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[–] vivavideri@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Maybe someday I'll work somewhere with good PTO. currently 6 holidays, 2 pto weeks and 1 sick week.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This has got to be fake, or engagement bait, right?

[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Honestly, as someone who doesn't like in America I feel like this wouldn't surprise me if it was real from there.

Where I live you have minimum 4 weeks annual leave a year...

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Everytime I read something that makes me frustrated or that sounds ridiculous I assume it's rage bait because it almost aways is.

[–] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago (26 children)

Hi, Norwegian here, we have 5 weeks vacation per year, mandated by law. Oh, and the government takes 10% of your paycheck every month and pays it all out in July, so you have the money to go on vacation. Strong labor unions is the recipe.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

American here. I work for a company that gives 5 weeks per year. It's great. I can take a 1-2 week vacation in the summer and various days and weeks off throughout the year. It doesn't hurt that my boss is great and almost never says no to time off. "Hey, this project is draining. I could really use a week off for mental recovery. It looks like nobody is off next week." "Go for it."

It's possible, fellow Americans. Unions are the way.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

5 weeks seems like a good minimum to shoot for, yeah. Even with technically "unlimited" vacation, I tended to take 1 week a quarter, 2 in the summer, and then whatever Christmas to New Year's is. I wish I could take more in the Summer of course, but it is what it is.

[–] onlyhall@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago

aussie here. 4 weeks. required by law.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

Just 2 weeks? That is called a vacation!

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm actually retired but I think of it as a macro-vacation.

Crazy people. We get 4 weeks at the start and then 1 extra per year for five years. So total 5 weeks paid holiday. Only work 33 hours a week too. Some companies treat people well, just have to get lucky and find a small one.

Also, yeah I’m not micro retiring.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Typical AI sludge, complete alien nonsense spouted confidently.

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[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think it's probably a typo caused by AI and a lack of editing. As i understood it, a micro retirement is taking between several months and a year long sabbatical after 1-2 years of working, which is a bit more interesting than 1-2 weeks. So basically, it's working 1 year and taking a break from work for 1 year (whatever that entails, personal project, travel, possibly doing nothing at all).

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

did similar for years with sick time which was use or lose 10 days a year. boss complained my calling in sick Fridays and Mondays had become a pattern. well yeah. worked at a community college in illinois. not a slave.

[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This has to be a shitpost. I can’t believe this would be a real article.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 209 points 2 days ago (9 children)

What the fuck is this gaslighting propaganda bullshit? People in the US have been taking vacations for decades; it’s not exclusive to GenZ, nor is it a “new trend”. I call bullshit.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 104 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Quiet quitting is just doing your job/acting your wage.

People on the internet love to make dramatic sounding names for normal stuff.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To be fair, "quiet quitting" is a labour action that goes back decades if not centuries. A more common name is "work(ing) to rule".

I remember that term from when my teachers were preparing to strike a long while ago. The fact is, most workers, teachers especially, go beyond the bare minimums that their jobs require. It made a big difference when teachers who used to supervise after-school activities just went home instead. In jobs that are associated with "vocational awe", it's very common for people to do much more than the minimum requirements for their jobs, so when they engage in a "work to rule" campaign, there's a really big difference.

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[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

We used to do that in my generation, but it was just called getting laid off. 😂

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 250 points 2 days ago (14 children)

1-2 weeks every 12-18 months is seen as a lot? No one tell them about europe 😶

[–] oce@jlai.lu 86 points 2 days ago

I guess everyone is doing macro-retirement every year in EU.

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Oh you mean a fucking short ass vacation?

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thats "the Onion", right?

I mean, this cannot be written by a human who means this seriously. right??

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[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago

Charles currently takes work breaks every six months for two weeks at a time, and said he heard about micro-retirements from a friend. “I reward myself by traveling to different countries. Whether it’s Europe during the summer or other destinations, and so that’s a way that I incentivize myself to reach certain KPIs,” says Charles.

FML Charles has discovered holidays

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (6 children)

1-2 weeks every 12 to 18 months? what is this, time off in Auschwitz?

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[–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 67 points 2 days ago
[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 73 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 105 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Not satire: https://www.fastcompany.com/91357784/what-is-a-micro-retirement-inside-the-latest-gen-z-trend

But they specify that unlike PTO, this is an unpaid time off, which can be a break inbetween jobs or a unpaid vacation.

Still fucking ridiculous to call it "micro-retirement"

Soon we will hear how gen z is having nano-retirements every 5 days of work that can include 2 days of no work and often destructive behaviour such as parties and binge watching tv.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 121 points 2 days ago (19 children)

Is the original satire? I know Americans are obsessed with presentism on the job, but even they understand the concept of a vacation?

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[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I was working in a European branch of a SF based private company. It's a company that tries really hard to have good optics everywhere, from being listed as PBC down to "support and inclusion" talks.

US employees officially had "unlimited" vacation days, European had 25. Plus the company has a practice of giving an extra Friday off once a month, plus few days for Christmas break plus one year there was a week of summer break.

That year with a summer break employees in Europe got over 40 days of vacation. 35..37 without it. Plus bank holidays and sick leaves.

I was freaking out after learning that US employees with the unlimited time off were getting under 20. Whenever an employee was using more than 15 vacation days a year, they were presented with an inquiring interview from their manager trying to figure out why they need so much rest.

US has no work culture, it's exploitation.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

If I don't take at least one 2 week period off per year, that's literally illegal. I'm also entitled to 28 days off per year that if I give enough notice and book in at least one week periods, an employer can't deny me without good reason.

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[–] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago

Give burnout a chance

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Skipping lunch is now "intermittent fasting".

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