year model.

Why would anyone choose to live and work in the US? Awful work conditions, practically no annual leave, no maternity or paternity leave, crumbling infrastructure and a deeply divided country. No, thanks.

Thats probably the biggest reason beside health care why i never considered moving to the US. I live and work in germany and have 30 days of paid vacation per year add to that 10+ paid holidays per year + you get arround 6 months of paid sick leave. The difference is just ridiculous

@user-zu5do6ri6r

16 күн бұрын

The US is too busy funding the military protection of Europe, to better itself.

Thank you boomers for forming your entire identity around your work and forcing this ideology upon everyone else. I just love that the first thing you ever ask me is what I do for a living.

My boss just recently got on me for taking Fridays off. I was taking 2hrs or less of vacation to finish off the 40 hr work week. He said, "Other teams are working extra hours and it looks bad." My team doesn't have any impending project and most are just working 40. I even checked with HR and they said there is NO minimum amount of vacation you have to take. I'm paid salary and don't get paid overtime. Why would I want to "work for free" just to make my manager happy?

It's hard to use up all your vacation in the US when it's common practice to not offer sick leave. We get less PTO and have to use them if we're sick.

In my company (in germany) we are actually encouraged to take three weeks off at a time at least once a year. That is to ensure that you can really disconnect from your work for a while.

In the Netherlands, if you get sick before your vacation, it's counted as sick days and you will still have the same amount of vacation days that you can have some other time.

@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle

Жыл бұрын

Must be nice 😮‍💨🥱

@lauriepenner350

Жыл бұрын

Nice! I could probably manage that here in Canada too. I'd just have to go in the absences calendar and change my scheduled vacation days to sick days.

@glennshoemake4200

Жыл бұрын

Spain has this too, if you get sick when you are on vacation you can get a "baja" from public healthcare and get your sick days refunded from your vacation days.

It's so surprising to hear that US is a country best suited for companies and not workers, a real chocker. I wonder why that is.

I live and work in Gibraltar and my employer has sent me an email reminding me i haven't used any of my vacation days yet for 2023, and saying how important it is to use it to recharge.

I worked for a large communication company before retirement. Many people would not take vacation time hoping the company would pay them. What happened, they have to take a few weeks off in April before they lost the weeks.

There is a food processing plant in my hometown where employees practically had to wait till Thursday to find out if they could get just the weekend off.

@JESUS.saves.Repent.

2 ай бұрын

And then they aren't able to schedule anything in advance. They can't make a reservation or appointment anywhere if they have no idea when they'll be off from work. American work culture needs change.

I think that it’s also worthy to point out that when most Americans do take a break they do so internally, they go to family in nearby states. The US is a pretty diverse country climate wise as well so it’s got so many places to visit.

@kevwwong

Жыл бұрын

I think Americans (and Canadians) don't take enough time to really explore our respective countries.

I just got home from Paris today after a few days there . My oldest daughter & family were over from Aussie using their paid holiday weeks + 2 unpaid weeks . Flew back today . They will save their holidays for another visit in a couple of years

In Europe (at least in Sweden), you have to go on vacation. I think it is at least 3, weeks during the summer and the rest you can choose yourself. I never even thought about the possibility to seem lazy for going on vacation because that's absolutely not the case in Sweden. I get sad thinking about work culture in the US😢

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

Why should people be FORCED to NOT WORK?!? STUPID!!

This video sheds light on a very important issue that often goes unnoticed. The comparison between the vacation policies of the United States and Europe is striking, and it's disappointing to see how far behind the U.S. lags in terms of providing guaranteed paid time off to workers. It's alarming to learn that nearly half of those who are offered paid vacations in the U.S. don't even take them, despite the importance of taking breaks for one's physical and mental health. The cultural differences between the U.S. and France, for example, are also fascinating to consider. This video serves as a reminder that we need to prioritize the well-being of workers and ensure that they have access to the time off they need to recharge and be their most productive selves.

@Xiosoranox

Жыл бұрын

It's not unnoticed, it's ignored because it doesn't benefit companies. The government won't step in and regulate because said corporations have effective lobbyists and give large donations to politicians so that laws will benefit them.

@johnp139

8 ай бұрын

If you don’t take your time off, then that’s their problem!!!

Frankly here in the UK, all my work colleagues and I spend most of our time planning vacation trips - wake-up my American friends!

Whenever I visit the US I notice how much more stress there is. Even the difference with Canada is noticeable. The noise and polution, lack of worker rights, healthcare costs and link to your employer and lots of other insecurities. It adds up.

Some points were missed (which just make the picture worse) First, the US's "at will" employment coupled with its layoff culture. You are NOT guaranteed any severance package unless the company is a certain size and laying off more than a certain percentage of the workforce (or number of people). However, you *can* usually accrue some multiple of you annual PTO. So, for example, I use most of my PTO each year ... but not until I had a year's PTO (i.e. as much as I am provided in a 12 month period) accrued, and I never dip into that. It's my severance package when the inevitable happens and I'm fired without cause with 5 minute's notice. Next, the "unlimited PTO" scam is just that. Following on from the first point: if I am fired they have to pay me all my untaken PTO. If they lay off 100 people, every one of them gets their untaken PTO, regardless of any other package. If I quit, they have to pay out my untaken PTO. For a large company, that's a line item on their balance sheet under Liabilities (usually current liabilities, at that). If no-one has a set amount of PTO per year, they can't accrue it, and the liability goes away. Oh, and all those "Public Holidays"? (including Xmas, New Year, Independence Day, etc). No company is required by law to give anyone any of those days off, or pay them if they do.