If you work in IT, 35h/week is something you will never see in France. You will hardly see tech people leave the office before 8pm, 7pm at best. If you leave be

If you work in IT, 35h/week is something you will never see in France. You will hardly see tech people leave the office before 8pm, 7pm at best. If you leave before, people are going to point a finger at you "taking the afternoon off". Engineers typically have a "cadre" status meaning that they can work 10 hours a day. That doesn't include remote work after getting back home. When I moved to the US, what struck me is that work days are way shorter. Most engineers were gone by 5:30pm. People actually have spare time after work. Sure, there are less vacation days, but at the end of the day, the work-life balance is way way way better in the US.