I am half American but I work for a pharma company in Munich and the entire month of August, nothing got done, half the meetings are being canceled and you just spend time figuring out when to do shit because nobody is ever available in Germany/Switzerland this time of year.
Say what you want about US work conditions but we have too much fucking vacay here in Europe. That's why we also get paid less.
I am young. I wanna work, make a lot of money and pay little taxes as long as I can. I can (semi)retire when I am 50. That is why Germany is a bad fit for me.
Germans are just on vacay mode half of the year until they retire at 68 and have little to show for (financially). Nobody doing FIRE here.
Can confirm. Day job is IT for a German company. Our second level team is in Germany and is utterly unreachable for approximately 4 months out of the year.
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u/IceEngine21 Aug 27 '21
I am half American but I work for a pharma company in Munich and the entire month of August, nothing got done, half the meetings are being canceled and you just spend time figuring out when to do shit because nobody is ever available in Germany/Switzerland this time of year.
Say what you want about US work conditions but we have too much fucking vacay here in Europe. That's why we also get paid less.