HACKER Q&A
📣 mav3rick

FAANG employees who transfered to EU. How has your experience been ?


What do you like ? What don't you like ?

US health insurance sucks but at least FG insurance is pretty good.

Did you regret the lower salaries a couple of years after you moved ? Or enjoyed your time going to the Swiss Alps on the weekend :)

  👤 emteycz Accepted Answer ✓
All the European offices are WFH now. The US offices aren't? My colleagues spread all over Europe once the quarantine kicked in here, some of them are on Asian beaches too.
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👤 2rsf
Not personally but I have worked there and knew a few colleagues.

One young, single (i.e. no kids), healthy, alcohol lover (really expensive in Sweden) didn't like it very much and returned to the US after a couple of years. He couldn't stand the boring night life of Stockholm, being an American didn't help getting friends and didn't understand why did he have to pay high taxes,

Another guy, middle level manager married with kids, obviously older, moved between Copenhagen, Stockholm and Prague and his worst complaint was the Danish weather.

Note that it is not that easy to compare salaries, especially in the more "Socialist" countries since your taxes buys you and your family a lot more.