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20 Things Americans Do That Confuse the Rest of the World

18) Work All the Time

According to a 2013 report by the Center for Economic Policy and Research, almost 1 in 4 American workers don’t have any guaranteed paid leave, and those that do only get an average of 21 days. “The U.S. is the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation,” the authors wrote. Compare that to some European countries, like Spain and Germany, where employers are required to offer workers about a month of paid vacation days per year.

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