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Side note: After 10 years living in Europe, I moved back to my home country and started looking for remote jobs in the US. It's wild what the US calls “quality

Side note: After 10 years living in Europe, I moved back to my home country and started looking for remote jobs in the US. It's wild what the US calls “quality of life”. In Europe, I had 6 weeks of vacation per year (from basically day 1) in the US, it’s 2 weeks! In Europe, unlimited sick leave is standard (with varying coverage by insurance); meanwhile, a US company bragging about being a “best place to work” was proudly offering 3 sick days per year! Absolutely crazy.

weberer 1y ago
Where is "in Europe" in your case? There are around 50 countries, each with their own laws. In Finland, you don't get ANY vacation days until the next time April 1st rolls around. And then, the number of days you get is heavily reduced if you haven't worked the entire year from April-April. Why is it like that? Who the hell knows. Oh yeah, if you take 5 days off, it counts as 6 days. So you essentially have 5/6 of the days that are promised to you on paper.
- kwanbix 1y ago
  Germany. Spain should be the same.
  - bgnn 1y ago
    Benelux countries are the same
Arubis 1y ago
Generally speaking, whenever there's been an innovation that allows for efficiency gains since and including the industrial revolution, the US has opted to work as much (or more) and get cheaper goods, and the Euro zone has leaned more towards working less.
vonneumannstan 1y ago
Theres a reason why everyone in the US is driving a $40k Pickup and people in EU are struggling to even get air conditioning lol.
- kwanbix 1y ago
  As much as I love the US, now that I have lived in both paces, I bet that quality of life in EU is much, much better for 90% of the population. 40k pickup or not.
  - vonneumannstan 1y ago
    Did I mention I have a jet ski, hot tub and home gym?
    - kwanbix 1y ago
      So? You still have to work 80 hours per week, don't get health insurance, and if you get really sick you go bankrupt.
- bgnn 1y ago
  I guess this is sarcastic?

weberer 1y ago

Where is "in Europe" in your case? There are around 50 countries, each with their own laws. In Finland, you don't get ANY vacation days until the next time April 1st rolls around. And then, the number of days you get is heavily reduced if you haven't worked the entire year from April-April. Why is it like that? Who the hell knows. Oh yeah, if you take 5 days off, it counts as 6 days. So you essentially have 5/6 of the days that are promised to you on paper.

kwanbix 1y ago
Germany. Spain should be the same.
- bgnn 1y ago
  Benelux countries are the same

Arubis 1y ago

Generally speaking, whenever there's been an innovation that allows for efficiency gains since and including the industrial revolution, the US has opted to work as much (or more) and get cheaper goods, and the Euro zone has leaned more towards working less.

vonneumannstan 1y ago

Theres a reason why everyone in the US is driving a $40k Pickup and people in EU are struggling to even get air conditioning lol.

kwanbix 1y ago
As much as I love the US, now that I have lived in both paces, I bet that quality of life in EU is much, much better for 90% of the population. 40k pickup or not.
- vonneumannstan 1y ago
  Did I mention I have a jet ski, hot tub and home gym?
  - kwanbix 1y ago
    So? You still have to work 80 hours per week, don't get health insurance, and if you get really sick you go bankrupt.
bgnn 1y ago
I guess this is sarcastic?