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Going for a year of holiday on the spanish governments' expense (paro) is definitely a thing. It is extremely common for employees to ask to be fired so they c
by cynusx 5y ago
Going for a year of holiday on the spanish governments' expense (paro) is definitely a thing.
It is extremely common for employees to ask to be fired so they can get unemployment benefits (paro) and travel for a year.
But, after living there for 6 years I left because the reason these things are not taken care of is because the electorate sees them as perks. Spain has a huge cultural problem when it comes to work ethics and paying their fair share of taxes.
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y agoGreece probably has Spain beat by a large margin in this regard.
- tecleandor 5y agoHaven't seen that much unless is people that's been working non stop for lots of years because: - You don't get 'by default' a year of benefits, you need to work at least for three years to 'accumulate' 360 days of benefits - The benefits are not that useful if you live in a bug city, given the rent prices. Max benefits are 70% of your base salary, with a limit of around 1000€. After 180 days it goes down to 50%. - After that, when you work again, you're probably going to pay a lot of taxes in the first year, to adjust the low taxes (IRPF) you were paying while on benefits.