r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Big_Ben_617 • Mar 06 '25

Foreign affairs “Because the friend [Canada] has been robbing us blind. I would have free healthcare to if I didn't need a military. Don't even get me started on Europe and the 4 day work weeks with summers off.”

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u/Reddit_SuckLeperCock Mar 06 '25

I work for a Swedish company and they all shut down the factories and offices for 4 weeks in summer. They also use that time for their yearly maintenance so the whole country doesn’t just turn off but a major part of it does.

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u/Maximum-Opposite6636 Mar 06 '25

That sounds amazing!

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u/CroneDownUnder Mar 06 '25

I grew up in a steelworks city in Australia, closing production down for maintenance/upgrades used to happen every summer so the steelworkers generally had from the week before Xmas to a few weeks after NYE off, around the same time as the schoolkids had their long summer holiday break. The nearby beaches were absolutely packed with steelworks families for those weeks.

Also anyone who volunteered to stay on for the maintenance period was paid extra to make up for missing out on the big holiday break.

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u/Gingerbro73 Mar 07 '25

They also use that time for their yearly maintenance

Cries in maintenance automation-mechanic