Are American Vacation Policies Outdated?

GiorgioG asks: "Am I the only one who sees US vacation policies as outdated compared to Europe? If I have 3-4 weeks of vacation time, why is it that most companies won't allow you to take more than 1 or 2 consecutive weeks of time off - especially if you aren't performing a 'mission-critical' function. I find it quite frustrating, considering I only want to take 1 long vacation a year (to visit family in Europe.)" This depends, of course, on the types of vacation policies found in Europe and those types found here in the US. So what do both sides of the fence have to say about what they have seen on the other side when it comes to vacation time?

Comments

Interesting Article Title.

[Picass0]

I don't know. Are they are?

cliff does it again

[tps12]

This depends, of course, on the types of vacation policies found in Europe and those types found here in the US.

Yes, thank you, that dependency was not clear to anyone.

Re:US vs Socialism

[tps12]

Hey hey. I'm one of the few slashdot readers to post w/a real, unobfuscated email address, no reason to hold it against me. :) Really, I recently graduated, and get the lifetime email address for "free" (I know, I know).

On a related note, I will recommend that people not obfuscate their email addresses. I have received very little spam since having this account (nigh on 4 years), and have seen no correlation between posting on slashdot and spam. I get maybe 5 spams a day, at most, with no filtering whatsoever, and half of them are from websites I've given my email address to. Click on my user info to see how many times I've posted... By obfuscating your email address, you prevent practically zero harvest-scripts from getting your address, and you prevent who-knows-how-many legitimate users from easily emailing you. Never mind that it is weak to give in to the opponent by inconveniencing every single legitimate emailer because you are afraid of setting up a good enough filter. You people...disgust me.

</rant>