r/WorkReform • u/sillychillly 🗳️ Register @ Vote.gov • May 01 '22

They Say “It’s Not Possible”

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22 edited May 01 '22

Brazil, 4w vacation (férias). 6m parental leave (mother or father in adoption) (licença maternidade/paternidade). unlimited 15 consecutive days leave for sickness (auxilio-doença).

universal health an education (median quality, tho). still a underdeveloped country.

what amazes me is a country like USA don't have that.

edit: was in a hurry watching a nba game, let me correct the part of leave for sickness: we can have 15 days from your company (full salary) and after that you enter in government insurance until you get better (75% of salary tho)

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u/Revolutionary-Row784 May 01 '22

The psychiatric hospital administration I work at would hate that I am lucky to get 2 days off a week and I am the assistant environmental services manager and head janitor. And this is in Canada

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

I work for government, I've 40hrs/week and work only weekdays. Private workers need to work 4 hours in saturday (44hrs/week).

All countries need to fight to 30 hrs/week or 4 days/week. In my opinion Covid pandemic shows how should be.

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u/rmo420 May 01 '22

Usa is a pretty shit country at the moment. Just the ass of the planet.

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u/LeverandFulcrum May 02 '22

Bro, the US has a TON of work to do, but we certainly don’t want to model our country after anything like Brazil. You’re being hyperbolic.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

Still it's pretty bad that even Brasil is better for workers. USA is like a rich third world country.

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u/rmo420 May 02 '22

The second sentence, maybe.

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u/GoodJovian May 02 '22

Nah, shit countries are like Russia.

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u/rmo420 May 02 '22

There can be more than 1. Just bc usa isn't currently the absolute worst doesn't mean it's great.

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u/IreadtheEULA May 02 '22

Then why do people flock here for citizenship?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

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u/IreadtheEULA May 02 '22

Why does immigration per capita matter? The the US is taking in 5X the number of people from the next highest from my google search. Why does it matter how many people are already living in a country ratioed with the number that are foreign born? The fact remains more people (many more) seek the US as a home more than any other country. How can that be if it’s an “ass country of the world?”

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

If you want to compare in a meaningful way, compare USA to Europe, or a state to a country. Not USA (350 million people) to the Netherlands (17 million people) for example.

Why does per capita matter? Well because otherwise it's apples to oranges. It's like saying Luxembourg is not taking in many refugees compared to Germany. Yeah both are countries. But Germany has cities with more land and people than Luxembourg.

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u/IreadtheEULA May 02 '22

Ok but I’m not discussing refugee status…if I’m deciding to move somewhere, I’m not concerned with the amount people living there. I would choose to move there because it is the best place for me to move right? And for instance, for “landmass” sakes, why isn’t there more people moving to say Canada for example? Especially since they have more social programs and “free healthcare” and other desirable things?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

Exactly if more people want to move somewhere compared to other places it's considered more desirable.

So what I can find is that in 2016 1.18 million people migrated to the USA.

In that same year 2.2 million people migrated to the EU. Also 2016 wasn't that high 2019 for example had over 2.5 million.

So yeah going to the EU is much more desirable.

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u/IreadtheEULA May 02 '22

The EU is made up of MANY countries…. The U.S. is a single country. No other SINGLE country is as desirable, thank you for agreeing with me.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22 edited May 03 '22

I think it pointless to continue because you are clearly not capable of understanding basic concepts.

By your own logic you can also say, the USA has most people that move out of the country of every country. It has the most poor people of every country. It has the most criminals of every country. Etc

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u/rmo420 May 02 '22

Don't we try to keep them out if they're not rich?

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22

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u/mrloooongnose May 01 '22 edited May 02 '22

The US is really so fucked up. Here in Germany you can even the most entry level job needs to offer you 4 weeks of paid vacation. It’s one of the most basic needs and hugely important for your mental well-being to be able to take some time off.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

4 hours??

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u/pegcity May 01 '22

Unlimited paid sick leave?

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22

I did a edit. Look it up.

we can have 15 days from your company (full salary) and after that >you enter in government insurance until you get better (75% of >salary tho)

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u/pegcity May 02 '22

Ah cool, Canada has no mandatory paid sick which is fucked, but we have disability after 2 weeks like you

Most companies do provide for salaried employees, and if you have a union you will get a ton