Americans Have Terrible Paid Vacation | Worst In The Developed World

[@mitzy123]

This is news to me. I live in London and have always had minimum 28 paid days a year plus national holidays. I just assumed that was normal across all developed countries

[@champ8605]

america may be the richest country in the world but its also the most extreme capitalist in the world. they squeeze every dollar they can out of its citizens so the rich can get richer.

[@Boguardis]

Fucking JEALOUS. Here in Washington State in the US we barely get sick time... 1 hour for every 40 hours worked... it's pathetic. Then you are looked down on if you use it (regardless if you are sick or just want to use it for vacation time because if you DON'T use your accrued sick time by the end of the year it disappears).

[@Oneofakind123]

It is normal in developed countries. USA is in many occasions a developing country, weather they like it or not.

[@mitzy123]

@@Boguardis surely sick time should be allocated as standard and shouldn't be accrued. That seems very immoral.

[@ajw_3153]

@@champ8605 how are we the richest if we owe the world trillions of dollars, highest trade deficit and highest national debt plus unfunded liabilities? also our infrastructure is hollowed out. The only thing keeping USA afloat is the USD being the reserve currency of world

[@michaelspoto8720]

i get 5 vacation days per year! In America we just work til our miserable lives are over. it's all about making that money for large corporations that don't give a fuck about us.

[@mikesully110]

Could you take unpaid time off and the bosses would accept it? I wouldn't mind moving to the USA to work in IT as the salaries are better, but I need 5+ weeks off a year for my personal life, ideally 10 weeks off but I know that might not be feasible in the US. If I had a higher salary I could just take a few weeks unpaid leave. But I've spoken to a few IT workers in the US and they said the bosses really frown on it and want you in the office every week all week? I couldn't work for weeks and weeks non stop without the occasional week off or it would drive me insane. (I was also concerned about the cost of healthcare, they said you have to pay $400+ every month for healthcare and you still have to pay co-pay and stuff like that, which sounds even more expensive than the NHS system we get in the UK????? I thought the point of privatized healthcare is that it is supposed to be cheaper than paying the socialist taxes if you are physically well?)

[@michaelspoto8720]

@@mikesully110 that would depend on on the job. most would not let you take that much time off unless it's for medical reasons.

[@ZodiacEntertainment2]

@@michaelspoto8720 It's sad, but your employer decides how good your life is. They won't "let you" take a vacation because they know you don't have any other choices but to bend over for them.

[@osmankalif3500]

@@mikesully110 I live in Norway, and heard from a guy working in us that us py more, but has higher expenses(health care) so all-in-all Norway paid more

[@kristin1980uk]

Wow, in the UK they literally MAKE you take off your paid holiday - mine is a pretty standard 34 days holidays. In addition to that, after my first year I get an extra day a year, so after five years at the company I get 39 days a year. Everyone gets holiday, even if your temporary or a contractor. Also the maximum legal working week if 40 hours and no more. You will always get no less than 20 days plus holidays (9 days). So basically 30 days. You also earn holiday from the day you start, no waiting a year. My husband, on top of his 39 days, he gets a month paid sabbatical every 4 years. So on a normal year he gets 39 days but in every fourth year he gets 60 days (12 weeks holiday). You also get by law 28 weeks sick pay from your employer - you are strictly not allowed to use your holiday allowance for when you are sick. As if you are sick for 28 weeks then you still get all your holiday on top of that. After the 28 weeks is up you can also claim other benefits if sick, like housing allowance (pays your rent or mortgage) and Universal Credit in addition to this, which can be add on money to salary per child, or just add on money to afford childcare. You also usually get compassionate leave on top of all of that, which is used for funerals or family illness. A few days is normal but should you lose a parent or child or sibling, most companies pay you for a couple of weeks, maybe more. Then Maternity and Paternity pay which for Maternity is 6 weeks paid and then another 33 weeks at a lower rate. You are fully entitled to take of 52 weeks total without your employment being at risk (this is most common). Also employers must allow paid time off for all pregnancy appointments/scans/checkups and for antenatal classes. The paternity leave is usually two weeks paid, but you and your partner can also choose to do Shared Parental Leave if having a baby, using a surrogate to have a baby, adopting a child or fostering a child. Which means you can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between you. And then of course the big one, in the UK you get healthcare whether you are working or out of work or pregnant. The exact same as everyone else, it’s all the same state of art care no matter what. All prescriptions and dental treatment are free while you're pregnant and for 12 months after your baby's due date. Children also get free prescriptions until they're 16. (You also get free dental when pregnant too). A prescription of medicine in the UK is never more than £9.35, no matter the drug or how expensive it is. You also NEVER pay more than £100 in one year for prescriptions, even if you have 20 prescriptions a month for 12 months etc. You get free NHS prescriptions anyway if you: are 60 or over are under 16 are 16 to 18 and in full-time education are pregnant or have had a baby in the previous 12 months and have a valid maternity exemption certificate (MatEx) have a specified medical condition and have a valid medical exemption certificate (MedEx) (These include: cancer, including the effects of cancer or the effects of current or previous cancer treatment a permanent fistula (for example, a laryngostomy, colostomy, ileostomy or some renal dialysis fistulas) requiring continuous surgical dressing or an appliance a form of hypoadrenalism (for example, Addison's disease) for which specific substitution therapy is essential diabetes insipidus or other forms of hypopituitarism diabetes mellitus, except where treatment is by diet alone hypoparathyroidism myasthenia gravis myxoedema (hypothyroidism requiring thyroid hormone replacement) epilepsy requiring continuous anticonvulsive therapy) hold a valid war pension exemption certificate and the prescription is for your accepted disability are a hospital inpatient You're also entitled to free prescriptions if you or your partner (including civil partner) receive, or you're under the age of 20 and the dependant of someone receiving: Income Support income-based Jobseeker's Allowance income-related Employment and Support Allowance Pension Credit Guarantee Credit Universal Credit and meet the criteria People in the UK never ever go without free medical care and we never pay for ambulances, having a baby or any operations or hospital stays, MRI’s or tests etc. If you need chemotherapy you get it, if you need dialysis you get it. No one ever gets a medical bill and nobody ever doesn’t get the best care there is. We also have a great work life balance, so mental health is well looked after. We also don’t have guns, so no personal safety worries. No school shootings in 25 years. One mass shooting (4 people) in multiple decades.

[@MentallyChallenger]

I worked in the same job for the last 4 years 12 hrs 4 days a week and never took a vacation. They get pissed off if you even ask for a day off.

[@kristin1980uk]

Wow, in the UK they literally MAKE you take off your paid holiday - mine is a pretty standard 34 days holidays. In addition to that, after my first year I get an extra day a year, so after five years at the company I get 39 days a year. My husband, on top of his 39 days, he gets a month paid sabbatical every 4 years. So on a normal year he gets 39 days but in every fourth year he gets 60 days (12 weeks holiday). You also get by law 28 weeks sick pay from your employer - you are strictly not allowed to use your holiday allowance for when you are sick. As if you are sick for 28 weeks then you still get all your holiday on top of that. After the 28 weeks is up you can also claim other benefits if sick, like housing allowance (pays your rent or mortgage) and Universal Credit in addition to this, which can be add on money to salary per child, or just add on money to afford childcare. You also usually get compassionate leave on top of all of that, which is used for funerals or family illness. A few days is normal but should you lose a parent or child or sibling, most companies pay you for a couple of weeks, maybe more. Then Maternity and Paternity pay which for Maternity is 6 weeks paid and then another 33 weeks at a lower rate. You are fully entitled to take of 52 weeks total without your employment being at risk (this is most common). Also employers must allow paid time off for all pregnancy appointments/scans/checkups and for antenatal classes. The paternity leave is usually two weeks paid, but you and your partner can also choose to do Shared Parental Leave if having a baby, using a surrogate to have a baby, adopting a child or fostering a child. Which means you can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between you. And then of course the big one, in the UK you get healthcare whether you are working or out of work or pregnant. The exact same as everyone else, it’s all the same state of art care no matter what. All prescriptions and dental treatment are free while you're pregnant and for 12 months after your baby's due date. Children also get free prescriptions until they're 16. (You also get free dental when pregnant too). A prescription of medicine in the UK is never more than £9.35, no matter the drug or how expensive it is. You also NEVER pay more than £100 in one year for prescriptions, even if you have 20 prescriptions a month for 12 months etc. You get free NHS prescriptions anyway if you: are 60 or over are under 16 are 16 to 18 and in full-time education are pregnant or have had a baby in the previous 12 months and have a valid maternity exemption certificate (MatEx) have a specified medical condition and have a valid medical exemption certificate (MedEx) (These include: cancer, including the effects of cancer or the effects of current or previous cancer treatment a permanent fistula (for example, a laryngostomy, colostomy, ileostomy or some renal dialysis fistulas) requiring continuous surgical dressing or an appliance a form of hypoadrenalism (for example, Addison's disease) for which specific substitution therapy is essential diabetes insipidus or other forms of hypopituitarism diabetes mellitus, except where treatment is by diet alone hypoparathyroidism myasthenia gravis myxoedema (hypothyroidism requiring thyroid hormone replacement) epilepsy requiring continuous anticonvulsive therapy) hold a valid war pension exemption certificate and the prescription is for your accepted disability are a hospital inpatient You're also entitled to free prescriptions if you or your partner (including civil partner) receive, or you're under the age of 20 and the dependant of someone receiving: Income Support income-based Jobseeker's Allowance income-related Employment and Support Allowance Pension Credit Guarantee Credit Universal Credit and meet the criteria People in the UK never ever go without free medical care and we never pay for ambulances, having a baby or any operations or hospital stays, MRI’s or tests etc. If you need chemotherapy you get it, if you need dialysis you get it. No one ever gets a medical bill and nobody ever doesn’t get the best care there is. We also have a great work life balance, so mental health is well looked after. We also don’t have guns, so no personal safety worries. No school shootings in 25 years. One mass shooting (4 people) in multiple decades. We also have a very low murder rate.

[@jgeerdink]

I pity the one’s who live to work instead of work to have life , cause on your death bed you can only whish you had more time with your family& friend , not “I wish I could have worked more” !

[@Nick84525]

People in America needs to learn to have a life balance

[@olivermoore7020]

A colleague of mine once described the US as "A third world country with fancy tech". I personally wouldn't use the term "third world" as I think it's old fashioned, but a well conveyed point nonetheless.

[@ajw_3153]

our infrastructure is third world. Especially our public transportation

[@Yourlife_94a]

I live in the uk and I have been on holiday from the 20th of November until the 5th of January 🙃🙃🙃

[@trevorsebastian1341]

My “employer” CVS pharmacy classifies me as a contractor so I get nothing. After 10 months of working 50 hour weeks and not 1 paid day off whether holiday or not. I’m quitting today and I couldn’t be happier.

[@jackcarraway4707]

This is why I'm opposed to mandated holidays. If you're employer is that stingy, tell them to fuck off and get a better job.

[@Nick84525]

This is a sick FUCKING country

[@catd11ng74]

In sweden we have by law 25 days paid vacation. And by law the companies can't refuse 20 days in a row. I can take all 25 days in a row or i can spare 5 days to whenever i want. Also i can spare 5 days every year up to 5 years and use them as i want. So if i spare 5 days every year for 5 years i can take 25+25 days fully paid vacation.

[@SirCraigius]

I work in Scotland and my employer actually gives 30 days paid vacation per year. And due to a long term service bonus, I actually get 34 per year now.

[@Nick84525]

That is awesome

[@ozimax06]

28 days of PTO from the UK, plus 3+ months of remote work from the Mediterranean. not bad for me

[@colincampbell4261]

Informative video - USA working must just seem like one long never ending grind! Sorry folks!

[@Nick84525]

It's fucking ridiculous and I refuse to live my life that way

[@BitsOfBen]

I’m in the UK and I get 33 paid vacation days per year.

[@RobizGaming2024]

Fuuuck that lol. I have 4 weeks paid holiday and also national holiday. And I am a shitty cleaner lmao.

[@henryhunter1773]

Interesting video. 👍

[@SwissTanuki]

I have 25 days paid vacation like most. 20 is the law. We had a vote if Switzerland should have 30 days but we said no.

[@mikesully110]

wow really people voted no to that? why the hell would you vote no?

[@SwissTanuki]

@@mikesully110 most people including myself believed it would be to hard on small businesses.

[@asadb1990]

usa and canada lag far behind the world standards as per usual.

[@sputnikbender8894]

I live in EU and for this year i still got 44 days of paid vacation.

[@Nick84525]

That would be sweet to have in this country

[@mattsmith5142]

This year I've had 36 paid vacation days as well as full sick pay. Unionise folks

[@m.dharun4759]

How many days on average peoples get paid annual leaves?

[@larssrensen4353]

I have nothing against vacation, but people should not be forced to take them, as is the case in Europe.

[@brentuphoff5084]

I get 20 days of paid vacation per year and I usually use about half of them per year. I could use more of them but I don't for some reason? Work, work, work?

[@redtsugumori]

So would France also offer 6 week of paid vacation to entry level jobs?

[@Vorchspaceman]

From what I understand workers in France accumulate 2.5 days of paid vacation for each month worked. So every full time worker is guaranteed 30 working days of paid vacation each year. Workers can also negotiate how many days they get. If you have an in demand job and are a good negotiator it's entirely possible to get an extra 2 days per month for 54 days of paid vacation per year.

[@redtsugumori]

Francis Sun that makes more sense now. Thank you for explaining that. 👍

[@slivie1232]

In UK and I get 39 days a year

[@Nick84525]

That's awesome sauce

[@m.dharun4759]

If i work overtime,will i get more annual leave?

[@osmankalif3500]

In Norway yes. Dunno about other countries do the same

[@valeriewiggins8962]

I live in the US, and have always received at least 2 weeks plus holiday paid vacation days. The first of every year I got a fresh 2 weeks, and what I did was schedule my paid vac time around my paid holidays, and that was plenty for me. Plus I was off on weekends, so if I wanted an extended weekend I would use a few of any vacation days I had left for Thursday and Friday. Sometimes we were asked to work weekends, and that was time and 1/2..so that was cool. I can’t speak for all Americans, but 30 days off every year would be wayyyy too much for me.

[@MrStink2009]

Ha! Like I believe your lie!

[@ajw_3153]

I don't like traveling around holidays, there's too much congestion. 30 days would be heaven..I would go to 3 new countries every year

[@Nick84525]

Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW it's time for all workers in this country to get mandatory paid vacations for at least 30 days a year along with a living wage

[@alicianelson1252]

There's nothing wrong with us were just more hardworking then other countries

[@edwinhof2090]

Those countries with guaranteed paid vacation are just as productive as the US, sometimes even more. They just live a better life! Good luck as corporate slave!

[@kristin1980uk]

No you have terrible poverty, a terrible mental health issue and deaths because people can’t get medical care. Disgraceful.

[@Nick84525]

Yeah there FUCKING is people in this country work too much time for all workers to get paid a living wage and have mandatory paid vacations