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—daniel's avatar

The most difficult thing about requesting time off is having to explain what it is for.

Personal time is personal and it is demeaning and exposing to have to detail private matters in front of a manger who may very well use that information against you at a later date.

All the best for your surgery and recovery, Anna.

I hope your husband is given the support at work that he needs in order to be a pillar of support for you during your recovery.

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Jerry Keusch's avatar

I worked for a US company for a number of years. There were three takeaways as a European that were in stark contrast to working in Europe. The first was the lack of notice period ans redundancy payment that an employer can give an employee, that is chilling. Secondly the lack of paid holidays, that is soul destroying, and thirdly the reliance on paid healthcare from an employee. We mostly have free state healthcare supplemented by private.

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