American Stunned: Europe’s Work Life Is Nothing Like Ours

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• AN

  @andysadler6432 · 5 months ago

  whats mental is a lot of americans think us europeans are jealous of usa and all want to live there, they dont understand how backward their rights are

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• TH

  @thomashovgaard3134 · 5 months ago

  The thing is, its paid vacation. You get your normal salary while having time off

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• SK

  @skela098 · 5 months ago

  "That is wy US went to the moon and Germany did not..." But idiots forget that all space program used German rocket technology, and German space science... Because US did not have that....

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• LY

  @LynxLord1991 · 5 months ago

  German scientist are the reason you got to the moon XD

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• MR

  @MrRovers1984 · 5 months ago

  It absolutely blows my mind that Americans seem fine getting no holidays then call it freedom. I would be striking all the time

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• SL

  @Sl0thh1 · 5 months ago (edited)

  In France, you get about 5 weeks of paid vacation per year (minimum). It’s not something you can hoard, so companies are legally required to make sure you take your time off. Otherwise they can get into big trouble. <br>And it’s not laziness as some people would say, it’s efficiency and teamwork so everyone can enjoy a proper work-life balance. &quot;Work to live, don’t live to work.&quot; ✌

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• VI

  @ViviNorthbell · 5 months ago

  Nobody presented the part-time culture? Big thing in Europe.

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• SA

  @sanne46 · 5 months ago

  No, Finland is not a Scandinavian country, but it is a Nordic country. There are only three countries in Scandinavia and they are Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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• MI

  @michael-gk3ib · 5 months ago

  Research shows that after 8 hours, workers&apos; productivity declines, and there are more mistakes and accidents. In the EU and especially Denmark, we work 1/4 fewer hours per year than Americans but are more productive, because we are rested and feel valued where we work—not everyone, but most—and those who are dissatisfied change jobs or take a new education, which is of course free in our country.

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• CO

  @comiu · 5 months ago

  What do you mean &quot; what would you do with all that time off? You can&apos;t go on so many vacations. How would you afford that?&quot;. It is PAID time off, so you use the money that you get during your time off to go on vacations.

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• MO

  @moodymary · 5 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEHCurFX4aI&amp;t=1100">18:20</a> Portuguese here. Doing taxes takes minutes. It’s done online and the information is all automatically updated to the platform and you just have to confirm everything and two weeks later you get your tax refund. It’s that simple

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• JE

  @Jeni10 · 5 months ago

  We call it Annual Leave, not paid time off. &nbsp;We also have sick leave, maternity and paternal leave.

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