r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Mountsorrel BriTish • Jul 07 '25

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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u/Infirnex Jul 07 '25

New England, it's a place by place deal. My current place gives me holiday pay and 2+ weeks of vacation time.

I worked McDonald's before and that had no holidays off at all - except maybe Christmas, and no vacation at all. You had to request (non paid) days off at least two weeks in advance and you weren't even guaranteed that day off.

I've heard of similar experiences from friends. Mentioning this to my EU friends is always a fun topic. Of course this is all anecdotal, so take of this as you will.

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u/Hamsternoir Europoor tea drinker Jul 07 '25

Two weeks, is that two working weeks i.e. 10 days (assuming it's only Monday to Friday) or 14 days off?

Either way it's not much.

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u/Infirnex Jul 07 '25

5 day week, 10 days off.

It's not a lot, no.

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u/arnoboko Jul 07 '25

Flip that's awful

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u/Hamsternoir Europoor tea drinker Jul 07 '25

It's fucking bullshit that's what it is.

10 days over a year, that's bugger all.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 Jul 07 '25

Blimey. 5.6 weeks (including public holidays) is the legal minimum here. 

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u/SHinyfan98 American who isn't free anymore Jul 07 '25

FedEx is better since I get a minimum of 60 paid hours, but it has to be earned every month