We should get rid of most federal holidays and transition to giving people 4 weeks off in July/August and then again from Thanksgiving to the end of Christmas
What an excellent way to destroy the economy for part of the year.
Most c-suites already empty out in August. The rich have been "summering" since time immemorial.
Essential services can remain open and restaurants/retail can run reduced hours, but there's no real harm in delaying transactional or office work for a multi-week long summer siesta that in the long-term will increase consumer spending and improve productivity.
Not having to cool office towers during the hottest weeks of Northern Hemisphere summer would be quite the potential boon as well.
This makes sense, but at the same time, I don't like being told when to take my vacation at peak hotel price time. I have 4 weeks off this summer, but one of them is only because it is mandatory, and I won't be travelling at the same time everyone else is.
I much prefer taking time every 6 weeks or so. But you are right that summers tend to empty out already. Who wants to be in a city in August....yuck.
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