how much do you work / vacation (country, American, magazine, track)

joyboyo53 · 07-27-2007, 09:21 AM

so i read this article in time magazine about how much people work and vacation based on country. being american i became very jealous and upset when i noticed that we are getting RIPPED OFF. although we obviously notice benfits from all the work we do, i still think we would do better with some more freetime. just some noteworthy things i saw:

-americans average 2 weeks vacation a year and there is no legal minimum.
-most countries average 4 weeks of vacation a year and there is a legal minimum arond 2-4 weeks.
-americans have no maximum hours of work per week, and typically work between 40-60 hours a week.
-countries such as france have a MAXIMUM of 35 hours per week (5 less than the standard in america)

so i feel like im getting the shaft, and i want to know how much you guys work/vacation

07-27-2007, 09:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
joyboyo53 down the rabbit hole Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: the mountain called monkey Posts: 764	how much do you work / vacation so i read this article in time magazine about how much people work and vacation based on country. being american i became very jealous and upset when i noticed that we are getting RIPPED OFF. although we obviously notice benfits from all the work we do, i still think we would do better with some more freetime. just some noteworthy things i saw: -americans average 2 weeks vacation a year and there is no legal minimum. -most countries average 4 weeks of vacation a year and there is a legal minimum arond 2-4 weeks. -americans have no maximum hours of work per week, and typically work between 40-60 hours a week. -countries such as france have a MAXIMUM of 35 hours per week (5 less than the standard in america) so i feel like im getting the shaft, and i want to know how much you guys work/vacation