Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture (2016)

Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by stephengillie on Monday January 02, 2017 @03:19PM (#13304110)

It usually works out in one of two ways:

- You respond normally to emails and Slack, but don't show up to meetings or other work in the office. This counts as a legitimate vacation.

- You simply don't schedule the time off, and nobody says anything. Some companies will pay this out in cash equivalent (giving you an extra week or 2 of pay), but usually it just "expires" at the end of the year.

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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by alkonaut on Monday January 02, 2017 @03:35PM (#13304249)

Wow. And people ever look at a european salary and think "whoa that's not a lot". Well...

I do 8-10 weeks off every year (the proper no-email kind) now that we have the 480 parent days. Together with the 6w holiday you can just slowly take those parent days and make longer paid holidays.

I'm not sure how many more percent pay I'd want to accept 0 to 3 of weeks of not-quite-off, and no parental leave. 50%? In any case, it puts my measly european software salary in a different perspective.

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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by orangecat on Monday January 02, 2017 @05:05PM (#13304956)

You respond normally to emails and Slack, but don't show up to meetings or other work in the office. This counts as a legitimate vacation.

That is not at all normal.

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Re:Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy... by d4adb33f on Monday January 02, 2017 @03:31PM (#13304221)

I am baffled why anybody would either do or accept any of the above.

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