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Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by omegaham »

WildUtah wrote: post #35
sdrothrock wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder. Japan also has 16 national holidays in comparison with (for example) the US's 11.

The importance of that really depends on who observes holidays. There is no legal incentive for US employers to observe any. I don't know where your eleven come from, but that sounds like the Federal Government's number for its employees. Private employers typically observe 4-8, including Christmas.

Can confirm, get seven holidays.

On the bright side, I'm a shift worker, so I get to take holidays whenever I want, no questions asked. It's bundled in with my PTO, except it doesn't roll over if I don't use it. As a result, your first seven days of PTO are "holidays."

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by CognitiveLens »

It's so strange when otherwise-rigorous research/reporting makes generalizations about "Asians", which is an incredibly diverse continent that is not defined by Japan, China, and South Korea.

It's okay to be more specific - the data and conclusions would still be interesting even if they weren't trying to claim some magical cultural link among Saudi Arabia, Russia, Mongola, Singaport, Bangladesh, etc...

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by ljf »

droidist2 wrote: post #38
brianwawok wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not sure the days off to hours per week ratio for a sane life.. I.e. I hear 12 days off and I shrug. I hear 18 hour workdays and never seeing your family and my jaw drops. I think if I worked 20h weeks, 0 days off would be okay. You never get THAT burned out over a week that the weekend can't cure you. But if I worked 80 hour weeks, I would need 30 days off per year to stay long term sane.

I'd rather have shorter weeks and zero days off, but that just might be my personality. I hate the idea that once in a while I'll get a vacation that I'll enjoy half of and spend the last half dreading going back.

Sounds like you need a new job? I can honestly say that I'm usually excited and energised after a holiday and ready to get back to work. Sure there is part of me that would like to stay on a beach or with my family for ever, but equally there is a large part of me that enjoys solving the problems I solve at work and the people I work with.

I definitely felt that dread in the past though, but don't think that is how it has to be. There are great roles out there!

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by andrewbalitsky »

csantini wrote: post #10

Not working at all is the inevitable (awesome) future of humanity.

I would dispute the awesomeness of no work at all. We're not well equipped for total leisure. To paraphrase Tal Ben-Shahar, "we're built for the climb, not the summit" ( check the book "Flow" or google "Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi" for a scientific explanation as to exactly why )

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by prodmerc »

thesumofall wrote: post #59
cft wrote: post #27

I know that correlation does not imply causation, but EU GDP growth is the lowest in the world [1], while Asian is the highest. 1. https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/economic-dat...

And still Germany and France are the most productive countries in the world: http://blog.pgi.com/2014/07/winding-work-week-infographic/

It's probably other countries that bring overall EU GDP down?

Germany needs to export more Germans :-D

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by prodmerc »

guard-of-terra wrote: post #57
SixSigma wrote: post #52

Good on you Turkish, Chechens and Georgians. Uncle Joe Stalin would be proud of his fellow Asian descendants.

Not sure what you wanted to convey, but Chechens live north of Caucasus mountains, which probably makes them Europeans. Now that's a scary idea.

They're about as European as the Albanians lol

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

cft wrote: post #27

I know that correlation does not imply causation, but EU GDP growth is the lowest in the world [1], while Asian is the highest. 1. https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/economic-dat...

Europe's economies are mature whereas many in Asia are still developing.

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by dba7dba »

CognitiveLens wrote: post #62

It's so strange when otherwise-rigorous research/reporting makes generalizations about "Asians", which is an incredibly diverse continent that is not defined by Japan, China, and South Korea. It's okay to be more specific - the data and conclusions would still be interesting even if they weren't trying to claim some magical cultural link among Saudi Arabia, Russia, Mongola, Singaport, Bangladesh, etc...

I agree that 'Asia' includes very very different cultures. Asia really should really be divided into smaller chunks.

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by eCa »

andrewbalitsky wrote: post #64
csantini wrote: post #10

Not working at all is the inevitable (awesome) future of humanity.

I would dispute the awesomeness of no work at all. We're not well equipped for total leisure. To paraphrase Tal Ben-Shahar, "we're built for the climb, not the summit" ( check the book "Flow" or google "Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi" for a scientific explanation as to exactly why )

But climbs you don't get payed for can be just as (or more) rewarding/challenging.

Re: Study Finds That Asians Take Fewest Vacation Days, Europeans Take Most

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Post by fla »

dba7dba wrote: post #68
CognitiveLens wrote: post #62

It's so strange when otherwise-rigorous research/reporting makes generalizations about "Asians", which is an incredibly diverse continent that is not defined by Japan, China, and South Korea. It's okay to be more specific - the data and conclusions would still be interesting even if they weren't trying to claim some magical cultural link among Saudi Arabia, Russia, Mongola, Singaport, Bangladesh, etc...

I agree that 'Asia' includes very very different cultures. Asia really should really be divided into smaller chunks.

As do Europe. Many different culutres and politics.

France pretend to cap work at 35h/week, next to it is Switzerland where we have 20 days of vacation and 42h/week.

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