Downsizing Literature LO4342

HankHeath@aol.com
Tue, 19 Dec 1995 20:44:29 -0500

Replying to LO4217 --

Re: learning-org-digest V1 #378

It has been written in Downsizing Literature LO4217:

[Host's Note: The reference below is to a conversation between an
American, Joy, who just told her friend in Europe that she had only two
weeks vacation...]

> "TWO WEEKS!!?? You're kidding! Oh Joy, you should tell those people
you work for to stick it!"

I had a discussion similar to this recently. I took a week off last year
for some family time and no vacation time since then. An acquaintance
heard of this, and told me I should get rid of my boss for not giving me
enough time off. I was rather sheepish when I told the acquaintance that I
was the boss who wouldn't give me time off.

We know how set upon the employees of the world are for only having one,
two or eight weeks off for vacation. How about the guys who pay for these
vacations? Do they get better "benefits" in Germany and the rest of Europe
than we give ourselves in the U.S.?

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