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In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit.

Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.

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[–] donuts@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So you can go somewhere that isn't hot and shitty or so you don't have to work while it's hot and shitty (air conditioning is still very rare in Europe).

[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

If you're an American, no, you probably can't afford to go somewhere nicer.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know where this concept of air conditioning being rare in Europe comes from.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

it comes from facts

[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Old buildings are hard to retrofit a modern central air AC system into, and Europe has a lot of old buildings. Also, from an American viewpoint, Europe is much higher in latitude that the USA, so it's like Canadian weather which is usually believed to be cooler. The USA is more of in line with middle eastern latitude

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I don't know for most of Europe, almost everywhere I've been in Northern Europe has had a decent chunk of home have Inverter Heat Pumps installed. Don't really ever see buildings retrofit a central AC system when separate heat pumps per unit do the job.

[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I traveled through Europe this summer during the heatwave. The hostels were fucking saunas lol. As a traveler I was not staying at people's houses where they might have a decent ac system

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I've never been to a hostel, but I can see that type of cheap accommodation not having any sort of cooling yeah. Especially since it honestly hasn't been much of a need for the one week above 25c a year... Too bad that's now more like 3 months