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Re:Is Europe better than America for working in tech? by mo_42 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @08:20PM (#39846316)
> - You are required to take your holidays. Your employer can get in serious trouble if you don't, so "leaving vacations days unused" almost doesn't exist. Some systems allow you to transfer your extra legal holidays to next year, but the base 20 you basically have to take every year.

I think I understand the rationale behind this. Basically people should take some rest every now and then. Personally, I consider this a violation of my freedom to work however I like. I like to work and usually I take just a few days off per year so I can, for example, visit the dentist without being stressed out to miss a work-related meeting. 20 days is basically an entire month of work. So people there work only 11/12 per year.

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Re:Is Europe better than America for working in tech? by ryandrake on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @09:08PM (#39846653)
My employer allows you to accrue vacation days up to a limit, and then, they cap out and stop accruing. So basically what that means is whenever I am one day away from hitting the cap, I just burn a Friday as vacation so I can continue to accrue. It kind of sucks. One day isn’t really enough to do much so I end up running errands and stuff. I’d rather just bank vacation days forever and get paid out for them all at once when I quit (as is required in California).
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Re:Is Europe better than America for working in tech? by ytwySXpMbS on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @09:10PM (#39846663)
You seriously wouldn't want to work less? You aren't penalised for taking the time off.

I see it more as protecting the employee from exploitation.

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