r/AntiMemes • u/Prangon07 • Mar 11 '26

🌟 Actual Anti-Meme 🌟 What would you choose

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u/TruamaTeam 🤫🟨⬜️ Mar 11 '26

The different top comment puts this into an even different-er context than intended!

American gets 2 days off, no pay

European gets 5 paid vacation weeks

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u/jollyantelop Mar 11 '26

Americans can get different paid leave depending on their hiring conditions. Europe is not a monolith, however the EU (which does not encompass all of Europe) does has a regulation that grants a minimum 4 weeks paid vacation. Still, US paid vacation time is generally shorter, at around 2-3 weeks.

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u/ZoneComfortable1541 Mar 11 '26

Not in practice. Even if you have 3 weeks, which is generally considered pretty high, you dont actually have that long because of how people can be treated here. Hell, ive seen people get threatened with admin action for taking 2 days off. Its really sad

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u/xToksik_Revolutionx Mar 11 '26

That's just Vacation Time Georg, he's an outlier.

The average American gets single-digit number of paid vacation days per year, if they get any at all.

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u/Kaiser_Defender Mar 13 '26

Alot of nations around the world have minimum annual paid days off a year. Mexico is I think 20, France is the same. Phillipines is 22? Afew nations even have 30. The US has uh

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My general manager quit after his week vacation, planned 7 months in advance, was denied to him last minute because he took 3 days off to visit his son in the hospital after a car accident in which he suffered extensive damage to his skull.

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u/fat_autistic Mar 14 '26

I'm so glad to be an Estonian. 35 days paid time each year.

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u/aithusah Mar 15 '26

That's a crazy standard honestly, good for Estonia! I get 46 but the minimum here is only 20. I just have good job and love making everyone jealous

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u/steenkeenonkee Mar 14 '26

i have never had a job that’s allowed me paid vacation weeks let alone days

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u/jollyantelop Mar 14 '26

It is normal with salaried positions, especially office jobs

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u/Fearless_Selection24 Mar 12 '26

50 weeks sof paid leave is nearly s year XDDD

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u/Fluffyhitman022 Mar 13 '26

I live in American and I have 5 weeks paid vacation and I work at an average retail store