[benjamir]

I'm so glad I'm living in Germany. 12 months parental leave and three years part-time per child with reduced risk of cancellation and after that the right to do part-time as long as minors are in the household. And 20 days vacation is the minimum for 5d/weeks (24 days, if working 6d/w) -- a lot offer 29, 30, sometimes more payed days off :-) So, with 60k€+/a I couldn't care less for a six figure income at Google :-P Have nice day with your American way of "work-life-balance".

[boring_twenties]

This literally doesn't make any sense.

Just save the extra income from the Google job, and you can take years of vacation, not just ten more days.

[benjamir]

Did you do that, or just theory?

I speak of what I do and have.

[boring_twenties]

Not at Google, but yes. Recently I spent 3 years without working.