[chomp]

Yeah but I get 6+ weeks paid time off, plus 6 weeks paternity leave, and triple the pay of a comparable position in the EU, at the cost of worse healthcare. At this point in my life I'm mostly healthy, so the risk of staying in the US outweighs the benefits of moving to the EU.

[timc3]

6 weeks paternity is not very much. 6 months is better but we get 480 days in Sweden. Our children don’t need metal detectors or security fences at school, it’s a given that you take time off if your kids are sick and that the state finances it. University education is affordable for everyone. If you are raising kids 3x the pay sounds awesome until you factor everything in, then to me it doesn’t sound enough.

[rootusrootus]

You really think metal detectors and security fences are a common thing at schools in the U.S.? Maybe in some really sketchy areas of inner cities, I guess

[ryanwaggoner]

Unless your health insurance is truly awful, or your local health system is unusually bad, you also probably have as good or better healthcare than you would in the EU.

The problem with US healthcare is the cost, not the quality. If you can afford it, you can get some of the best healthcare in the world here.

[ansible]

That's a decent benefits package... for the USA. But you can do far better in parts of Europe. It depends on where you want that work/life balance.

[hfdgiutdryg]

I get 6+ weeks paid time off

How did you manage that?

[rootusrootus]

Make it a condition of employment. Vacation time is negotiable just like salary, and usually much easier to get than actual money.