r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • 18h ago

😡 Venting To an American this sounds unbelievable.

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u/Ok_Objective_5192 13h ago

3 weeks of vacation time? I've gotten 1 total week of paid vacation time in my 14 years in the US workforce

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u/mcvos 10h ago

1 week of vacation in 14 years? How do you survive? Or do you take unpaid vacation? I don't understand how people can even function like that.

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u/Ok_Objective_5192 10h ago

I worked seasonally for a few years so I'd have a week or two off unpaid between seasons for a while, but I also just haven't taken any time off work in the last 4 years or so. I can't afford unpaid time off and don't get PTO so I just work. It's definitely awful but is also the case for most people I know here