Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service

Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by refurb on Friday November 06, 2020 @05:52AM (#25006674)

I'm not sure subsidized childcare covers it.

If you're comparing 3k EUR takehome to a mid-level engineer in the bay area which is probably 15k USD (rolling in bonus + stock), that's 144k USD more per year take home.

Even for 2 kids at $24k per year ($48k total), you can cover childcare and have another ~$100k USD left over.

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Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by theshrike79 on Friday November 06, 2020 @01:28PM (#25009922)

Child care here is around 250€/month with reduced cost for each kid beyond the first in daycare. Pre-school (Age 6->) is free as is school + school lunches.

Compared to what, a few thousand a month PER CHILD in the US?

Also birth and all pre-natal care etc. is practically free (tens of euros per visit max).

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Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by refurb on Friday November 06, 2020 @07:42PM (#25012437)

Right, but the difference in take home pay in the US is almost 3x those costs. So you can pay for it all in the US and still come out ahead.

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Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by theshrike79 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:42AM (#25013871)

Then we just need to add the amount of monthly insurance costs and it's about even again :)

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