• acchariya@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    What they don’t tell you is that the real American way for high skilled workers is to work a couple years, then get laid off or quit to take 6-8 months off doing woodworking or van life or some shit. Maybe found a company if you are too bored with what you are doing or start a YouTube channel. Americans take the time it’s just that they do it between jobs not during

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      22 days ago

      Is that what you do between jobs? Woodworking and starting a successful YouTube career?

      Most people burn through savings and turn to credit cards to survive between jobs, but I’m glad it’s working out for you buddy.

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        22 days ago
        1. Not a high skilled worker
        2. Don’t live in America any longer

        No, if I’m between real jobs, I do whatever other sorts of work needed to pay my bills. I have worked with plenty of high skilled people who did just as I described though, immigrants, Americans, etc. they earn twice a European salary for two years, then get laid off in a downturn or quit and spend a year doing dumb shit and net out ahead anyway.

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          22 days ago

          What are you talking about.

          they earn twice a European salary for two years

          What industry are you in that an American salary is competitive with a European equivalent? Not only is the cost of living in Europe lower than it is in the United States the renumerations are also consistently higher.

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            Tech workers in the US can actually come out ahead. It’s very far from being the case in most fields though.

            The average mid level salary is roughly twice that of the EU, with the discrepancy getting more extreme with experience. The system is grossly unfair, so the best compensated jobs also tend to have the lowest health care costs and best vacation packages.

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            22 days ago

            The only American salaries consistently lower than European salaries are service worker salaries, who are not high skilled workers.

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                21 days ago

                Obesity, a global logistics machine which spreads instability and advances America’s interest throughout the world, sometimes blowback from #2, and finally the ability to take a long time off between high paying jobs since you won’t get vacation time and you will probably get laid off or burnt out in a couple of years.

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            21 days ago

            Probably healthcare, doctors, nurses, PA’s, techs etc. make a lot less in Europe than in the US. But they also don’t have nearly the associated debt.

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      22 days ago

      “highly skilled workers” because saying enjoying life is a privilege felt too convoluted?