[SyzygistSix]

But how much vacation time are they taking off? Twice as much as their US equivalents?

[ChuckNorris89]

25 days/year in Austria + public holidays. Don't know how that compares to the US.

[SyzygistSix]

In the US that sounds like an unrealistic dream. It happens but it is an exception and hardly standard.

[ChuckNorris89]

Sure, but US tech TCs reach 800k+ vs 80k+. 10x the difference means the difference between early retirement with your own property and working till you drop without any property of your own potentially.

US tech workers are free to unionize and demand EU levels of PTO but it seems like the absurd levels of TC is a better deal for them.

[prmoustache]

So basically the idea is to not have a life until you are ready to retire.

I hope you don't get diagnosed of cancer at 45 when following such a strategy.

Having said that nobody needs that insane amount of money to own a property comfortably in Europe. 80k/y is way enough.