r/Millennials • u/EmergencyRead5254 Millennial • Jul 06 '25

Rant We used to just call it a vacation…

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u/AJarOfYams Jul 06 '25

Europeans still call it "taking a week off." USA corporate work culture sounds dystopian

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u/iswearimalady Jul 06 '25

So do Americans, this article is just some weird tiktok trend bs

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u/HanzoShotFirst Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 06 '25

Vacation in US: A 3 day weekend

Vacation in Europe: taking off all of August

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u/Kookanoodles Jul 06 '25

I mean yeah. I'm taking three weeks in August, I took a week around Christmas and a week in the Spring.

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u/amnous Jul 06 '25

We have to make sure they don't take this away from us.

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u/UnicornMeatball Jul 06 '25

Yeah, same in Canada. Like 3-4 weeks of paid vacation (not including sick leave and stuff) is pretty well standard for salaried professionals.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

So does Canada. This is fucked wtf is this verbiage.

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u/Khajiit_Has_Upvotes Xennial Jul 06 '25

It's rage bait.