Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by moooo99 1330 days ago
Speaking from a European perspective, good work life balance seems increasingly compelling for many. My US based peers are still stunned when they learn that I have 32 days of paid vacation.

And while European salaries are lower than US ones, they still are high enough to make a decent living, especially if you’re working remotely from a lower cost of living country.

Regarding the economic outlook, unfortunately you are right. While economic uncertainty seems to be a common theme in a post pandemic world - the US markets took a pretty bad hit as well - the outlook for Europe seems far worse.

2 comments

You are absolutely right. The benefits you are talking about are applicable to on-site employees, which is something he would not get without relocation to EU. Relocation to EU will make his cost of living going up with very uncertain future.
The first two-point you mentioned is what I take to consider