European companies don't give you any stock/shares (even startups) as far as I heard from my friends who work in various countries in Europe. Benefits/perks ar

European companies don't give you any stock/shares (even startups) as far as I heard from my friends who work in various countries in Europe. Benefits/perks are rather equal across the employers. Europe is a socialistic world, lots of things are regulated by law. Again, that's what I heard from some folks currently working there.