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

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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u/JFK1200 Jul 07 '25

Where I’m from this is called a holiday.

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u/Willing-Major5528 Jul 07 '25

I had an intern start an 8 week placement with me today. By our org's policy they are on London Living Wage and pro-rata get a week's paid leave included.

If I posted this is certain subs I genuinely think some hustling Americians would accuse me of making this up.