How I see the US after living in Europe for 5 years | American Reaction

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How I see the US after living in Europe for 5 years

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[freudsigmund]

in the Netherlands, when you get sick during your vacation, you'll get the vacation days back, so you can properly enjoy your vacation.

[Bob_just_Bob]

I’m an American. Born and grew up in the US but moved abroad at 35. Spent a couple years in Europe and a couple decades in Asia. I’m now 62. Do I miss the US and it’s two week vacations when I got 7 weeks working abroad? Umm NO. Do I miss busybody neighbors and HOAs? NO. Do I miss gun violence and Road Ragers! NO. Do I miss??? Move abroad and you gain clarity. You break free of the propaganda that we had the highest standard of living, that we were at the top of the high tech lifestyle, that we were a free country with the highest levels of freedom (we are actually #17 in the world. That we are a democracy, we aren’t, the US is an Oligarchy by and for the rich. Live abroad for a while and you start to see how the rest of the world really is.

[SailorSayuri]

Something I’ve been told since I was a kid (and something that a lot of Swiss people grew up hearing) is: « There’s no stupid work; everyone is needed ». And that’s something that stayed with me to this day and that I’m thankful for, especially when I hear about work mentality in the U.S.A!

[md.]

The American ambition described in the video seems more like slavery... even in Europe people are ambitious and eager for promotion, but working hours are generally around 40 hours a week. For holidays, some sectors even have 5 weeks of summer holidays (7 weeks for the whole year). If by the end of the year you have not "used" all your vacation days you are forced to use them anyway by law, even if you don't want to. Then for sick days everything goes through the doctor and approved by the ministry, so there is no possibility that you'll lose your job, and while you're away other people do your job. If you are away for too long the company can hire someone temporarily until you can come back. And yes you get paid on sick days. When I hear that in America you don't get paid or they fire you because you're sick it seems crazy...

[Galantus]

he make it sound like europeans/ dutch are not competitive in their jobs, which is a blatant lie...we'r not lazy" we just go to work" ppl BUT we cherish our time off... and the laws overhere protects us from having a "karen" boss emailing or constant calling us when we'r off work UNLESS you have made a concrete agreement about it ...

[perer]

Compared to Western Europe in the US the requirements for becoming a police and the amount of training is so much lower.

[Stolens]

Oh, so free refill is free and not got to be questioned but free with healthcare there is always someone screaming: "IT IS NOT FREE YOU PAY FOR IT!!!"
Love your videos and style, thanks for creating content.

[fabiusque]

The thing is, the US can probably be the best country on earth to live in, but thats only if you are rich or at least whealthy. If you are not, its probably one of the worst developed countries to live in.
I know people complain a lot about about the things that are not that good here, but I am super grateful to live in Europe and not the US.

[franciscojavierp.]

It's amazing the energy that you can transmit on your videos. Thank you very much for your joy

[alvinmjensen]

Was it 60 hours he said they worked a week? In Denmark, it is only 37 hours a week. And we have up to 6 weeks of holiday which we are almost forced to take.
Everything is wrong with the authorities, yes, and there are so many homeschoolers for the same reason.

Poor Americans. A full restart of the state is needed.

[lazios]

It's funny and scary at the same time how you Americans relate the ambitious to the work and money, as if making choices that don't (necessarily) involve making money implies a lack of ambition.
If my ambition is not to make money but something it makes me happier, it means I'm not ambitious or that I'm just different from you? It's banal, demagogic (anything you want), the truth is that time cannot be bought, it cannot be stopped, and most importantly, we don't know when we will run out of it.

[wanderingwarrior]

I don't miss the U.S. natural born American, spent 60+ yrs there, living, working. As a 10yr old back in the 1950's, I wanted out, had to be someplace better on this planet to live. All the adults around me, money obsessed, greedy, selfish, hated each other, other Americans, so of course, angry, bitter, depressed, while telling me how great, wonderful America is. Huh???
Anyway, travelled the world on and off since 1977. Needed to find a country that fit my personality. Finally did that, living abroad for last 13yrs, zero desire to return to very toxic USA!

[Gert-DK]

My uncle had several hundred people under him. Very important person.

He was a gravedigger.
The gravedigger also maintains the graveyard and responsible for the beatification. Also ringing the bell.

[lkjh]

America might well be the most competitive ~ but what many Americans seem to be missing is that "competitive" does not automatically result in "prosperous" or "rich in opportunity"... you can be fighting a life and death battle for mere scraps every day, but have to live your entire life at the bottom of the food chain. That's how far out of power the average everyday American has been pushed by lobbyism, spin and special interests. Anyone who has worked within business knows, that competition and the Free Market does not at all reward the talented, the hardworking and the righteous (that is actually an old Puritan belief from the early Reformation) ~ it rewards the quick, the ruthless and the callous (Wolf of Wall Street type psyche).

[ronaldderooij]

Generally, in the Netherlands, nobody cares what you do, life is not a competition. And those who think it is (BMW and Audi drivers) are frowned upon by the average Dutchman. "Doe normaal" mentality (Act Normal).

[jal]

About comparing jobs: I can only talk about Spain, but it's definitely not a thing in Spain. Of course we know what other people do, and we may talk about each one experience in work, but never about how much people make. If we ask anyone how are they doing at work they will answer about how the boss is stressing them, some anecdote, what projects they are working on. No one here would ask another person how much are they making, nor look down on someone if they know are making less.

[ninjahart]

I'm glad that we don't get judged by our jobs and political view in Norway. Least we get a chance to show who we are as a person before being judged. For the most part at least.

[AudunWangen]

I don't know any profession that allow for nearly as much incompetence as law enforcement in the US. Most cops don't know what is required for an arrest, detention or when you are required to ID, and they use that EVERY SINGLE DAY. It's like a baker that doesn't know what yeast is, or a mechanic not knowing how to fill up a car with oil. Any law enforcement in here? Prove me wrong.

[johnnyrosenberg]

I hate when people talk about work on parties or whatever. I only talk about work when I actually work, otherwise I'm not the slightest interested in what other people work with nor to tell anyone about my work.

[danielrobertgorman]

The single most important thing for all of us is TIME.
We don't know how much of it we have while in this world.