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    L’apertura di questa scheda mi ha ricordato che i nostri amici americani erano felici di 4 giorni PTO

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    2. eli4s20 on

      people always love to complain about germany but we literally get a month of paid-free time each year by law. makes the capitalism a bit more bearable

    3. saltpinecoast on

      I was on sick leave most of last year and couldn’t take any vacation time. So all my vacation days rolled over, and this year I have 50.

      All my American colleagues are so confused. “Wait, you get *more* time off, because you were out so much last year??”

    5. Rude-Comfort-4418 on

      So excited to move and start working for a German company ❤️🥹

    7. esinohio on

      In addition to the time off guaranteed by law, I’ve noticed that companies here are very serious about making employees get that time off. That was certainly not my experience for the majority of my professional life in the US. I wasn’t working for a crapy corp. either, I had a cushy job working for a state-funded institution.

      I was supposed to get six weeks of paid vacation a year. Sounds good on paper but the reality was somewhere around five days. In the many years I was there I never got to take anywhere near my banked vacation days. Hell, I was once called back from a vacation to work.

      I’m so glad to be here, so damn glad.

    8. WebSignal6354 on

      Also fun fact in Germany. If you are on vacation and you get sick, you can swap to sick days instead of using your paid vacation

      Edit:typo

    9. godric_kilmister on

      But some of the others don’t pay the normal wage, even if they are infinite.

      Elternzeit and Mutterschutz aren’t infinite…

    10. FKAMimikyu on

      Wish we had this system for checking urlaub etc. in our firma

    11. happyFatFIRE on

      That’s not totally true. My colleagues have 30 days plus public holidays in the states

    13. i_like_maps_ on

      At what industry / career-level / company-type do people get 36 vacation days? (DM if you would like to stay anonymous)

    14. rdrunner_74 on

      “Technically” my company offers “unlimited PTO” in the US (Yes, paid… But you need to keep reaching your goals.

      They are not allowed to offer this in Germany due to legal reasons.

      (Love what they offered – for example several month PTO for taking care of sick kids or stopped school during corona, better beverance days, etc… 200% aware that these terms are not normal)

      Edit: I am a German working for a US company in Germany under a German employment contract. I would not give it up. International Team.

    15. Outrageous-Big-6379 on

      36 Tage Urlaub sind aber selten, 24-30 ist eher Standard

    16. ZipfelBt on

      And here I am, working at a school in Germany (as educator) having around 70 days paid vacation a year

    17. simplyyAL on

      Fühlt sich gut an in ner Branche mit 60-80h zu arbeiten. Manche von meinen Kollegen nehmen ernsthaft nen halben Tag Urlaub für Arzttermine o.ä. Damit sie danach nur noch 6-8h arbeiten 😂

    18. ComfortableAd1916 on

      If that’s Kenjo, then I’m getting Nam Flashbacks. Was ne Drecksapp.

    20. General_Freed on

      Payed “Krankheit Kind” days are limited. 10 per parent or 20 if you’re a single mom/dad.
      That’s just sad… And they pay only 90% of your salary.

    22. Ok-Apple7791 on

      @riinmi where do you work? I studied political science and have a shit job in munich with a mere 25days vacation.

    23. herbieLmao on

      Child sick is capped at 10 days if Im not mistaken. My coworker almost got fired because he called in sick himself when his children were sick but he had no days left. But feel free to enlighten me

    24. the_claus on

      More fun facts: There are more than a few companies that offer UNLIMITED vacation days – you just have to get the work done.

    26. zulu02 on

      My patriotism as a German is almost exclusively limited to worker protection laws. I mean we are not at the same level as the French, and there is room for improvement especially for the gig working and minimum wage crowd.

      But it could be so much worse

    29. SlightWerewolf4428 on

      Americans get to keep more of their own money and not pay 50% to the taxman…..

      They get to pay it to doctors and landlords and to their local fentanyl dealer instead.

    30. DanFlashesSales on

      Who in the US is happy about only 4 days of PTO? That’s an *extremely* low amount even by US standards. I had more PTO than that when I worked in fast food as a student.

    35. Jag0tun3s on

      If I come sick to work, even slightly, my boss will send me home.

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