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		syndicatedjelly 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sitters and Standers What an awful comparison > As I understand in US, if you take vacation longer than week, you're in the fear you will be fired. Is it true? No this is complete nonsense for 95%+ of jobs

CRConrad 10 months ago [–]

Another way of looking at it is that it is indeed quite true. Only, with "at-will employment", you get to live in that same fear whether or not you take any vacation.

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