US should add an extra week of vacation.
"Gov. Pritzker Signs Historic Legislation Guaranteeing 40 Hours of Paid Leave
Governor JB Pritzker today signed SB208 into law, making Illinois the third state in the nation, and the first in the Midwest, to mandate paid time off to be used for any reason. The historic legislation provides employees with up to 40 hours of paid leave during a 12-month period, meaning approximately 1.5 million workers will begin earning paid time off starting in 2024."
Your attitude really isn’t something to be proud of.
1/ How do Asian countries with their standard 50-65 hour weeks manage burnout?
Before you reach for external statistics like birth rate, suicide rate, etc. I am saying workers have the choice of converting their time to cash instead of the current system where workers do not get to choose how many hours they work.
Taiwan - 50-60 hours is common [0] S. Korea - current limit of 52 hours [1] and with some jobs averaging 46hr/wk [2].. China - 996 (9a-9p; 6 days per week)[3] Japan - 1/4 work 80 hours of overtime per mo [4]
2/ There are many people approaching retirement age with months of PTO saved up. They will use this PTO to retire months early (keeping them on employer health insurance longer).
How do retirees fit into the paradigm of you _need_ to take at least X weeks of vacation, or you will be burned out?
[0] - https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=897 [1] - https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/18/asia/south-korea-longer-work-... [2] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/689757/south-korea-avera... [3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system [4] - https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/japan-has-some-of-the-longes...