In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit.
Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.
Having a ‘sick leave’ limit is just incredibly weird. As if you could just stop being sick when the time runs out!
I mean, we do get a company/regulatory doctor assigned if we’re sick for a longer period of time, and after, like, a year you will go to a reduced insured income. But counting it as if it were discretionary does not make sense.
Yuuup. The delightful logic of US working culture.
You are absolutely right, but alas… This is how it is. You can’t get fired for being sick, but you can definitely get fired for not showing up to work for too many days in a row which can definitely happen if you’re sick. It’s very stupid and very fucked up.