Let's work less and redistribute everything... what a great idea 

 LOL Like Americans don't redistribute everything. You're in the same range as Switzerland and Norway.
We're just smart enough to vote ourselves free time, rather than McMansions.

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 Good luck with democracy and free time 

 europe might have got us on this one 

 Australia now like Europe too... we have a new "right to disconnect" from work law. 

 Medical residents: “Wut’s a holiday…or a weekend??” 

 We love you for it 🫡🫂 

 I'm on vacation in Europe and everyone here feels more on vacation than me 

 There are many holidays indeed, but only a few of them count as off days, more or less the same yearly number as in the US. And you don’t get paid for those off days. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. 

 Work hard play hard 

 Definitely had my laptop on my bed while waiting for an urgent appendectomy. I remember my mom taking a picture. Life and time 🤗 

 Well our government likes to print money so we're all forced to work like dogs just to barely scrape by 

 Then again, if while on vacation, you post something they don’t like - they might do more than just report you to the authorities. 

 #TrueStory 👍 👏 

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 I’ve been in the US now for 18 months, and this need to respond to every email, text and phone call at all hours of the day (weekends included) is insane. I must be such a disappointment to my new countrymen 😂 

 That's because we do their work for them. 

 so true! 🤣 

 Work time is work time, and free time is free time - why else would it be called that? :D Life hack: Turn off your work phone and don't give your private number to your boss. lol 

 Real out of office email from Europe:

Hello,
Thanks for your email. I am currently out of the office, living my best life while you are stuck sending emails. I will be back eventually on 09.09.2024. Meanwhile I will be enjoying my freedom from the daily grind. If your matter is truly urgent (and I mean it better be earth-shattering), you can contact <insert email here>. Otherwise, your email will sit in my inbox until I decide to grace it with my attention.

Best of luck, 

 It’s called Work-Life balance or caring for your mental health.

Experienced a similar attitude to being ‘always on in UK‘. What a miserable life. Work lingers always in the back of one’s mind.
Being ‘responsible for IT’ (whatever that means) I started making  my colleagues aware of their phone settings - in company training sessions :) 
It doesn’t need many to start a trend.

In Germany there are a number of big companies with ’laws’ (fought for by unions) stating you mustn’t answer/send emails outside office hours. (e.g. VW)
I believe those companies haven’t gone under yet ;)