• aquinteros@lemmy.world
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    it’s not just europe, I live in Latin America we have 3+ weeks of payed time off, the us job market is the weirdo

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      That’s why they are the best country in the world and us lazy people are third world shitholes /s

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      I’ve always found the term Paid Time Off as a degenerative term. Like they are doing you some kind of favour.

      It’s a holiday, please kill that PTO term.

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        The pto thing is because most office/tech jobs let you take unpaid time off too. Just means you won’t make your full salary for the year based on the number of unpaid days you take.

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          The fact that’s also a thing blows my mind.

          We don’t have that option here. Between the holidays and things like special leave, I’ve never been not paid for taking time off.

          You can take a years unpaid career break which is kinda cool as your job is guaranteed when you return.

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            Yeah it’s pretty shit. Since some places they only offer 1 or 2 weeks vacation a year if you want a longer one you end up needing to take the unpaid time off.