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66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work

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137 points pg_1234 | 15 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.898s | source | bottom
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unmole ◴[26 Aug 23 09:35 UTC] No.37271099[source]▶
Did the survey ask if they wanted a pay cut to match European style wages?
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pjmlp ◴[26 Aug 23 09:45 UTC] No.37271153[source]▶
Reaching 50 years old, never got this American complaint about our salaries.

The whole package is what matters.

We work to live, not live to work.

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1. zer0tonin ◴[26 Aug 23 09:54 UTC] No.37271207[source]▶
I think Americans also are quite delusional about how low the European salaries are. Getting six figures in Europe isn't particularly hard anymore.
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2. nxm ◴[26 Aug 23 10:05 UTC] No.37271295[source]▶
Yes but what percentage of that ends up getting taxed?
3. badpun ◴[26 Aug 23 10:06 UTC] No.37271307[source]▶
Probably as hard as getting $200k in the States though... "Six figures" just aren't what they used to be.
4. 0xDEF ◴[26 Aug 23 10:15 UTC] No.37271369[source]▶
Europe is not one country. I live in Denmark and some of the things I have witnessed in (eastern) Germany almost felt 3rd worldish.
5. emptysongglass ◴[26 Aug 23 10:17 UTC] No.37271378[source]▶
I am European: our wages are much, much lower than our American tech counterparts, without taxes double, with taxes we're on average making a third of them. And that's same cost of living.
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6. unmole ◴[26 Aug 23 10:29 UTC] No.37271461[source]▶
Tech salaries in Europe are a joke. The median IT salary in Germany is less than what I'm paid in India. That's in absolute dollar terms. Factor in the difference in cost of living and the disparity becomes comical.
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7. pjmlp ◴[26 Aug 23 12:11 UTC] No.37272092[source]▶
Ah, that is why all TCS, Infosys and Wipro folks I work with, rather get a way to stay in Germany than go back home, what a set of fouls giving up on such salaries.
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8. unmole ◴[26 Aug 23 12:17 UTC] No.37272133{3}[source]▶
Right, because it's not like there are FAAG development centres or a home grown startup ecosystem in India. Oh, wait.

The fact that you work with WITCH companies says more about your situation than anything else, TBH.

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9. pjmlp ◴[26 Aug 23 12:34 UTC] No.37272271{4}[source]▶
Right, because it's not like there are FAAG development centres or a home grown startup ecosystem in Europe. Oh, wait.

The fact that you have expressed prejudice against people in WITCH companies says more about your situation than anything else, TBH.

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10. shrimp_emoji ◴[26 Aug 23 14:33 UTC] No.37273281{5}[source]▶
What are WITCH companies?
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11. pjmlp ◴[26 Aug 23 17:59 UTC] No.37275206{6}[source]▶
https://aitechtrend.com/the-indian-witch-companies-redefinin...
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12. mrkeen ◴[26 Aug 23 20:31 UTC] No.37276619{7}[source]▶
> The Fall of US FAANG

I didn't realise they fell.

13. zer0tonin ◴[27 Aug 23 12:45 UTC] No.37282174[source]▶
It's absolutely not the same cost of living.
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14. emptysongglass ◴[29 Aug 23 10:17 UTC] No.37305506{3}[source]▶
I don't know where you're living but in Copenhagen, yes it is, 100% the same COL as LA or Seattle.
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15. zer0tonin ◴[29 Aug 23 15:03 UTC] No.37308975{4}[source]▶
Copenhagen is probably one of the most expensive city in Europe and hardly representative of the continent as a whole. Even then, a quick Google search estimates that cost of live in Copenhagen is 15-25% lower than Seattle/LA, without even accounting for the absurd american healthcare costs.