[Jonty30]

Because they are now replaceable by third worlders, thanks to their traitorous leadership.

[EEGator]

This was one thing I liked about them. How many Americans have nearly worked themselves to death, only to get shitcanned for Raj Patel?

[Starboard]

“On Europe’s current economic trajectory, how long until vacation is exclusively for the rich?”

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Life is still good for the elites. The system works quite well for them.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Paid time off policy is something for each business to decide for itself, and not a matter for government. If someone has to have a certain amount of paid vacation days and holidays, he needs to find a job with a company offering that.

[alexander_busek]

It wasn’t long ago that European countries offered free vacation destinations through the church, unions, or government.

I do miss those "Kraft durch Freude" resorts on the Baltic coast!

But at least we still have the autobahn!

Seriously: Vacationing in "Balkonien" ("in Balconia" - or "on the balcony" - as the humorous German expression goes) is probably more relaxing than flying to some overcrowded holiday destination for a sangria-soaked "Blitzurlaub."

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

While it’s great that European workers have 20 to 30 days of paid time off, it loses its luster if you’re not able to actually if you can’t actually afford to go anywhere or instead spend that time working your second job.

Needs a proofreading!

Regards,

[Sirius Lee]

The problem with voting for a worker’s paradise is that you just end up a work slave, owning nothing, which makes the Neo-feudalists happy.

[Vigilanteman]

Notice it says “legal right”. Neither the U.S. nor the U.K. has a legal right to take Christmas Day off.

[Alberta's Child]

WGAF.

Paying people for staying home from work is simply not a sound economic policy and business practice.

That’s why I can almost guarantee you that the words “vacation” and “holiday” are nowhere to be found in the Bible.

[Allegra]

I always kind of envied and admired the Europeans for those monthlong summer vacations. I remember as a kiddo when we were stationed in Italy, things would pretty much shut down for all of August - all of the factories, the steel mill, the Olivetti typewriter factory, office buildings, etc. Instead of rush hour traffic, there was beach traffic.

As a young adult, I worked as a material expeditor and a buyer in the oil and petrochemical biz and we all knew we had to work around that August shutdown schedule with our European suppliers.

As the left continues to destroy everything good, it’s not surprising to see that summer tradition get whittled down or simply disappear.

[Flying Circus]

I never understood how they were able to take the whole month of August off over there. Through multiple companies I have found European offices are a ghost town for the month.

We had a VP from France stop our practice of weeklong annual maintenance shutdowns because our sister plant in France didn’t do them. Our response was they shut the whole place down for a month every year when all we wanted was a week. His response was that “it wasn’t the same”, but that is another story.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Imagine how high EU nations' costs of living would be if they had to pay for their own defense, instead of sloughing it off onto the backs of American taxpayers.

[Myrddin]

Alligator tears. My last "proper" vacation occurred in April 1999 before moving to Idaho. A week in Wales. The last time I even took 5 consecutive days off was in December 2001. I always keep my PTO balance close to the 400 hours allowed on the books as backstop for work stoppage caused by government contracting FUBARs. My pack of pups can tolerate a few hours alone while my wife and I venture to Idaho Falls. No more overnight or longer trips as the pet care can't be deferred that long.

Both of us are anticipating retirement this year. It won't be the start of globe trotting vacations. It will be the start of lots of deferred maintenance around the household.