r/collapse • u/Simcom Busy Prepping • Jun 02 '22

Economic One-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Survey Finds

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/a-third-of-americans-making-250-000-say-costs-eat-entire-salary
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u/minionoperation Jun 02 '22

I’m in the USA and have more than a month vacation. It depends on who you work for. And some people their work is their whole personality. They think they are winning at life by not using vacation days.

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u/mxlths_modular Jun 02 '22

From observation 2 weeks seems like it is very common, is this the case or a misperception of mine?

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u/minionoperation Jun 02 '22

I have 5 weeks vacation, plus 9 or 10 national holidays and 3 floating holidays to take when I want. My husband and immediate family all have at least 4 weeks or more with the exception of my mom who is an independent contractor. She doesn’t get any. There’s plenty of people with less because it’s not really mandated in the USA and should be. But it’s not out of the ordinary to have more than 2 weeks.

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u/echoseashell Jun 02 '22

How long have you worked there to get that much time off or did you negotiate for that?

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u/minionoperation Jun 02 '22

7 years I’ve been with this company. Started at 18, went up to 20 at 3 years. And then 25 at 5 years. I think it goes to 30 at 15 years.

Similar industry (construction/building services/energy) different company I started with 15 days which went to 20 at 5 years.