Say what you will about how the United States is superior to Denmark, Finland, Austria, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, England, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Colombia, but those countries have us beat when it comes to how much vacation time they give employees. Even the stingiest of these countries – New Zealand and Colombia – give employees 50 percent more time off in their first year of employment than the good ol’ USA. Of course, many people will say, “That’s why we are the most productive nation on Earth, you lazy Communist slacker,” to which I would say, “That’s why we lead the world in gun violence.”
I think it’s a national disgrace that Americans – inventors of the theme park, the station wagon and the reptile farm – take less vacation than all those other countries. We have come to equate “vacation” with “sloth” instead of seeing vacations for what they really are: a gift to our co-workers.
Source: Business Finance Magazine
Subjects: International, Organizational Behavior
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