Labor has never had it easier than it does right now in 2017, in a G8 country.
The mental gymnastics required to tell a 1930s sharecropper, an 1890s coal miner, or a 1770s battlefield medic that writing javascript in an air-conditioned cubicle for 45 hours a week is "unbearable".
Vacations are absolutely a luxury. A luxury that is increasingly "required" by modernity with Facebook and Instagram posts convincing people that their lives are less than that of others.
> The mental gymnastics required to tell a 1930s sharecropper, an 1890s coal miner, or a 1770s battlefield medic that writing javascript in an air-conditioned cubicle for 45 hours a week is "unbearable".
I don't know, I think they'd find a lot of suffering in common. The sharecropper can sympathize with the tragedy of property ownership. The coal miner has nightmares about seeing his canary drop. And the battlefield medic definitely knows everything about missing semi-colons.
Good thing we don't have enough people from the 1930s, 1890s, or 1770s around to really weigh in on this.
Different times, different stresses. Vacations are a necessity, whether it's going out to the world or just retreating inside your house for a staycation on the weekends.
> The 2016 full-time average hourly wage rate for transport and heavy equipment operation and related maintenance occupations, which includes truck drivers, is $21.00. The 2016 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $950, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment group of $49,000.
