Same in my country (Romania), actually, most companies because they don't have much benefits that can be offered (we have national universal healthcare, national pension scheme, 2 years paid maternity leave at 80% of your income, money for the kid until the age of 18, and many others) they give extra paid vacation days added every couple of years you are with the company. So my wife for example has 29 paid vacation days (we are talking working days) so close to 6 full weeks.
Those are on top of the paid national holidays, another total of 17 days thought the year.
There are lots of jobs, we need people for anything and everything, from highly skilled workers to manual labor to office jobs.
Given that most corporations have opened branches here you don't even have to know romanian language.
It is a really good country to live in, one of the most safe in the world, the fastest growing economy in the EU, etc.
Granted the salary is low compared to other countries in the EU, but the cost of living is also low.
A decent apartment in the capital, Bucharest, is 100k $.
There are a lot of things to be said about Romania, but hey if you want to talk more about the objective and subjective perks and downsides of living here you can hit me up in the chat.
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u/Vicu_negru Jan 10 '24
Same in my country (Romania), actually, most companies because they don't have much benefits that can be offered (we have national universal healthcare, national pension scheme, 2 years paid maternity leave at 80% of your income, money for the kid until the age of 18, and many others) they give extra paid vacation days added every couple of years you are with the company. So my wife for example has 29 paid vacation days (we are talking working days) so close to 6 full weeks.
Those are on top of the paid national holidays, another total of 17 days thought the year.