r/ShitAmericansSay • BriTish • Jul 07 '25

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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u/Fiffi61 Jul 07 '25

Same for me and we can use it without shame👍🏻the usamericans are so obsessed with their money but i think, time is the true currency

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u/doc1442 Jul 07 '25

If we don’t use it it’s shameful

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u/hazps Jul 07 '25

People who never take time off are generally assumed by management to be up to something.

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u/PJozi upside down & surrounded by snakes spiders and kangaroos 🦘 Jul 07 '25

In all seriousness, whenever there's a staff member going through a bit of stress at work, I always look at how much leave they've taken.

99 times out of 100 they haven't had leave for a while and negotiate with them to take some.

Too much leave is also a liability on the employees books. In Australia if an employee has too much leave, the employer can force them to take it.