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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 | 5 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 1.051s | source
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xetifafa ◴[26 Aug 23 09:59 UTC] No.37271255[source]▶
If anyone is interested in an anecdote from a US American mid level dev living in Germany:

I get 30 paid vacation days, 10 ish public holidays and my employer has to pay up to 6 weeks of sick leave a year (after that the public health insurance pays).

I make around 75k€ with a 38 hour work week and my take home is roughly 3600€ net. My living expenses are less than 1k (mid sized city, no car, split rent, no kids) so I am able to invest 2-2.5x my living expenses every a month.

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1. FirmwareBurner ◴[26 Aug 23 10:20 UTC] No.37271406[source]▶
That's a very good wage for mid level dev. Which City?
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2. xetifafa ◴[26 Aug 23 10:28 UTC] No.37271451[source]▶
Don't want to give too many details but it's in NRW close to Cologne.
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3. FirmwareBurner ◴[26 Aug 23 11:25 UTC] No.37271774[source]▶
Aren't rents there insane?
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4. xetifafa ◴[26 Aug 23 12:03 UTC] No.37272029{3}[source]▶
Not as bad as Berlin, Munich or Hamburg. I split around 1k€ (warm) for a newly remodeled/renovated 60m2 apartment in a very hip area close to the city center.
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5. FirmwareBurner ◴[26 Aug 23 12:17 UTC] No.37272135{4}[source]▶
So the total rent is 1k or 2k?