• P1nkman@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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.

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            4 months ago

            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!

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      4 months ago

      Or the fact that we actually pay people to study (~1000 USD a month), instead of putting them into crippling lifelong debt.

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        4 months ago

        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.

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      4 months ago

      Meanwhile my boss’s boss was telling me last year that I had taken too much of our “unlimited” PTO after 2 weeks…

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      4 months ago

      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.