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I Work in Czech republic. So far switching jobs was not a problem. Nor getting a job. Around 7 years as a developer on some form or other. Currently 2500$/Mon

I Work in Czech republic. So far switching jobs was not a problem. Nor getting a job. Around 7 years as a developer on some form or other. Currently 2500$/Month with a 4 day work-week. Interesting work. Up to additional 500-1000$ a month for my on-call duties. No additional variable compensation. Some possibility to get pre-IPO share of the startup. No sick-days. 20 day vacation. Vacation is auto-approved :) Previously similar compensation for a 5 day work-week as a QA/Internal tooling dev at US corp with local presence. Accumulated ~20K$ stock over, but only half of it vested as I was leaving :P 5 days of no-questions-asked sick-days. 25 days of vacation. 15% of additional variable compensation. Around 30% tax/social-security (there are additional employee taxes on top of my salary, but custom is to pretend that this is the employers problem :) Some opt for self-employment scheme (you can half your tax if you have good accountant), that can be sometimes in a grey legal area, if you are billed by a single large corporation. Started at 800$ with 4 hours a day 7 years ago. Currently around 500$/month recurring life expenses (I own my flat, so mostly utilities, insurance, phone bills, e.t.c., if I rented, it might be additional 300$ for 2 bedroom flat?), around 10$ price of dinner at a pub. And feeding a family of three is more expensive than I'd like :)

frfl 8y ago
Thanks for sharing your experience. Are 4 days work weeks common in Europe? I worked on a team that had a UK office where some of the people were on a 4-day agreement (although the agreement was in place before the UK office was bought by my employer). Seems like it's very uncommon to find someone working 4-day weeks in North America or even part time as a developer (but, of course my experience is very very limited)
- a-saleh 8y ago
  Not common at all. Unless you are a college student (most people I knew went intern->part-time->full-time) But most employers are open to them. I used it as a negotiating tactic, where they offered 15% more than I had, and I countered with 20% less time :)

frfl 8y ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. Are 4 days work weeks common in Europe? I worked on a team that had a UK office where some of the people were on a 4-day agreement (although the agreement was in place before the UK office was bought by my employer). Seems like it's very uncommon to find someone working 4-day weeks in North America or even part time as a developer (but, of course my experience is very very limited)

a-saleh 8y ago
Not common at all. Unless you are a college student (most people I knew went intern->part-time->full-time) But most employers are open to them. I used it as a negotiating tactic, where they offered 15% more than I had, and I countered with 20% less time :)