• Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The meme seems to imply that Europeans all get 3+ MONTHS off a year. How do businesses operate if they’re always missing a quarter of their staff?

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        1 year ago

        Sounds like one of those bullshit jobs. The further you get from actually making something the less valuable skilled workers are to production.

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      1 year ago

      Productivity and profits have steadily risen for decades while wages have hours worked have increased.

      So business obviously were able to survive and thrive with more employees taking a larger slice of the profits. The businesses would be able to operate just fine.

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      1 year ago

      The meme is clearly exaggerating for comedic effect. Standard is 4 to 6 weeks PTO across Europe.

      • ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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        1 year ago

        Exactly. And the exaggeration is the same for the American part, I’m sure that even an American would take a whole half day off for kidney surgery.