• LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I live in the midwestern United States, and it’s really sad. I know people who take pride in never using their vacation days.

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      1 year ago

      Very interesting. I was in the military, which was pretty much a smorgasbord of the US and not once did I ever hear of anyone burning their time off. Every boss I worked for begged us to take all of our time off.

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        1 year ago

        Midwest here and even in places where using leave is encouraged there are always a few who are proud about never taking sick time when they are sick and always acting like taking a vacation is a necessary evil. A lot of people have bought into the idea that people live to work, not work to live.

        It is not as bad as it was a decade ago though.

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          Definitely could be a generational thing. As you can imagine the median age of the military is pretty low so everyone I worked with was pretty much 18-35.