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Re:Ask HN: What has been your experience with bigger tech co... by raphaelj on Thursday March 17, 2022 @10:37AM (#30711660)
Workers in UK also work less than their US counterparts (paid holidays, parental leave, sick days ...) [1]. Would make more sense to compare these countries by hourly income, not yearly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_a...

Re:Ask HN: What has been your experience with bigger tech co... by jen20 on Thursday March 17, 2022 @11:35AM (#30712268)
My (current) experience is that the London teams at my FAANG work no less than the US ones, and indeed often much later into the evenings to accommodate meetings. And everyone works fewer hours than those in finance.