• ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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    10 months ago

    You know it's just a bit of an internet joke that we take the whole of August off, right? Just because we've got enough vacation days to do that if we wanted doesn't mean that anyone actually uses them all up in one go at the most expensive time of the year for hotels, flights etc.

    • XTornado@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      I mean... It's not that weird some factories close during august nearly completely and everyone gets the holidays during that month for example.

    • commiewithoutorgans [he/him, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      my experience is the opposite. I take the shortest vacations of the people I know who usually take 4 weeks off and then just do unpaid later if they need more time. Definitely could be a difference of PMC vs the prolest of proles. I spread it out but i get looked at weird