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Keep in mind, the loudest voices on any issue in the United States are not necessarily declaring the views of the majority of citizens. Often, they are not.
Strongly agree
Freedom of Speech is another guaranteed freedom and you hear every side of a position in the USA.
And, Please! TV and movies are entertainment. They do not reflect real life in America.
So true!
Definitely true. Oftentimes it's a sign someone is used to facing opposition and to defending it.
Working for companies that don't allow you time off is not the same as being a workaholic. I'm sure people here would love more time off if it were offered.
Actually, what is called a better balance between work and the rest of one's life is a growing issue in American life and business publications are publishing lots of articles on the issue. Particularly Gen Z are demanding it.
Exactly, workaholics means you have a choice. Most americans don't have a choice. You either work or you don't pay your bills and will be facing that consequences
That was my 15 years as a truck driver but the thing is you get burned out you can just quits and take 3 months off. Call the company back and they're so desperate they take ya on in a heartbeat.
They used to call it a ‘Type A’ personality.
@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563 I have what was referred to as Type A. I finance commercial real estate in the US and 2/3's of my salary was based on the loans I closed. It always seemed like there was never a good time to be out of the office. Laptops and cell phones made it easier to join my husband and kids at our beach condo for long 4-day weekends, but I rarely use my entire month of vacation and the company allows it to accumulate to a total of 4 months.
I travel 700 miles round trip to visit my sister, 1400 miles RT to visit my brother, and 8 hrs RT to visit my son.
And Europeans say we don't travel!!!
Andre, Lisbon to Paris approx 1,000 Miles. Helena, Montana to Houston, Texas approx 1,800 miles.
Also, the thing about Americans and travel isn't only that our country is so huge and diverse, it's also that we don't get paid time off like Europeans do. When could we possibly be taking all of these vacations? What are we gonna fly from LA to Paris on a Friday night and fly back on Sunday to be at work on Monday? No. Our system just isn't set up for us to be able to go much of anywhere.
we don't need paid time off unless you earn it. mcdonald's employees don't deserve it. btw i AM a mcdonald's employee. only people who actually do good for the world deserve it and moms.
yes! When I was able to travel to Europe, I was only able to do that because I worked my ass off to have #1 choice in shifts when we did our shift swap, I did 3 14's a week. I saved up every pto and sick day. Scheduled my vacation far in advance on the time when PTO and sick time rolled over. Still didn't get all the hours covered so I had to call in sick on the day before I flew back to the State from Germany because I knew I had to do that, I made sure that my occurrences were 0. It was nearly 4 months of coordination on just of the end of my work.
@@MERollered well free handouts is socialist shit man. just get a degree or a job that better suites your vacation lifestyle you feel?
And are they defining travel as *leaving their country* ? the US is huge, we don't need to leave it to hit a subtropical beach, or a ski resort with dry powder snow, or canyons, or desert, or fall color, etc. we don't need a passport to do those things.
It all depends on the job a person is willing to work. I only work 20 hrs a week and still earn PTO that rolls over ever year if I don't use it.
Homelessness is very present here in America. My wife was homeless for a time, living in her car, and she is a medical professional. Not everyone has a great job, supportive family, and health and that determines a lot of how you end up in a hard unforgiving world. The differences in America in income levels can be striking.
I’ll tell you something about Americans and stereotypes: most of us don’t care if you want to stereotype us. We know what’s true and what’s not. You can think what you what.
And if we do get offended, we can pretend the stereotype only applies to a different region because we’re so large😂😂
@@ZachWilsonsMomsFriendwv, kentucky, and alabama on incest: spidermen pointing at each other
(i was born in west virginia btw - we're constantly messing with kentucky for its lower required degree of separation with marriage)
Bingo. Take the names off the map, and I bet I can correctly name more European countries than the Euro who calls me ignorant can correctly name states, and if we added in the flipped script, I'd extend my lead by naming many more states, while the Euro might even fall short of me in Europe.
That's a cheat, of course, I'm a military history buff, so knowing maps of Europe is a requirement to understanding each war/era, but not much of one, given I would be accused of ignorance, after all.
Being a workaholic by choice and being told "you get 7 days out of 365, and if you take another couple off you aren't getting paid" is very different.
A friend of mine works at a factory, and before Christmas for about a month he worked double shifts - 16 hours five days a week. He didn't have to, he just likes his job and he makes good money.
I'm American born and I speak 4 languages fluently: English, Spanish, French and Italian. Also, I love STEAM subjects!! I have 3 degrees!!
I think you mean STEM subjects. Science (S), technology (T), engineering (E) and math (M). What is the (A)?
17. Also I would never go to another country and disrespect their culture or beliefs. I would adapt the best I could to their cultural ideals. If I can't do that, I would stay home !ol.
I've admired and wanted to go to Asian countries for years. But I don't have the time or money. And even if I did, I'm terrified of offending them somehow no matter how much I learn and prepare beforehand.
Unless they don't have Dr Pepper. That's just wrong.
On gun culture... You are never truly free if you are in a rural environment and police won't get there for 20 or 30 minutes. It's necessary to protect yourself and your family and children in emergencies. If you can't protect yourself and it's going to take a lot of time for help to arrive, you are not actually free at all, just at the mercy of prediditary people.
You beat me to it, but I'll add that response times in cities can be appallingly slow, if there's a response at all, which isn't common, but it happens regardless. The police also have no legal duty to protect you, so how does being helpless make you safer? Finally, the fastest-growing subset of gun owners these days is single minority women. I wouldn't want to deprive them of their ability to defend themselves and their families.
That said, I can understand Europeans not comprehending why we have the 2nd Amendment, since a significant percentage of Americans doen't get it, either.
Right! I lived in the desert for 3 years and was alone most of the time. I had to deal with crackheads, drunks and random suspicious men knocking on my door all the time, coyotes, rattlesnakes, plus some guys were going around doing home invasions. You bet I learned how to use a gun!!
I agree, Shaun has good content. Now, I do have to say that not all Americans are loud, I have a very quiet voice and I'm an introvert, so I'm not loud at all. Now my sister and brother, they are loud.
I agree. My household is a quiet place and loud people stress me out. Introverts unite! Quietly though, and maybe not in person 😋
#17. Enjoyed this and I enjoy watching Shaun too. I like your videos because you're honest but you don't just bash America and Americans like some channels do. TFS.
Outlander is a series set in Scotland.
What's offensive is when foreigners come here and then freak out when they see a cop with a gun and say they were scared they were going to be shot for just standing there. Like that French girl you reacted to, that crap is offensive. Assuming the presence of a gun means you are going to be shot.
It is a manufactured phobia.
Anything different in America is an opportunity to criticize.
I stopped watching any videos with her in it. She is just so rude.
@jburnett8152 I don't think she is rude, just naive about things do to stereotypes, they can make you fear things you shouldn't, I include myself in that.
30 years ago I was a bit surprised when I saw that the Swiss and German police on the street carried automatic machine guns. I felt very safe. Why don't the rest of these Europeans know this? Don't they travel any where outside their own countries? 😘
I'm an American born in the deep south, Alabama. I have been shot in the face/head and I'm still not afraid of guns. A terrible person pulled the trigger. The gun didn't just go off by itself. I raised my kids knowing how to handle many different types of guns and started taking them to the shooting range when they were in high school.
Alabama is a deeply religious state and we get stereotyped as being ignorant to other religions and religious practices. My two best friends that I've had since middle school and high school are Jewish. I had other friends that were Hindu and Muslim. I learned a lot from both but my friend that was Muslim really taught me to be a better Christian due to how often they pray and worship. I realized that I needed to work on my faith more and especially how often I said my prayers. I truly appreciated the insight into their beliefs and the insight it gave me into my own beliefs.
Managers and Supervisors tend to work 60-80 hours per week, on average, over here in the U.S.! It's not unusual!
Saying that managers and supervisors "work" is a bit of a stretch. Sure, they clock in for 60 hours, but they do the least ammount of work out of anyone. When I worked in a resteraunt, the manager spent his entire shift drinking company liquor and doing cocaine in his office while also threatening to fire the waitresses if they didn't give him a blowjob every day. He was also a huge crybaby who claimed that he worked hard purely by virtue of having lots of hours on the clock.
My father lived till he was 90 years old one of my uncles lived to 96 and another Uncle lived to 98 so there are plenty of people in the United States that live very long
What a great day! I get to listen to a Scottish accent, and Portuguese accent all in one video! It’s like a party to my ears 😀
Regarding paid vacation time: A big difference between Europe and the USA is that we, in the USA, do not have government-mandated minimum vacation time. So, at least the last 3 employers I have had offered no paid vacation time at all, including holidays. I got time off, but I was not paid for time off. No paid sick leave, and no paid vacation time. Most medium and large companies have corporate policies that include paid vacation time, but it varies from company to company. It is very common to accrue paid sick leave and paid vacation time throughout the year. Increases to both often are a part of raises and contract renegotiations.
I worked for a corporate company, got paid time off, sick time, holiday pay, insurance and a 401k, they franchised my location and I lost all of that. Still looking for a different job.
Illinois passed a law (PLAWA) in the last year or so to require paid leave for us. This state may suck overall, but that was something I could get behind, working full-time hours in part-time position. My company only gave it to people that were full-time positions, but then only really hired part-timers and worked them as either full- or part-time to get out of benefits. PLAWA requires companies to give 5 days of PTO to part-timers for any reason. Now I can actually get and use PTO when I go visit my sister and niece this summer :)
@@yourneighborhoodxenos Can I ask why IL sucks overall? I live in FL currently and am looking to flee elsewhere, and IL is in the top 3 options for us
@@gardenofsn5955 it's gonna be somewhat personal if IL works for you or not. If you're someone that doesn't vote Democrat (I'm an independent), IL will make you feel frustrated politically. Politics here PO my dad a lot, cause Chicago rules the state. Taxes are high, gun laws getting more and more insanely strict to the point our Sheriffs don't want to enforce those laws.
When it comes to money and corruption, we usually land lower than most states, if not at the bottom of the pack. I think we have the most debt of a state, but I could be wrong, but if not, we are top 3 or 5 for sure. It has been a while since I checked in on some of these things. Also, we are the worst state for low-income folks and 3rd worse for middle class folks.
If you don't live in Chicago (or maybe Springfield or Champaign), the state doesn't really care about you or your feelings, and the infrastructure sucks lmao the cost of living isn't so bad in our smaller cities and towns, but there is little to no opportunity here. IL makes you feel trapped. 2/3 of my older sisters escaped the state as soon as they could after school. I'm still working on that, personally lol
@@gardenofsn5955 I think the only reason IL has the population it does is because people here don't wanna leave family. Home is hard to let go of. Most people I've talked to don't want to live here permanently, unless they've already been here for decades. And even those people will say they wish they could leave a lot of the time. I just cannot suggest living here unless your family is here and you are very close
In the US there are no laws requiring companies to offer vacations to adults. Many companies do offer vacation time but it can be difficult to actually take those vacation days.
You should do a video taking American based quizzes! Such as labeling all of the states on a map etc.
Not a workaholic! I got fired for taking 3 days off to care for my mom with Cancer. I would gladly take a month off if we were allowed. But they will give you a week off to grieve when your mom dies from cancer. 😠
Vacation time really depends on the industry and company. I get 6 weeks of vacation each year
Homelessness in America also included people who live among friends-sleep on couches. But they're hard to count.
That extra vacation time is coming out of your own pay, not the goodness of the hearts of your employer. They knew all along you were going to take that month off, and they accounted for it in your pay rate.
I was in a difficult situation; I was essential personnel ... so I got no vacation for over 7 years (until I retired). But i wasn't allowed to work more or less than 40 hrs. a week ... unless there was a crisis ... and that was paid. Many people won't be allowed to work more than 30 hrs. per week, so they can be denied, by law, all benefits beyond pay ;-(
most highschools (years 9~12) in the USA require students to take at least 1/2 year (usually a full year) of courses in a secondary language. i made each of my 3 daughters take Latin on top of this minimum. so my girls know :
1. oldest -- english, latin, italian, spanish, german, french
2. middle -- english, latin, spanish, a little greek
3. youngest -- english, latin, spanish, a little french, our tribal language
Why Latin???
@@gardenofsn5955 depending on the field of study and/or career choice, it is still very relevant. For example, my middle girl is an RN and my youngest is in a legal profession. Both draw heavily on Latin for terminology and function.
@@JohnLeePettimoreIII Ahh that makes total sense, good thinking
Outlander is a fantasy series, both as novels and a video series., set in the Bonnie Prince Charlie era in the 1700’s and the present.
The standard is one week of paid vacation to start, which usually increases to two weeks after a year, three weeks after three years, and four weeks after six years. Some have more or less. You can accumulate vacation days and do not have to take them. We also have paid sick days and maternity leave (4-6 weeks for both mom and dad. Don't forget paid holidays!)
seventeen! still here and watching from minnesota (usa) and have been watching for several months. keep doing what your doing and being yourself. the rest of us will keep enjoying your videos!
20:06 it's a mix. we do have higher social expectations of work duration, but companies often demand much more than those social expectations go.
I work in a factory. We work ten hours a day four days a week. Overtime is eight hours on Friday. It takes 20 years to get four weeks vacation.
Our schools in the area are also moving to a four day schedule.
My wife and I had this conversation about time off with our friends from the Netherlands. Once we counted up all the holidays we automatically get, then the number of sick and vacation days we’re allotted per year, it turned out that the total number of days we could take off was fairly comparable to our friends in Dutchland. However, the number of days off you get in America varies per employer. Plus, just because you have a certain number of days, doesn’t mean you’re forced to take them. Now I have friends in Hong Kong who work five and a half days a week, and I know the Japanese work six days a week. I would say the amount of time Americans can take on the whole is much closer to that in Europe than in Asia!
From my experience and observation, most Americans work 8 to 10 hours per day. Some go into work early, some skip lunch to work, some stay late. Working until 10pm would be for the young professionals on Wall Street like investment bankers, finance gurus or attorneys.
Working long hours seven days a week is the life of a poor person who only earns minimum wage. They work two or three jobs, often at hard labor, just to feed their families. The jobs they do are important to our society but they are not given the respect they deserve nor the rewards.
@@VirginiaPeden-Harrington-qd5zu What are you, lost in the 1900s? Poor people are as different as anyone else. Some work 2 jobs, some get welfare and some are content with their lot. If you are only earning minimum wage, you need to develop skills.
I've been to all of the lower 48 minus north of Maryland, we travel plenty though.
17. Vacation time varies greatly by type of job, seniority etc. 8 hour workdays are common - but more common for hourly workers / blue collar / manufacturing. White collar (like he was mentioning Wall Street investment bankers) usually work longer. White collar / management / professional types also tend to have far more flexibility on vacation time.
I’m a polyglot. My parents are Danish so I learned Danish, I grew up in Texas near the Mexican border so I grew up speaking English and Spanish. I also speak Portuguese, Italian, and Russian plus American Sign Language. Once you learn one it becomes much easier to learn others
I would suggest watching Lawrance Brown and his Lost in the Pond. He's a Brit, now American citizen. He's been living in the US for 12 years. He goes into so many differences from weather, lifestyle, food, distances . . (100 years vs 100 miles.) wild (dangerous) animals, etc.
He has reacted to several of his videos.😊
someone lacks critical knowledge
This was a fun, intelligent conversation which I immensely enjoyed. You are an intelligent man and I thank you for bringing your talents to UA-cam!
P.S. congrats on the new baby!
As far as vacations go, it really depends on not only what industry you work in, but also your position in the company. Managers and bosses typically get vacation time, but low wage and hourly employees dont normally get time off. Working retail or restaurants etc require you to work holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving. For restaurants specifically christmas is one of the busiest days of the year.
It is common to see 8, 10, or 12 hour work day. All it comes down too typically is how many days off you get in a work week typically.
I just want to say the most important things first: I really love channels like yours covering the United States, shedding some light on what we're really like, debunking bias/stereotypes about us, expressing your wholesome admiration for our country is a delight to watch. Some Americans, including me thought that the rest of the world didn't like us simply because we're American. I've seen so many people on the internet who are like you when it comes to America. I don't think my country is the best and has its issues to work, so criticisms of us aren't unfounded. But I'm not ashamed nor should I be for being American. And it's so nice to see people like you sharing your thoughts and learning what you can about us while sharing it with others all at once. Thank you for being so nice, open-minded and accepting, even if you don't understand. It's okay to not understand, understanding isn't required to treat others with decency. And you never disappoint with how decent, warm and friendly you seem in your wonderful videos.
Backward Americans who don't believe science do exist, but pro-science Americans including me, will either brush them off as crazy or an idiot and choose not to argue with because you simply can't argue with a crazy person. That they exist is worrying to me. The world tends to pay attention to the crazy Americans mostly. The United States isn't ruled by religious fanatics, it's ruled by capitalist elites who own multi-million-dollar large companies who are also the ones who hoard much of the United States wealth for themselves - this group makes up less than 5% (or less) of the United States total population by the way. The rest of the US's wealth is tied up in military spending. It's definitely not the average American citizen that gets any of that wealth. Most do not even own their own homes anymore.
There are Americans who love to work and work a lot, but an increasing number of Americans feel they are overworked and underpaid. But when we try to advocate for life/work balance and for our pay to go up to keep up with the cost of living, we get shamed for it by elites and people who are very well paid/wealthy from working very easy jobs, like mainstream news reporters who can't relate to most Americans because they're in a wealth bubble. Most Americans would want to live like Europeans when it comes to working but our government seems to be doing what they can to prevent that. The world seems to think Americans are ignorant but we're quick to criticize a public figure of some sort when they say or do something that is clearly out of touch, tone-deaf and so on.
I work for Verizon a telecom company, and I get 6 weeks of vacation, 7 sick days, and 2 weeks of personal time off. It all depends on your company and you can find a place that offers plenty of vacation.
It's important to remember that just because the federal government doesn't mandate vacation or holidays doesn't mean individual companies don't offer it as part of their benefits. I had a part-time job that paid 1.5x pay on holidays because it was at a hospital, and we can't not work holidays. We also accrued PTO, even as part-timers. Right now I have a job that gives us 5 days a year (which can roll-over year to year) and pays PTO on major holidays. And while it's far from every job that offers that, it isn't uncommon at all. Especially in areas where there is competition for good workers, companies will offer better benefits.
I had a friend from Siberia in Russia (introduced through a mutual friend). His first time to Texas, he came in July. He has underestimated the heat, but after a couple of days he loves it and said he would take Texas summer over a Siberian winter anytime.
He was also a bit surprised at our cities and airports - he couldn't believe that, with an airport as big as DFW, that we were not the capital. He wanted to go to Dallas just to see the big buildings. He was fascinated by our highways and mixmasters (come to think about it, I don't know if I have ever seen a Mixmaster in Europe). He also got to see San Antonio, Austin and Odessa. He saw Houston and El Paso on another trip
I like the Scottish guy! 17 I’ve been to Scotland…beautiful country.
I've served in the military in the US. We have a culture of hunting and outdoor sports. I could shoot well, but it's not something big in my family.
I think Americans are quite religious but there are many different faiths here because of the many different nationalities. Freedom of religion is guaranteed in our Constitution.
It's a generational thing. People under 30 are far less religious. And it gets less and less with every new generation. The lack of religion is just as prominent as any of the major religions in this country.
@@YerpDerp17 so can only speak for my experience but I live in a large University town and the Church I attend has a number of Masses which are completely filled each week. This is a secular University. It surprises me because when I was in college I never went to Mass and really it wasn’t until I was in my 30’s.
I want to add that this particular Church is mainly for students as there are other churches for everyone else and I ‘m going to switch Churches as I really want to be in a Church with people in my age group.
America is made up from just about all nationalities on the planet and there's 223 nationalities with 4000+ religions
It depends on what region you're in. In New England, nearly every friend I grew up with never went to church, and some families were outspokenly atheist. Northern New England is not very religious at all. Recent stats show about only 1/3 of New Englanders are religious.
My dad just made a move from the east coast of the US to close to the west coast but a few hundred miles away still. That move is about 25% farther than the distance from Berlin to Gibralter if you flew there
The British government became afraid the British population would revolt in imitation of the Russian revolt in 1917 and THAT is the reason private ownership of firearms is almost banned in the UK.
Same reason California has such strict gun laws. Have you ever seen that famous photo of the Black Panthers posing with their rifles? It was taken in California during Reagan's time as governor, and he greatly restricted gun laws in the state to disarm black people.
French here and was raised in the Catholic religion. I'm a second generation American as both sets of my grandparents come from France.
I’ll say the higher up the cooperate ladder you are the less time you have off. Usually you will have to bring your work home literally. This doesn’t apply to all Jobs but the ones that pay a lot requires a lot of work. It’s not as easy as just clocking in at 9 and leaving at 5, once you’ve become responsible for something you have to take full ownership of it, so you almost always have to be available for it. These types of jobs also don’t pay hourly they are mainly salary types of jobs, but you do get bonuses, stocks and raises based on your performance and impact.
HE ACTUALLY PRONOUNCED EUROPE AS WE DO!
17! I usually do try to watch until the end if I can. I like his videos. I think he has a good way of looking at things, he is very fair, and he makes some very good points.
In my small church in South Dakota, at least 5 languages are spoken. English, Greek, Romanian, Spanish, Russian. There are others but I can't remember them at the moment!
I worked in advertising. We had a saying that if you didn’t go into work on Saturday then don’t BOTHER to come in on Sunday. Meaning six days a week is frequent and seven days a week happens often.
"17": I think that people who say americans are ignorant of the rest of the world are really just jealous they are not americans. I, for one, always look at the world news and am subscribed to many youtubers from other countries. I love learning about other cultures. I do fall short on knowing other languages, though. I admire you, Andre, for speaking your second language so beautifully.
Most of the people who say Americans are ignorant of the world are, themselves, quite ignorant of any part of the world outside the EU. They just think they know more about the world because the regiom they live in is divided into small countries. I have genuinely had Europeans try to tell me that Sweden and Denmark have totally different cultures, but that New York and Texas have the same culture because they are technically within the same national borders.
This is why a lot of people don’t take their vacation days right away. Some places let us add them up and then we can take a while off for an actual vacation. Also 17
I have always worked for companies that start off with 3-4 weeks of vacation. So I think that misconception applies to certain jobs and industries.
Going from Montana to Texas is way farther than goin from Portugal to France, Andres!
As a Finn, I used to have 6 week vacations on the US every summer. But that came with a high price, I worked 100 hour weeks for over 10 years and was taxed to death.
Great react, keep them coming.
Most people who work in banks and financial companies are NOT ordinary workers. They are on salary, and get get bonuses for productivity. That is their incentive to work extra hours. Ordinary workers only work 5 eight hour days. If you work more than 40 hours in any week, the law requires that extra hours be paid at 1 1/2 times normal pay [Overtime Pay].
Born and bred American here.
I'm flat broke. I don't take vacations because I don't get vacations. Companies in America don't have to offer any benefits. The exclusions are in the states that make it mandatory for employers provide paid sick days.
I know enough German to have basic conversations and I'm learning American Sign Language. I can communicate with deaf people pretty well. I can read French, but can only speak a few words. I understand very basic Spanish.
I've been to 26 States and up North to Canada several times.
I'm the outlier as far as political views compared to my family. I'm the only atheist in a family of Christians. I still get along with most of them. At my husband's request, I agreed to get married by a preacher in a church. I simply drew the line at a full mass.
We're all different, and that's pretty cool. ❤
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America is very rich, but 1% of its population owns 50% of its wealth. So, the other 99% of Americans get to split the rest. While its upper and middle classes are well off compared to the rest if the world, the remainder in America's working classes are not "rich".
Ignorance is an equal opportunity shortcoming world wide, the USA just happens to have 340,000,000 people to recruit them from.
NOW LOOK HERE: I don't believe in man-caused global warming (BTW my neck of the woods is having a relatively mild summer) but when people question global warming that is not ignorance- that is a healthy debate and a free society at work. And great video Andre!
Absolutely a matter of pay for workaholics. Most get paid too little to afford extra time off, and are only given one week by their company.
17 Our local schools have language options that include Spanish, German, French, and Mandrin. Spanish is from all over in the US, we have Mexicans yes, we also have people from Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and several South American countries.
As far as traveling, I spent the first half of my life in Wisconsin, while there I traveled to Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. Then I moved to Arkansas traveling through Illinois, Missouri, and part of Tennessee. Since being here I have been to California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida. Every state I have at least spent one night in not just driven through. I think I'm pretty well traveled even though I've never been out of the country. My husband has been to Europe but seen very little of our country, that's the trade off. Most of my trips were taken between jobs.
Free healthcare is another trade off, you pay more taxes.... and how hard would it be to get an appointment to see a doctor today or even this week? I can. On the other hand you won't go into debt trying to get taken care of. So again there are good and bad points to each.
Vacation and sick time depends where you work, as part of the aerospace industry my husband started with one week and worked up to three vacation/sick time after 20 years. Being in retail only one place I worked offered vacation/sick time and only to full time employees. It was earned vacation/sick time so you had to work a whole year to get two weeks, basically each month of work gained one point something days. And yes sick time and vacation time are usually together so if you get sick forget vacation. Retail, Food related jobs, and other "low skill" jobs rarely get any and you can get fired for being sick, most go to work sick if they can. With a lot of jobs staying late isn't a choice it's a requirement.
As for vacation, I earn ~6 weeks of paid time off I'm free to use a year at my current job, plus we get 18 days through the year that we get off for various holidays.
I walked from France to Portual. Lol. Its no where close to Texas - Montana.
From Porto - Paris is about the same distance as the the entire width of Texas. Lol
Being from New England. We tend to visit the most states because we cab usually drive to 5 or 6 states withing 3 hours. Plus Canada.
We are truly workaholics! I work 55 - 60 hours a week I have over 200 PTO days that I haven't used up and it's almost time to receive more time that will probably just stack up.
#17 André, excellent video. I agree with Europeans about "American ignorance".
Being from the southwest U.S., I would say at least 50% of people here need to know English and Spanish. Spanish / Latino culture has a HUGE influence here in the southwestern U.S. And we embrace it with open arms. You will see Spanish names everywhere - street names, businesses, mountains, rivers, deserts etc. We all hear Spanish every single day and it’s completely normal us. Even most Caucasian people are fluent in Spanish, and can talk in a way that sounds very respectful of our culture and pronunciation. Not to mention the RICH Native American history & influence literally everywhere you look. I love that about the desert southwest, it feels so culturally diverse and lively compared to some parts of the country.
I refuse to leave you the number 17.
17! America is huge. People can travel a lot to areas with different flora, fauna, climate, and culture and never leave the country. I’ve been to Europe, Canada, and am typing this right now from New Zealand (visiting my daughter who lives here). Lots of places in the States I still want to see though.
I can speak Spanish, Latin and English. I’m an American with Irish ancestry. Required 2 years minimum in my high school. I took 2 years of Spanish and 2 years of Latin. Also took Spanish in my university.
Its not all American companies that overwork their employees, but its a good chunk. They do get vacation days, but its very few in comparison to other countries.
In regards to workaholics, not everyone is that way. There is definitely a lot of people that watch the clock and in an urgency to leave on time. There’s also a lot of people that want to work harder to make money and will work long hours. Just depends on what the goals are.
17, very Interesting. I am an American and I love the country and my fellow citizens, that said; of course we have issues too: we're human.
It is true that Americans in a restaurant will generally be louder than an equivalent group of northern Europeans in a restaurant.
André, my maternal grandmother lived to 98, my paternal grandmother lived to 103 ½, my mother is currently 90, and my father is currently 95. My parents are both still living independently in their own home, and both still drive and are active and social. My 95 yr old father still plays golf and goes fishing with his friends!!! I don't remember them ever necessarily eating "healthy". Mom is from the south and fries everything!!
My paternal grandmother grew her own garden and loved turnips, beets, onions, and okra!!! 😆 🤣 😂
Much the same in my family. We are from the south, so you can guess our diet. One grandpa lived to upper nineties( not sure the exact age), one to 94. My mom lived to 93. My Dad died at nearly 80 from cancer, but he was a heavy drinker in his youth. Multiple aunts and uncles lived to over 90.
Yes, my family was *FAT* long before there was a national obesity trend, and they all lived into their nineties. I am the same, and my blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol are extremely low. It's genetics sometimes. Not everyone has the choice to be thin. Even my grandparents in 1915.
I get your sarcasm, no worries. I would LOVE to have easy access to Iberian pig bits - guanciale, sausage, all those smoked/salt/aged pork.
Because there's no federally mandated minimum number of vacation days in the U.S., vacation days vary widely, with people in low paying jobs generally having the fewest days off. To provide an idea about what it's like for some of us, in my last few jobs (in nonprofit organizations) I received 22 vacation days per year, plus about 12 holidays. Unfortunately, not everyone in the U.S. is as fortunate as I've been. I wish they were.
I had a job in the US where I had four weeks of vacation, eight floating holidays, and 10 paid federal holidays... but I only ever took half my vacation because I felt so much pressure to get projects done and never felt I could take that much time off. :(
@@amyb1078 Fortunately in Europe taking that time off is not a problem as everyone is expected to have holidays.
17 is one of my favorite Prime Numbers.
Yes, we do not have a national minimum vacation day allotment for employees. That is something that is determined by the employer or by an agreement between the employer and union for union workers. Often the longer you are with one employer the more you get. I get 6 hours every 2 weeks, but I have been with the same company for 13 years. New hires get 2 hours every 2 weeks after the 6 month probation period. 6 years ago I was getting 12 hours of PTO every 2 weeks, since I am not a union worker my company was much freer to cut time off for regular workers but keep the old PTO for the office people. Lack of paid time off could explain some of why people in the US don’t travel as much outside of the country.
More than 8 hours a day happens to many American workers, but the job comes first and usually you get extra pay for overtime. My record is 97 hours in one week.
I work around 55 hours a week Monday through Friday with 3 weeks paid vacation and around 3 weeks of paid sick. Everything over 40hrs is time and a half.
When I lived in Hawaii, at the time there were no open carry gun laws or concealed weapons laws and even now they rarely approve a permit. When I moved to Washington State, I haven't seen a gun in a person for years until one day in my grocery store someone came in with one and I thought that was so weird and scary, but now it's just a normal thing. If I see it then I see it, it's still pretty rare. That's what sets the US apart from any other country, you have that choice to have it or not to have it or to live in a state where it's easy to get or in a state where you can't. Every decision is YOUR choice.
In my current job I get 13 vacation days per year plus 13 paid holidays (such as Christmas) per year. If I work a holiday I get overtime. I also get 13 sick leave days per year. I can use or not use all of the days and the ones I don't use accumulate. There is a limit on how many vacation days I can save up (45) but no limit on how many sick leave days I can save up. The number of days I get per year increases with longevity. I get paid for the unused days when I resign or retire.
I am an American and I cannot remember the last time that I saw a gun, other than one worn by a police officer. I am sure there are places were guns are frequently visible, but I never see them where I live. I realize some people probably have them in a concealed position.
My son lives in South Carolina. Lots of guns. At church lots of people open carried. It depends where you are. Legal guns and open carry does not mean more gun violence. In fact it often means less
@@CrankyGrandma The places with the most gun violence have the loosest gun laws. This is just a fact. There's a reason that the few cities with Republican mayors have higher rates of murder than ones woth Democratic mayors.
5:51 there's a few areas in the us you can't fully get by without knowing spanish. most notably, miami is majority spanish-speaking after a massive amount of hispanic immigration over the last decade or so.
I work 11 to 14 hrs a day 6 days a week
As far as the work culture goes here in the United States I think there are many factors to consider. first of all our healthcare is directly tied to our employment. These jobs may pay some or all of your insurance premiums which can be 10,000 dollars or more a year and they may offer better insurance with very low deductibles so often times people feel obligated to work in order to keep these benefits because losing them could cause an undue hardship on your family.
2nd thing to consider is that the amount of vacation time you get is usually dependent on how long you have worked for said company. Usually it's 1 week for the first year, 2 weeks until you hit year 5 then you may get 3 weeks or more. The issue is that there's no reason to be loyal to a job anymore. They will find ways to not pay you what you're worth, not give you raises or make your life difficult. Much like issue 1, It is usually BETTER to leave a job after a couple years in order to find one with better benefits since so much of what we earn is tied into that.
3rd has to do with managers and company owners. I myself am sitting on over a month of paid time off because the owner of the company I work for refuses to hire more people. Every vacation request I submit is denied even if it's more than a month in advance. Sometimes we are just unable to take that time off even if we want to.
There is so much more to this that I could get into but doing so would have to get into so many other nuanced aspects of life in the USA and no body really wants to read that. take care man!
The vacation situation depends on the type of job you have and whether or not your employer offers it. Most low paying jobs do not offer paid vacation or time off. My job does not offer it, so if I take off I don't get paid for my time off. It just depends on the job/company. Most jobs offer 1 week (5 days) vacation per year. Some larger corporations offer 2 - 4 weeks depending on tenure with that company. Your time off is extended in relation to how long you've been with that company and your position within said company. This is usually only offered to the upper echelon of the company. Every company offers its own benefit package. I would say in my experience if there is a standard, 1 week would be the standard.
Only reason I sometimes work until 10pm has to do with the fact that I don’t work for an American company so it’s all about time zones and my company allows me to go on business trips all the time and we don’t really do much work on those trips other than show up lol
There are a lot of jobs in the US that have no paid vacation time at all. In those jobs that have vacation time, most people take the days for medical appointments and their children's sporting events. There are also people like me that have the hours but rarely take extra days off. For me they keep building up till I find myself taking two or three weeks off late in the year because I'm over the limit for what can be carried over to the next year. If they'd let me sell the vacation time back I would sell it, but the only option they offered me for doing so required me to agree to the sale a year before it occurs.
I've never had a vacation, working 40 plus years. I would like one though 😂
American here. Born and live in Alabama.
I speak two languages. Obviously English, but I'll bet you can't guess the other.
That's right! High Valyrian.
Thank you Sean.