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Re:Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid... by coffeebeqn on Friday December 02, 2022 @10:49AM (#33832085)
Software developers also get all those benefits. Whenever people talk about how terrible working in the US is- almost none of that applies to software. You get plenty of time off, sick days are a non issue, work remote if you don’t feel like going in, health care insurance is free/cheap and good, etc
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Re:Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid... by notch656a on Friday December 02, 2022 @11:02AM (#33832283)
What? I had to work for a decade until I had anything close to the benefits offered by default in EU or UK, and even then I had to take a lower paying position to work for a company that offered decent work/life balance.

Even still, I think I had 2 days off when my child was born before I ran out of paid "sick" days and had to go to work.

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