You have probably already started imagining it – the towel spread across warm sand, the icy drink sweating in your hand, the blissful nothingness of a week away from your inbox. It is practically a rite of passage once the temperatures climb. But if you have been quietly shelving those plans, telling yourself you will...
    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
      2·
      23 hours ago

      Yeah, paid time off.

      Forbes:

      Twenty-eight million Americans don’t get any paid vacation or paid holidays

      The average American worker gets 11 days of paid vacation per year

      On average, U.S. workers get eight days of sick leave per year

      The average employee in the U.S. receives an average of 7.6 paid holidays

      That’s barely enough days to consider traveling.

      • curiousaur@reddthat.com
        3·
        19 hours ago

        Yikes, I’m american and just took my 4th week of vacation this year. I also get a few weeks around the holidays.