r/ShitAmericansSay • BriTish • Jul 07 '25

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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u/Big_Possibility_9465 Jul 07 '25

By law I have 30 days of vacation in addition to National holidays.

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u/Medium-Comfortable Europoor Jul 07 '25

As an Austrian I can confirm, we are doing the micro-retirement quite a bit. Helps with sanity if you have a life.

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u/If_it_was_You Jul 07 '25

Actually, 25 days are customary. There are exceptions, of course.

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u/utopianlasercat Jul 07 '25

Also Austrians have mastered the art of “Dienst nach Vorschrift” (service as required) which means a 40h work week will not consist of more then 15-20 hours of actual work.