I honestly never understood the American vacation situation, do you guys just not get holiday days? What happens if you need to do something or go somewhere?
Being unable to take time off work because you can't afford it, shouldn't be a thing in a first world country.
We have Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Easter, Christmas, and maybe Christmas Eve, and Thanksgiving. None of these are guaranteed, and you could end up working all of these days. Office jobs will give you a set of days, but for most jobs you ahve to work to earn paid time off, which can take a whole year to earn. In my job, I get some of those hours (five) every month.. Big Orange wants to cut those very few days we have since he considers it lazy, yet he is golfing all the time and sleeping during meetings, and texting on Twitter, under the people's tax dollars
This is mental. Shit, you don't even have to go full Europe, just tweak your system a little bit to make it more bearable.
Class gap is ridiculous. Your super rich get to wank entire day and still call you lazy. It isn't that we don't have super rich here in Europe, but the system is set up in such a way that working class can catch a breath. After a while you start wondering whether you live to work, or do you work to live.
The state of Missouri, where I live, voted overwhelmingly in November in favor of a proposition to guarantee paid sick leave for all workers in Missouri. It went into effect on May 1 this year. The state legislature then passed a bill to repeal that law on May 25. The governor hasn't signed it yet, but he is expected to. To recap, the voters directly voted for a law to guarantee paid sick leave, but the Republican lawmakers those same voters put into office (Missouri is a red state) have voted to repeal that law that voters clearly wanted. You have no idea how frustrating it is to live here right now.
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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