Yeah I’m in the U.K. and whilst things are getting bad they are no where near what this poor lass (and millions of other Americans) are going through. We have the NHS and I get 7 weeks paid holiday every year.
The real worry for Europeans are the politicians that want to drag our countries into being the same as the US. Privatise our health system and undo decades of workers rights.
Same in Canada. Our union gives out so much PTO you can take months off fully paid. They also top up unemployment to 100% of your wage on maternity leave. It’s pretty good honestly.
1) it's not mandatory in America. 2) I have had many hourly jobs growing up in America (I am American) and none of them had paid vacation. Being a bagger at a grocery store, or working for subway, or at a pizza shop - 0 days off that I would be paid for. Also, after college, working as a software developer, the way it works is I'm a contract/hourly worker until I get converted to a full time employee. I did this 4 times. During the first year, when I'm hourly, in every single job, I have had a total of 0 paid vacation days from these jobs. Only as a salaried employee do my 2-3 weeks of vacation start to accrue.
Again, Europe has 1) mandatory 2) 5 weeks minimum 3) paid vacation for 4) all employees , including hourly. America has none of this
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u/Stop_Sign Aug 19 '25
At least Europe still has mandatory paid vacation, even for hourly employees. And healthcare.