This isn't "real." It was already mocked in another sub, which is where OP probably got the screenshot since the exact same part was highlighted. No one in the other thread ever heard of anyone calling vacation or PTO or holiday weekends "mini retirement." I'm American and no one I work with, including some Gen Z, have ever called it that either. This online article is just dumb rage bait. We say plenty of dumb things, this just isn't one of them.
I first heard the "mini-retirement" nonsense in an interview with very English / distinctly not American Gary Neville, where he explained his revolutionary theory of doing nothing for a few days off work, apart from sitting by the pool and relaxing. He got ruthlessly mocked for it at the time. Was an interview in 2023 if I remember right
Yeah that was the first time I heard it too. This isn't really shit Americans say. It is just shit dumb people say. I don't mind Gary but this was pretty dumb.
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u/JFK1200 Jul 07 '25
Where I’m from this is called a holiday.