• Heikki@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    Working with people in other countries it really make me jealous they have a notional holiday, seeming every month where the business is closed. Really wish the US had more days like that

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      11 days ago

      We have fewer holidays than medieval peasants. Economic historians vary between 150 and 250 work days vs 261 for a Mon-Fri job.

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      11 days ago

      As far as I can tell the US has only slightly less than an average number of public holidays, but the amount of PTO is close to zero for a lot of people.

      EU working time directive requires 28 paid days off per year (including public holidays) as a minimum.

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        11 days ago

        Just to be slightly clearer (unless it’s changed since Brexit) those 28 days may or may not include public holidays at the company’s discretion.