Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds

Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by snovv_crash on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:41PM (#12737410)

I haven't seen any US companies offering 25 days of paid vacation a year, plus unlimited sick leave (doctors note required for more than 3 consecutive days), plus extra days off for personal emergencies eg children sick, death in family.

All the money in SV could never make me go there if I never have time to spend it.

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by wil421 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @03:44PM (#12737989)

A quick google search and I can't find many places in Europe that offer 25 days, not including the national holidays.

If I include national holidays I get 22 days off. No set sick days unless you're out for more than 5 consecutive days.

I'm not sure why you'd move to SV, startup life's seems like hell.

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by snovv_crash on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:51PM (#12738575)

From Wikipedia[1], minimum annual days leave are:

UK: 28

Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden: 25

Iceland, Malta: 24

Portugal, Spain: 22

The EU mandates a minimum of 20 days, so all other EU member states have 20.

Of course, these are just the mandated minimums. Many employers will give more to be competitive.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_b...

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by Accacin on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:10PM (#12739188)

8 of those in the UK are Bank Holidays. I'm not sure about others countries because I'm from the UK, but I think other countries get more "real" holiday days than the UK.

Most companies I've worked for offer a little more than the minimum, for example I get 23 days excluding bank holidays and that generally increases by a day per year you've worked at the company or something like that.

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:53PM (#12738602)

> A quick google search and I can't find many places in Europe that offer 25 days, not including the national holidays.

The legal minimum in Europe is 20 days' vacation plus national holidays. Competitive employers offer more.

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by jinglebells on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @10:13AM (#12743910)

6 weeks holiday in UK, Germany and Sweden is fairly normal. I don't know about the other countries.

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by lg on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:24PM (#12738309)

google provides all of these benefits.

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by snovv_crash on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:43PM (#12738492)

What would my commute to Mountain View be like? 10 minutes by train or bus, while living in affordable accommodation?

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by thedufer on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:55PM (#12739464)

If only one of the biggest tech companies in the world had multiple offices.

I don't know about mountain view, but on Google's software dev salary you should be able to live within 10 minutes of pretty much all of their US offices. I know for sure it's possible in nyc.

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