16. All of Europe and South America.
Should someone like Elon Musk get flack for tweeting “There are way easier places to work, but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week“? If he’s not paying his employees enough, yes. But I take his point. Mostly, because I am a product of the American educational system and workforce. I beat myself up if I take even a few days off, and I do comedy. I write jokes in meme-form and hate myself if I did fewer than last week. What if I do a bad job, and some other comic horns in on my business? What if I disappoint my parents? LOL. Just kidding. I already did.
Author Adam Grant follows the changing nature of work and how being a generous boss or employee can actually being beneficial rather than treating everything like a zero-sum game. It’s not about working the hardest and longest on the loneliest road, but succeeding by helping others succeed. He wrote a book called Give And Take that outlines this approach. Rather than become a doormat for your boss and burn out forever, negotiate. If you’re a boss, give and you shall receive. Healthy, happier workers who get more vacations will be less stressed and a bigger value to your company.
17. The British make an evening of it.
18. Meanwhile, in Japan.
19. Europe, guilt-free!
20. France is correct.
21. London, England is where I’ll live after a year or two in France.
22. Czech Republic wants none of your B.S.
23. Spotify might deal with American workers but the Swedes want nothing to do with their schedules.
In conclusion, be good to yourselves, be good to your employees, and you can all succeed together. Also, give women paid maternity leave.