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66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

Are there 34% of Americans who own businesses?

Edit: math before coffee

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I work at a semiconductor fab in Portland Oregon, we get 5 weeks paid vacation. There''s a fairly large group of my coworkers who never use their vacation or sicktime out of principal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What principle is this exactly?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

The "I'm so tough I don't need a vacation" most likely.

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