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Re:I Feel Like I Have No Real Interests; My Only Interest Is... by ghaff on Monday November 30, 2020 @09:46AM (#25254227)
>Everyone talks about how US tech salaries are inflated values because they don't include the cost of healthcare, a lack of guaranteed PTO, etc.

In all fairness, if you're working for a public tech (and many other) companies, you probably have good health insurance that's at least subsidized and 3-4 weeks of PTO which may not be great by European standards but isn't nothing. (Though admittedly increasingly shared with sick time so if you're out a lot, it's less good.)

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Re:I Feel Like I Have No Real Interests; My Only Interest Is... by BoorishBears on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:04AM (#25255150)
Yeah I didn't touch on that because some people argue it's still not enough, but if you're in the top 5% of earners in the US (which the poster above is in Germany) I think the difference in perks isn't as great as people play up
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