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When Europeans quit their jobs, they're often required to stay on for 1-3 months, as well, and many if not most employers actually hold employees to that when t
by cornel_io 3y ago
When Europeans quit their jobs, they're often required to stay on for 1-3 months, as well, and many if not most employers actually hold employees to that when they get new jobs. In the US you can leave same day, and it's considered rude but meh; 2 weeks is almost always fine unless you're super senior.
We also make 2-3x what you do for exactly the same work, sometimes up to 5-10x in tech.
There are tradeoffs, but in my experience European workers are more likely to wish that they could come to the US to work than vice versa. When contracting in Europe I've had clauses written into my contracts on multiple occasions that forbid me from disclosing my rate even to the people managing my work, because I was making more in one month than they (as senior project leads) did in a year...
- Symbiote 3y agoThe employee in Europe usually has a shorter notice period (if they wish to leave) than the employer. Americans make more in highly skilled jobs, and less in low or unskilled jobs. Beyond that I can't generalise, Europe is 44 countries. The Americans I meet were obviously keen to move here.