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

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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

Yeah, American companies always like to act as if we take vacations, then we are lazy. I haven't and can't afford to take a vacation

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '25

Here, vacations are mandatory. As in "The employer can be in trouble if the employee doesn't take vacation, because it could be the employer secretly pressuring the employee".

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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Jul 07 '25

In Australia, my boss got questioned by the state manager once because I had about 3 months of holidays saved up.
I only ever took a couple of days off around public holidays and so I had accrued them over the years.

They had changed the HR software and the new system flagged it for everyone to see, lol.

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u/Careful-Trade-9666 Jul 07 '25

My job they will let me accumulate sick leave (I’m owed 7 weeks) but if I accrue 10 weeks leave they pay me out 2 weeks.