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I lived in Europe for the first 30 years of my life, and the only time I got all of August off was when I was in school.
Where in Europe do you live?
People with school children usually get preferential treatment for the summer months and obviously not all people can take their holidays the same time.
Not author of the comment here, but I've lived in Italy and France and also never had a full month off since my school days.
But it's because of my personal choice to avoid spending all my unpaid leave in one go (and in the most expensive and crowded time of the year, too). Not for the lack of that possibility.
I lived in the UK.
Did you live in a part of the UK that was never governed by a Thatcher ministry?
If such a part exists in the UK, then surely it is the best part to live today.
News flash. The UK is not part of Europe and in fact emulates all the wonderful American policies that favour the owner class
Did the UK detach itself from the earth's surface and move to another continent while I've been gone?
The UK left the EU, they're still in Europe.
Edit: the cheek of starting such an idiotic comment with "news flash" is astounding.
The issue is social and political, not geographical, and not particularly related to Brexit, except tangentially.
In which European countries does everyone get all of August off?
I live in the Netherlands and I can take 5 weeks vacation whenever I want. I just need to coordinate with my team and I can go.
Most people in Finland have a 4 week summer vacation they get to spend somewhere from june to august.
I'm on the continent and yeah it's totally different to the UK. I couldn't find a plumber or electrician if I wanted to. I'm waiting for September to get stuff fixed. Ordered a ski jacket a couple of weeks ago and got an email saying the factory is closed until the 28th, then they'll be working on the backlog lol
I always wondered how that worked.
If everyone takes time off at the same time then...nothing gets done. Interesting.
Yeah everytime I see one of these posts romanticizing Europe, I roll my eyes. And I have to scroll so far to see it debunked.
It seems even Europeans themselves go along with it, because they kinda enjoy the pride of it?
I'm European and the title made me chuckle a bit.
I upvoted one of the most upvoted comments by a fellow Euro person saying that basically no one here does that (when I say no one, I mean statistically. Maybe 1 in 10k people does).
The point tho, is that you technically could.
And even if you don't take the entire month off in one go, you still have around 4 or 5 weeks paid leave over a year, which is much better than most of the places in the US, from what I hear.
I lived in the UK and now live in the US, and I have more time off now than ever before. I work in tech in the Bay Area, so I know I'm living in a bit of a dream world, but it's not all doom and gloom to move from Europe to America.
For sure it's not, but let's reckon that you're in a privileged situation. I think we are talking average Joe here, and I think that Euro-Joe beats US-Joe hands down in the paid leave department.
I mean 5 weeks vacation per year certainly isn't ideal but if I talk to friends from abroad I can't help but feel lucky.
I actually have 32 days off here in Belgium.
20 days for everyone working full time, and 12 ADV days for anyone working 40 hour weeks instead of 36 hours.
All of them are fully paid of course.
I definitely can take off the whole of August. But I'd rather spread it out over the year.
So instead of rolling your eyes, you should be rolling your bosses off a cliff for not granting you the same courtesy.
You get 5 weeks usually
Yeah, I lived there for three decades. I got a bunch of time off, but if I said I wanted every August off I'd be in for a bit of a shock.
Most countries would legally allow you though.
Companies would be able to schedule a replacement for that time.
But why would you want to, really? August is expensive and everyone else is on holiday as well.
It's unusual to see more than 3 weeks where I've worked too but it's more so because of people's travel habits and not wanting to be out of vacation days the rest of the year
I'd get shock and a comment but yeah it could go through
Places I've been to follow the 2-1 rule, try to ask two days in advance for 1 day off