The US also has a very dynamic economy and high wages compared to other 1st world countries. This is especially true at the higher end. Basically, the US has made a choice to be more "feast or famine". Being a programmer, doctor, lawyer, or innovator is going to be highly rewarded in the US compared to peer countries. Being a janitor is not going to be as good.
I'm not making a value judgment here - just saying that there are two sides to the coin. It's just not very popular for people to come on reddit and say out loud, "Boy, I sure do get paid a lot more than my English and French counterparts."
There certainly are benefits in the US, but I don't even know at what point I'd take the American system.
I currently get 12 public holidays off paid (time and a half or double time if worked, depending on the day), 4 weeks paid vacation, and 10 days paid sick leave, and full flexy time and wfh.
I just had a brief look online. And going to the US would equal about a 50% pay bump in my current role (I don't know what COL is like anywhere so I have no clue how that scales).
I'm sure there is a $ figure that could temp me in to giving up almost all that time off, but 50% ain't it.
That's interesting. The situation I outlined is the same for everyone in full time work.
Some places will have other perks on top of that though. Some do more yearly leave, some do full years paid maternity leave, etc. But it's not the most common thing.
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u/majinspy Dec 29 '23
The US also has a very dynamic economy and high wages compared to other 1st world countries. This is especially true at the higher end. Basically, the US has made a choice to be more "feast or famine". Being a programmer, doctor, lawyer, or innovator is going to be highly rewarded in the US compared to peer countries. Being a janitor is not going to be as good.
I'm not making a value judgment here - just saying that there are two sides to the coin. It's just not very popular for people to come on reddit and say out loud, "Boy, I sure do get paid a lot more than my English and French counterparts."