• P1nkman@lemmy.world
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    7 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.

    • Muffi@programming.dev
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      7 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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        7 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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      7 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…