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

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nicoburns 3 hours 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.

	▲	infecto 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I know yall pride yourself on this point but it’s simply tradeoffs. I have no bone to pick like you do in this argument but you have to admit part of the innovation success in markets like the US is that companies can make riskier bets because they know they won’t be saddled with large redundancy loads of it fails. Again it’s just tradeoffs mixed with cultural differences. It’s ok.

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Noaidi 3 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

	▲	infecto a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Yes trade offs. Labor market is generally better for employees in markets like Europe. You pay for it with less innovation and risk bets by companies. Employees benefit by more safety nets, some of the trade off is less optionally in companies and jobs available. It is just tradeoffs. It’s ok to have those.

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apublicfrog 4 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.