Are you from the glorious land of the free? Because we in europe, most of us get around 3-5 weeks of payed vacation. I don't know the specific laws concering Romania, but it 's still Europe. Besides they could have just denied him without firing him.

13- I hate you. Seriously.

That's disgusting! The whole sue happy, entitlement *****, sue for any and everything (and nothing) mentality makes me sick! The legal system was set up to get justice when it's called for, NOT for every damn time someone gets their poor little feelings hurt.

Moneys not everything and it definatly does not buy happiness

Also its good to know you have a 'loving' family

20- did you read the fml? He was fired for simply requesting time off half a year from now. ... America's ******...

66..Yes, I did read the fml, and I stand by what I said, as it was in response to the post about suing family over an inheritance, which IS sickening, no matter how you look at it. We don't have enough information to make a judgment call on the fml; OP may have been a terrible employee and asking for such a long vacation may have been the last straw. He may have thrown a fit when it was denied. He may have had a chip on his shoulder and acted like he was entitled to whatever he wanted because he's blood. On the flip side, he may have been a stellar employee. I do find it hard to believe that such a great worker would be fired just like that, but we just don't know. My original reply was strictly about the suggestion to sue, especially without the info necessary to know if the firing was justified. I'm sick to death of reading those words on just about every fml. While I'm glad the legal system exists and there are ways for people to be held accountable,

(continued..hit publish by accident and ran out of time to edit) While I'm grateful for a system that gives options to hold people accountable, it is abused.

Yeah, "sue them" is about as ubiquitous here as "dump him." I understand where you're coming from.

Aunt/Uncle, not Grandma/Grandpa.

In my family, aunt/uncle is still the child of my grandpa/ma. And op is still the grandchild...

Agreed. Also could possibly have to do with the image of the aunt & uncle, giving such a long holiday to a family member may be considered "unfair".

In Scandinavia pretty much everyone has 3 weeks vacation in July. And maternity leave is close to 1 year. Oh and we have just about the highest productivity per capita in the world.

Uhhh, the law let you have up to 26days/yr free.

Sweden has a standard of 5 paid vacation weeks.. yay socialism :)

25- 'Murica! Right? Where you're free to work, sleep (deprived), eat, and die.