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I moved to Europe, Denmark specifically. Money is not as good but there are min 5 weeks of vacation per year, first day of child sickness you can take off, ppl
by deedeebeard 5y ago
I moved to Europe, Denmark specifically. Money is not as good but there are min 5 weeks of vacation per year, first day of child sickness you can take off, ppl leave office at 4-5 pm with rare exceptions, unlimited sick days, 37.5 h work per week and an attitude of "this sounds like a Monday problem" when you get some bug Friday afternoon.Oh, and if you need to be on call they cannot force you unless was specified before in the contract and needs to be paid. I call it my semi-retirement after working both in a FAANG company, startups and Wall St.
I do miss sometimes being at the center of tech or the fires I put out that made me feel like super hero, but with a family this life fits me much better.
- auxym 5y agoMechanical engineer in Canada here, I took a research assistant job in academia (after a few years in industry) to get similar benefits. 35h hours weeks, 5 weeks vacation, lots of flexibility for kid sickness (has been a godsend for the past two years, getting called all the time to pick up kids with sniffles for mandatory COVID testing), relatively low stress yet fun and interesting projects. Low pay, but enough for a good lifestyle in a LCOL small university town.