Better than not, I guess. But it would better still to have more vacation days (if you're American, then most of the world probably has twice as many as you do)

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infecto 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I always dislike the European vs American commentary. There are tradeoffs and we could easily go back and forth on those.

	▲	nicoburns an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There are approximately ~250 weekdays in a year (so excluding weekends). 250/30 = ~8.3% of the days. So if you had 30 days PTO a year, that's be an 8.3% difference vs. having 0 days PTO. I find it hard to believe that an 8.3% difference in working days would make a huge difference to overall productivity.
	▲	Noaidi 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Trade-offs? Like better quality of life? I was amazed 30 years ago when I went to Italy and all these Germans were lounging around for a month on Sardinia imagine getting a month vacation every year and spending that quality time with your family instead of being stuck behind a computer why your family is often enjoying itself? Starlink is only extending work time when it should be vacation time
	▲	apublicfrog 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You're lucky that commentary isn't here then, as "most of the world" isn't just Europe. But broadly speaking, life is better in most first world countries that aren't the US.

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vel0city 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I do agree when comparing developed wealthy nations the US ranks poorly on average vacation days per worker.

But on a global standard across all peoples, even those in the informal economies? US probably works out better.

Not that being a bit better off than subsistence farmers in extreme poverty is a high standard to cross, it's still a pretty low bar. I'd still recommend scoping your claims accurately.

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frantathefranta 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The demographic of Americans who use a Starlink to work from the wilderness probably has more vacation days than the mean European.

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losvedir 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Joke's on you, I have "unlimited" vacation days...

	▲	m348e912 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The next time a company tells me I have unlimited vacation, I will ask them the minimum number of days I need to take off a year. If they can't answer, then their "unlimited vacation" is just an accounting trick to take the financial liability of PTO off their books.

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throwaway-blaze 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That explains European economic growth vs the US over the last decade.

	▲	bryanlarsen 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It explains the growth in the Quality of Life surveys of Europe vs the US over the last decade.
	▲	mmooss 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Who is living better, typically?
	▲	smu3l 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Agree, they've got their priorities straight over in Europe.