America the "no vacation nation" ?

[TexasWife25]

http://www.kdbc.com/files/kdbc.com/image_cache/images_comcorpusa_com/465/0/crop/ktsm/media/vacay.436x.jpg?1337516053

"About 57% of working Americans had unused vacation time at the end of 2011, and most of them left an average of 11 days on the table - or nearly 70 percent of their allotted time off, according to a study performed by Harris Interactive for JetBlue.Unlike most other developed countries, U.S. law doesn't require companies to offer paid vacation time to their employees.The United Kingdom for instance requires employers to give at least 28 vacation days. In Finland, France and Greece, the minimum is 25. In Germany and Japan, it's 20."

 

[Saint Peter]

I am on vacation.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Vacations may not be required by law but that graph is not reflective of actual time off.

betcha

 

[RoryN]

Paid-out vacation time can make a decent mini-nest egg if you get laid off / quit.

I went to an upscale steakhouse for a birthday dinner last night, same one I went to for the guy's birthday last year. In 2011, we were damn near the only people there. This time, the place was packed.

Where I live, that's one of the first signs that the economy is getting better...

 

[busybody..]

no need for vacations

when you can take time off

for

MENTAL HEALTH DAYS

SICK DAYS

PISSED OFF DAYS

OPPRESSED DAYS

and 727 other reasons

 

[eyer]

"About 57% of working Americans had unused vacation time at the end of 2011, and most of them left an average of 11 days on the table - or nearly 70 percent of their allotted time off, according to a study performed by Harris Interactive for JetBlue.Unlike most other developed countries, U.S. law doesn't require companies to offer paid vacation time to their employees.The United Kingdom for instance requires employers to give at least 28 vacation days. In Finland, France and Greece, the minimum is 25. In Germany and Japan, it's 20."

WTF business of mine is it how many days of vacation you get from the employer you choose to work for, and whether the employer you voluntarily work for pays for your vacation or not?

WTF is within you statist punks that make you even consider that any business relationship between me and any other is any of your f-ing business at all?

 

[fluffPE]

I am on vacation.

From what, Kramer?

I mean, Cosmo.

 

[Saint Peter]

From what, Kramer?

I mean, Cosmo.

From my cushy leather chair in the corner office and the hot secretary making me coffee.

Oh, wait.

That is you.

I am just on vacation.

 

[Sean Renaud]

WTF business of mine is it how many days of vacation you get from the employer you choose to work for, and whether the employer you voluntarily work for pays for your vacation or not?

WTF is within you statist punks that make you even consider that any business relationship between me and any other is any of your f-ing business at all?

Nobody posting on this board choses work. That's what business it is of yours and of mine.

 

[Wings]

I'm at the point where I have to use it or lose it. I hate this point.

 

[fgarvb1]

http://www.kdbc.com/files/kdbc.com/image_cache/images_comcorpusa_com/465/0/crop/ktsm/media/vacay.436x.jpg?1337516053

"About 57% of working Americans had unused vacation time at the end of 2011, and most of them left an average of 11 days on the table - or nearly 70 percent of their allotted time off, according to a study performed by Harris Interactive for JetBlue.Unlike most other developed countries, U.S. law doesn't require companies to offer paid vacation time to their employees.The United Kingdom for instance requires employers to give at least 28 vacation days. In Finland, France and Greece, the minimum is 25. In Germany and Japan, it's 20."

Hell ***! (Woman!)

I get FIVE weeks!

I am this hour back from almost a week in Galveston doing number Twenty wedding anniversary and Deep see fishing...and the third little vacation in the last twelve months.

 

[Lorilei]

I'm at the point where I have to use it or lose it. I hate this point.

Same here. I get 3 weeks, and I struggle to take it. I take time off, I end up working OT when I get back just to get caught up. And we don't have the option of cashing out. Sucks.

 

[Wings]

Same here. I get 3 weeks, and I struggle to take it. I take time off, I end up working OT when I get back just to get caught up. And we don't have the option of cashing out. Sucks.

That is exactly the problem. It's harder to leave and come back to chaos than it is to just work through. That might be more of a "This is what's wrong with this country" topic than our vacation habits.

 

[butters]

3 weeks paid holiday time, plus time off in lieu for working bank holidays, plus one extra day per year of working for them - use or lose, too. it can be tricky finding the best times to take off, depending on staffing levels/hospital appointments/whatever.

 

[lovetoread]

I end up using what days I have for the kids and various health stuff.

I don't do vacations.

 

[TexasWife25]

WTF business of mine is it how many days of vacation you get from the employer you choose to work for, and whether the employer you voluntarily work for pays for your vacation or not?

WTF is within you statist punks that make you even consider that any business relationship between me and any other is any of your f-ing business at all?

My your cranky today


My last job, worked there for over 5 years, I got 10 days vacation a year. However it didn't roll, so it was a use it or lose it type thing.

 

[badbabysitter]

My your cranky today


My last job, worked there for over 5 years, I got 10 days vacation a year. However it didn't roll, so it was a use it or lose it type thing.

You're just witnessing classic eyer in action


he has no personal stake in this.. but since you're a woman he feels the need to bad talk you

 

[TallMan69]

I think time off from work is beneficial but it's hard to get caught up and back into work mode if you're off for very long (over a week). Staffing always comes into play.

 

[Bert Notorius]

If I'm so damn important they can't do without me for a week, I'm not getting paid enough.

 

[eyer]

Nobody posting on this board choses work. That's what business it is of yours and of mine.

You missed the point (as usual), you friggin' dorkwad:

Your business is none of mine...

...what is so lacking within you that you must make any of your business a concern of mine?

My your cranky today


My last job, worked there for over 5 years, I got 10 days vacation a year. However it didn't roll, so it was a use it or lose it type thing.

That's nice.

Tell me again:

Why I should be politically concerned in any way about the particulars of you voluntary, personal work situation...

...and why you intentionally began this thread to politicize "America the 'no vacation nation'?"?

 

[badbabysitter]

When I'm right, I'm right

 

[IrezumiKiss]

You're just witnessing classic eyer in action


he has no personal stake in this.. but since you're a woman he feels the need to bad talk you

Eyer forgot to masturbate this morning in order to alleviate the daily stress of being a lonely pussy-ass bitch...cut him some slack, willya?

 

[fluffPE]

I end up using what days I have for the kids and various health stuff.

I don't do vacations.

Sounds normal to me.

 

[Frizzle_Fry]

Interesting cultural shift to say the least. I remember annual vacations being the norm. Now everyone works 2x as hard and far more hours just to maintain the same standard of living your average 9-5 M-F used to provide 10+ years ago.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Part of the paradigm is jobs are no longer "for life". For most rehires the vacation clock resets.