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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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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.