CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoI landed a remote job for a European company, and now I'd find it hard to go back to a US-based company — I feel spoiled by the perkswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down15cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1367arrow-down1external-linkI landed a remote job for a European company, and now I'd find it hard to go back to a US-based company — I feel spoiled by the perkswww.businessinsider.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaresplendoruranium@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up133·edit-21 day agoUS applicant: “How many sick days do I get?” German HR department: “I’m sorry what do you mean?” US applicant: “How many days may I call in sick per year?” German HR department: “Er… that depends on how often you get sick?!” US applicant: “Wat.”
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·1 day agoThis exact thing happened to my partner. Her rep was like, what is a ‘Sick Day’?
US applicant: “How many sick days do I get?”
German HR department: “I’m sorry what do you mean?”
US applicant: “How many days may I call in sick per year?”
German HR department: “Er… that depends on how often you get sick?!”
US applicant: “Wat.”
This exact thing happened to my partner. Her rep was like, what is a ‘Sick Day’?