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I told my American colleagues that in Denmark we get 3 consecutive weeks off during the summer, and the company is not allowed to contact us. We also get an additional 2 weeks off we can use whenever we want. Oh, and + 5 days (in hours). Again that we can use whenever.
Their jaws dropped.
Or the fact that we actually pay people to study (~1000 USD a month), instead of putting them into crippling lifelong debt.
If it's like the system in Sweden, it's actually ~$400 straight up benefit, and ~$800 in a very favourable (optional) loan with very low interest that is paid back over 25 years.
Any hot Swedes here need a live-in student fuck toy?
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Wanna come visit France?
It's better than the system in Sweden. You can get an optional loan on top of the base benefit (with a very cheap interest rate) of up to $520 every month.
Meanwhile my boss's boss was telling me last year that I had taken too much of our "unlimited" PTO after 2 weeks...
I'd be tempted to reply I haven't even used 5% yet.
I've only used 1% of my power
Yeah I'm jealous
I would be too
I get like 3 weeks off per year. Including holidays. Total. And that's actually considered quite good in my market.
Then I don't want to tell you about our sick days, and they can be many! Oh, and you cannot get fired if you're on sick leave, vacation or any other form of leave (parental etc). I feel really lucky living here!
And I literally can't leave the office for ten minutes to go buy lunch downstairs. Gotta bring my lunch and eat it at my desk while fielding internal and external questions.
Also we get sick days during holidays