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When you're sick taking a sick-day or two should not be questioned because:
1. You take longer to recover if you try to work while sick.
2. You might get others infected.
3. You'll be less productive.
Stay at home, get better, come back.
That said, if you keep getting sick over and over you might need to look inward and check up on your hygiene or overall health.
Also, you're kind of an asshole not caring that you can infect your colleagues... Just stay at home when you're sick.
@@nutcaze2 See my point #2
@@Rikard_Nilsson Ah! Sorry, one beer too many :'P
I agree 100 %. I can't fucking stand assholes who come to work while sick and expect some kind of figurative medal for being a hero. The pandemic restrictions and guidelines seem to have mostly wiped out that kind of thinking though.
As a Swede in germany I can confirm that sweden has the best work culture in the world. Not even disputed.
How about the salary ? 30 % goes to taxes.
@@mistertigre9269
Yes, it's around 30%. I even pay more.
But in USA, you also need to pay healthcare insurance for your family and that's around the same as the part of the 30% we in Sweden pay for our healthcare if you are a middle class.
But then our healthcare is also for our old parents and that strange uncle Bob how can't work due to cancer.
And when we need to use the healthcare there is almost no cost at all.
Then if you own a house you need in some county's in USA pay Property Taxes and that could be Up to 500-1000 $/month depending where you live.
And if you have children you need to pay for them in schools.
So in the end it's not so big different at all.
But you can in Sweden even with a low income job, live in a smal apartment only work 40h/week and have minimum 5 weeks payed holiday, try that in USA.
With a middle income still work only 40h/week own a house, all 5 of your children could go to university, own cars and still leave the country every Summer on holiday.
@@henrikl4244 this is 100% true. we have real work life balance for all people that work full time. the rest of the world can just dream about this.
@@mistertigre9269 It's a complicated system, to say the least, but really simplified the tax after standard deductions is around 25% up to a salary of about €4000 a month, and over that it's 50% on the rest. But if you own your own business there is a very complicated tax rebate system, which essentially takes your taxes down to 20-25% even on extremely large incomes. The system basically provides extreme security to the average employee, and amongst the lowest taxes in the developed world to entrepreneurs. The effect is that Sweden has the lowest income inequalities in the entire world, as well as the best social security, but at the same time the second largest wealth distribution, only second to the US - with the second highest number of billionaires per capita after Switzerland - double compared to the US - this is a strange place..
@@mistertigre9269 czcams.com/video/aNghg1Y-WIc/video.html , yes US might have less tax, but it comes back and bite you in the end
I been working at the same company for 36 years. I have one child. I was home with her for six months.
Her mother for six months.
I have taken the most of my daughters sick days. And no complaints from the company. 😀 I love my work. 😀
så nice
Vad jobbar du med?
I'm working as a CNC operator making parts for atomotive industry.
Been following this guy for some time now. He's never moving back to the states. He's one of us now :). And we're happy to have him.
Just you wait and see, Sweden have a tendency to exile people that have work, family and contribute to society. And we keep the criminals instead :'(
@@chris_gamedev so if u stil are here, i guess it makes u a criminal then…. Duh
@@chris_gamedev the Swedes just voted for a party whose platform is "get rid of the brown people".
8 years for citizenship is beyond unreasonable. You're a second class citizen for those entire 8 years, constantly in fear of getting sent home for committing some petty crime which natural-born Swedes might commit every day without realizing. And being required to move from work visa to visa, with no room for unemployment.
8 year citizenship is understandable for cultural reasons, but in practice it is way too harsh. Especially because it only scares away the people who have masters and phds and/or high-level skills. Whereas those people fleeing from war or horrible economic conditions likely don't have the same skills and education, but are not going to be scared off by a 8-year citizenship because that's still preferable to no option at all.
The new policies this voted-in party wants to pass are fine in theory, but in practice they're just going to filter out all the educated and experienced immigrants, and leave only the people who have no other option but to move to Sweden.
Not to mention that the only time a natural Swedish citizen would hear about immigrants is when there is crime. They don't hear about the 10s of thousands of immigrants who move here and work without issue, and who help the country's economy.
@@glowerworm actually not most of the Swedes no! The political Party that recieved the most votes were Socialdemokraterna, Sverigedemokraterna came second and the Primeminister who does not deserve the title, his party was the third most voted for. So get your facts straight. And most Swedes are not against people of color, we are against the criminals who comes here and commits crimes to stay here, if they come and do shit they should be put on a small boat and see how far they get, most of us has no issue with people simply because they have other origination, I myself dated a girl from Bosnia when I was younger, and I have had distance relationship with a beautiful ebony girl too, so no we are not overall racist, but with more immigration we have much more rape than before. So don’t pretend that it would be a bad thing to rinse out the bad eggs while keeping the good ones, the party itself has a lot of badeggs which I want to be put on a boat and leave sweden who are swedish
@@appleskum6520 I don't think you read the arguments in my comment at all.
If you want to remove the bad apples who commit crimes, this is the exact opposite way to do it. These policies will do nothing to scare away criminals, rather they'll be scaring away those who *dont* commit crimes. If you disagree immediately with that statement, then please read my previous comment.
And I don't believe very many Swedes are outwardly racist, no. But saying, in effect, I'm not racist because I have a black friend (as you just did) doesn't actually say anything. I never said or believed you to be outwardly racist, or even the majority of swedes. But this policy is inherently racially driven, and voting for this party and/or supporting this policy as-is without truly understanding the horrible mess that is becoming a Swedish citizen is definitely a mistake.
But not a mistake you'll ever feel the consequences of. Only other people will. And it's hardly anybody you know, because it's largely people you aren't friends or coworkers with. People you're not very acquainted with. People with different cultures, rituals, financial standing, and yes, skin color. This is why it is a racially driven policy. Because the people voting for this party are the people who have the least first-hand experience with becoming a Swedish citizen, and even the least second-hand experience, too. They're the people least-equipped to view the problem with a little bit of empathy for those involved.
Sweden is probably the second best country in the world, but for sure the best neighbor ;-)
Nice video! As a Swede I must agree with you that it seems less stressful here in Sweden than over in the US. From everything I've heard about working over in the US, you barely get time for your private life unless you are lucky to have a super well paid job which sucks. And then there's the fact that low paid job seems to be much lower paid over there than over here which is just shitty in general.
Work-Life-balance 💪
You work to live , not live for work
"work-life-balance" is the first thing i thought of too and commented, then found your comment when scrolling down. Guess masterminds think alike 😉
We Swedes have a shorter working week than we have in the USA and that is because longer working days do not make the jobs better. Since in Sweden you have pocket breaks twice a day and then lunch, is that we work more intensively between coffee breaks and until lunch and after lunch. Because as you mentioned, you disconnect from work during the coffee breaks and during lunch. And that when we go home after work, you are not completely finished. For several years, several studies have been done that have shown to have coffee breaks and good for one's health. Then being at home with your child the first year of life for the child is good for both the child and the parent. We Swedes believe that we were born to live and have a life outside of work. You get the feeling that in the US you are born to work and have a little time of your own outside of work. If you in the US were to do as Sweden, to work only 40 hours a week, hardly anyone in the US would be unemployed. Fewer Americans would have a heart attack, fewer work accidents, if the United States introduced coffee breaks twice a day, Americans would work better and the quality of work better.
Asians cant relate 😢
5 weeks vacation wow! I love that you said “ life comes first, work second, in Sweden.” As soon as I finish my masters degree in the states, goal is to move to Sweden! Now if only they made it easier for Americans to move to Sweden permanently!
Not to mention 18 months of maternity/paternity leave for parents to divide as they see fit.
Work smarter, not harder😉
Thanks for your videos, they are always very thoughtful!
Lazy, monopolistic, fake.. that's sweden.
I love the way you present your ideas about Sweden while you keep your identity as an American. you are realistic. I'm not Swede and I really understand how you feel about Sweden and Swedes. I like to follow your videos. Good luck body!
I'm thinking Andy will soon sign up for Bernie Sander's think tank!
The Boss in Sweden is more like a support role
Discussing with your colleagues is really important, over coffe or just sit down over lunch. + vacation, sick leave, taking care of your sick kids and still get paid is a blessing
what you said about hierachy is very much true. we have a very open climate in my company. our president talks to people and ask for input despite your position and we are over 5000 employees. we have half working days the day before a red day (like bank holiday) and our boss usually just tells us to take the half day off without using a vacation day, since he knows we do our job and put in the extra work during times when there is alot to do.
i feel equal to all my superiors in the sense that they appreciate my input and we view ourselves as colleagues rather than boss and employee.
i work under something we call "trust time" we have office hours 8-17 but I dont use a clock or anything, sometimes I work from 8-19 and sometimes I need to see the doctor, pick up the kids or whatever and stop working at 14. as long as you do your job no one cares if you work the exact 40 hours every week or not.
Work smarter, instead of harder... Sounds 2022 to me!
Great channel and I agree with most of what you´re saying (can´t remember what I didn´t agree with honestly)!
But hey, I am the best cat-dad!! ;-)
God fortsättning på det nya året och Gott Nytt 2023! 🙂
Your cat looks really nice. That being said, i really love the new ties to other countries and cultures you give us. Really. Thank you for all your wonderful videos! ❤️
Looks like my childhood cat "Mysan" (Would be a feminine version of Snuggles)
Just want to point out that, even in Sweden, if you take several weeks off for vacation, you plan for it so you don't leave your colleagues in an awkward situation. You don't just drop everything and leave.
I guess some people do that too, but well, there are always people who don't give a shot about others everywhere in the world, I suppose.
I'm moving to Sweden in 2 weeks 🥰
Willkommen 🙂.
@@niklassvensson860 Tack! :)
@@louisehelgesson5471 Jag tror Niklas skrev "välkommen" på tyska med tanke på "Money Talks" användarnamn. :)
@@louisehelgesson5471 Eller du kanske inte rättade honom, haha. Jaja ^^
welcome and you make the best choce to move here under the summer :D
I love your content after i watched some of your videos. Keep it up. I am from Sweden and your talk about this topic reminds me when i first began to work. My former boss at that workplace even came to my home and we played some games on Nintendo 64. Good times. :D
I love the way you develop your thought about our way off living most of the taxes comes back to
us on other ways thats you can cal it a rich society .not only a few who have all money and possiblety and pays less and less taxes.
Keep on ,snart du är svensk
we used to be like any other luthered country and live for your work but im so glad we changed
edit: one thing Americans are better at tho is saying what they are good at. Swedes are always shy about that thinking it might sound like braging
First! :-D
Thanks for your uploads Andrew. Have a nice weekend!
thanks 4 sharing ur experiences
I recently started work again, after being home with my son for 7 months and I’m very great full to have had that opportunity (his mom stayed home the 7 months prior), it’s something that my father didn’t have (and wouldn’t have used in either case, different times and generation I guess) and our relationship isn’t good. I do feel that the same cannot be said about my relationship to my son.
always interesting videos Andrew
... slowly turning into a swede :) I always enjoy your videos. All the best.
Right on! The work/life balance is really really good in Sweden.
Im coming to work in nov 22 up north on carpentry. Im so exited.thanks
Been working in Sweden for a long time and I agree on this! Swedes are the most chill people in the world.
Sounds like a great place to live...
Work-life-balance. Only one word can describe this and you already know it: "LAGOM" 😁
Two fika/day at work. 09:45-10.00 and 14.00-14-15. But its more like 30 min each time.
No 9.30 and 14.30 for us.
8.45 and 13.45 where I work with lunch at 12, but we have different coffee break and lunch shifts because we work with big scale laundry for the community and especially at the laundry machines there must always be people.
At the last place I worked before retiring. 1) they had a crazy sick day rule. If you took a sick day you have to put a note in your electronic time sheet why you took a sick day. Then, if HR deemed it wasn't a solid enough illness, it was charged to your PTO instead. It was so bad that people came in sick when they should have stayed home. 2) They had an open door policy in name only. They would let you talk about an issue but the decision was already made before hand as to how a project was going to go. They would thank you for your input, metaphorically pat you on the head and ask you to return to work. 3) vacation - I rarely took vacation (except for the last 3 years I worked there). Issue being when I went on vaca and came back, I usually had more work when I got back because no one else would do it. So, I'd get more stressed upon returning to work. Yeah, the vaca really helped relieve stress - NOT!
It takes one coming from abroad to see and appreciate the benefits of the swedish way of work and living combined. Many swedes tend to become home blind and complain about petty things forgetting they are living in one of the best countries in the world.
I'm Swedish and I love most things about life here. One thing I really love is paid parental leave and I'm using it to the full with my son! ❤️
But if never experienced anything different or any hardships people tend to complain.
You are right. Many Swedes, also commenting on this video, do not know how good life we have in Sweden. And this is not only considering the benefits we get from society (free education, healthcare, paid parental leave, 5 w paid vacation etc...) but also the standard of houses (mostly), roads, public transportation and not least the enviroment and nature.
Awesome vid!
I have a son with special needs which sometimes take a lot of my time. I have never had a problem with my employer regarding this. The family always comes first regardless what I need to do at work. It’s stressful at it’s when you have a special needs child. So one thing less that are stressful are so nice
4:35 Very clever cat trick 😂 Hocus Pocus!
The part of the humor that you mentioned, might be that we don't mind making fun of ourselves
, a lot. It's not very common in a lot of cultures.
The interesting thing here, which I do not have the answer to, is: Do we get less or more done at work? You touched this when you mentioned the quality of work done. I strongly believe that if you can focus at work, you can perform better when at work with less stress about all other things in life. If I'm right about this, it concludes to; less stress, more done ;-)
Which is also shown in study after study where they research whether a 6 hour work day is more or less productive than an 8 hour work day. 2 hours less every day doesn't actually decrease productivity. So I don't think it'll take super long until we shorten our work days. Some companies have already taken the initiative themselves :D
I love your cats :D
'Andrew the Swede'..🇸🇪😁
Well done
Welcome to sweden 🇸🇪🙂👍🏻
Friskvårdstimmen och friskvårdsbidraget finns det i USA?
Hi Andrew! I’m an American in NYC looking to move to Sweden for everything you said. Great video! Do you mind me asking what industry you’re in? how did you find a job in Sweden?
Hi I original came to Sweden to work as a teacher. I know work within the video game industry.
It's not easy though, you'll have to either work for a company that transfers you or find a partner. You can't just move
@@Sebbe40 thanks! Yes moving for work is the plan God willing :)
i hops your wish come true Schatze Emilien :)
@Elias Håkansson Vem vill bo i NYC :D Finns så mycket bättre ställen
Nice cats😻
Stress” is very much related to the industry you’re in. Not all industries and companies have the same workload and so on
Work to live, don't live to work.
a good saying to this video is: "work to live, not live to work"
I have worked in a couple of countries including the US and Sweden, Sweden is by far the best place to work and I have only two things that bug me about working in Sweden. Not sure how long you have worked here or if you have come across it at all but it is the extreme delegation of responsibility in Sweden where the boss even tries to delegate the tough decisions that needs managerial input. Also handling workplace friction is handled worse in Sweden than in any other country I have worked in.
But those two things are nothing compared to everything else so as I said in my first sentence I have come home and have no interest in working abroad again.
As a Swede i agree on both points. Those aspects of the work culture needs improvement.
Hes learning!
That fika thing... It's easily overdone, but there are some interesting studies of how the information flow in the workplace is much more effective when you have people bumping into each other around the coffee. It's really hard to replicate the same information sharing artificially. So, fika is good for efficiency.
A Swede in The USA . I agree ...I`m a meat manager ...(16 years in Sweden and 21 years in The USA). incorporate my Swedish way to who works with me and my Bosses tell me I`m too nice...In my point of view is not a bad thing for me to be nice to my workers. Nowadays I do (NOT ) think that American young people got a lot of work ethic....they just want a job, get paid, and be lazy....I have seen that for 21 years now.....and especially the last 2 years when the covid hit...I`m 57 and have been working 6-7 days a week for the last 2 years now and had 5 weeks of vacation in that time just to supply people with food on the table. I have not had a sick day in....8-10 years.....Do not take me wrong, I love my new country`s the USA and SWEDEN. During these 2 years with covid unemployed been getting more than people been working...well yeah why work? Yes, the unemployed need to have food if they are unable to work.I meet my wife 23 years ago on the internet and we got married 21 years ago, so that`s how I ended up in the USA. I see that Sweden is more unsafe than it was when I moved ..I`m so sad about that.Well Andrew ..stay safe and I like your videos. Andrew.... ha det så bra i vinter och hoppas du inte fryser för mycket och njut om ni får mycket snö jag saknar snön på vintern,här bli det bara icestorms...i Kentucky...Take care, Andrew....
Life comes first and work comes second ? What the hell ? How can I move to Sweden ?
I agree completely. My father was fortunate to work overseas and it was a nice lifestyle. How can an American be allowed to work overseas?
Check the website of their foreign ministry. There's usually an English version.
A lot of this is because ot the (historically) strong union movement. Don't think that the bosses came up with the fika breaks. And a lot of these gains are now under threat. There is now more and more temp workers who don't have it as good.
"What's going on?" What a silly question with which to start every video!
What’s going on is an informal way to say hi in American English. You say this to people you are friends with. I consider my subscribers my friends. That’s why I say it
I feel in sweden we are better at separating ourselves as persons and our ideas. Critizise person vs ideas seems often to me, is something americans struggle with. If you comment on an idea it is like you tell them they are bad people, not that their idea might not be the best. What do you think?
I've been to Sweden six times and I absolutely love it. I'd love to move there because I think it's more in line with my values, but I'm about three years from retirement. I've looked into retiring there, but it's very complicated. Does anyone know if age (60+years old) is a hinderance for employment? Ideally, I'd like to work part time to help with expenses, but I don't know if that's a possibility.
There are employmentagencys for "seniors" that wanna work X hours per day/week to get a little more in the wallet..
Sweden is a nice place to live😴
Yes these senior employment agency’s, stretches from household, gardening, carpentry, electric etc. you can chose what jobs you want to sign up for. Considering location and type of job. I have used seniors fie help with my garden when I was away for a longer period. The lady I. This case ca e by to have a look and get information and how much time and when it would be spent. It was great and she could fit it into how it best suited her own daily/weekly schedule.
Kelly K; You are more then wellcome here👍🏻
I agree, much better than in the US
Completely unrelated but you have an orb floating around you 😂
You are generally correct but not all companies are that supportive. If you are employed by a staffing company (bemanningsföretag)
you can have pretty bad employment terms.
Thats very true
@Ashleigh P an employer cannot refuse an employee taking parental leave.
What is you type of work?
mine is Industrial repiariman.
Is Sweden.
less that perferkt is not acceptable.
Coffe thingys are accepted
I am repairmain in heavy industry.
I work 5.shifts.
I've heard somewhere that taxpayers in the US gets less back from the government (in percentage), than taxpayers in Sweden. That we pay more taxes, but the system is more effective.
I worked in both the US. and Sweden and I sure do agree! Rather work here in Sweden! I work Monday to Friday 7.30 AM to 4 PM, got a lot of benefits and 7 weeks payed vacation each year😄
You made a little mistake there about vacation. By law all working Swedes gets 5 weeks off but many gets 6 or 7 weeks.
IM FROM SWEDEN IS FUN AND I NOT LYING
To be fair "Chernobyl" from 2019 was more of a dramatization than anything else, they've replaced a bunch of stuff to make it a bit more dramatizing (as if that was needed?) and overexaggerated with a bunch of numbers. But I do get your point, you do as you are told to climb the "success"-ladder.
How hard would it be to find a job in Sweden if you're not a collage grad?
Very difficult. Really, for low-skill workers it's extremely difficult to get work in the legal sector. And that's the result of explicit policy choices. The political idea is to mechanise and computerise as much as possible and get people into highly skilled work. Sounds lovely, perhaps, but it does leave those behind who don't have the skills. And there are loads of unskilled work that should be done. Definitively room for improvement on this point.
Perfect if you can find any job!?
Number 2: Indeed, but here in Finland the hierarchies tend to be even flatter than in Sweden. I liked to work with Swedes, and I assume the feeling was mutual.
Eyyy I’m first here
Can you list all the taxes listed on your paycheck ?
Can you tell us what your property tax, gas taxes, sales taxes, and all taxes paid in Sweden?
You want my Social Number too?
If you work at the Swedish amazon storage I'm not, you get 122sek, around 15$/h.
That around 2560$ per month and also 5 week you don't need to work but get paid so every worked hour is more then 15$ to cover those holiday weeks..
From now all in Swedish kronor and all per year. Let say you have 315400 sek per year, not my income I have more, of that you will pay 162000 sek in taxes.
44000 is to goverment, everything from millitary, Long term sick, university, the big road and alot more.
41000 sek of the taxes is money the goverment take and then give back to you when you old and don't work so this is more like saving.
.
Then we have two different county's.
One is 47000 sek, this is sports facility, schools local roads and everything your area need.
And last 27000 sek, most of this is healthcare, medical.
So for 280$/month we have a healthcare insurance paid with taxes thats included all healthcare for you and everyone that's not working included a yearly max medical cost.
In a year with this max cost you never pay more then 125$ for medical and 125$ for healthcare.
In 2020, the average national cost for health insurance in USA is $456 for an individual and $1,152 for a family per month.
@@henrikl4244 Your taxed 51%..
@@Rick-tb4so
The taxes is 28-32 on the wage.
Then there is moms, tax when buying things, it's depending what you buying.
18,5% of the taxes thats around 5,6% of the wage is your money and is saved to you when you get old. So it's 22-27% income taxes.
In USA you also pay taxes when buying things, depending what county , It's higher in Sweden and much higher for alcohol and petrol.
If you have low income in Sweden and pay 33% in taxes you have over 10$ after the income taxes, that's the same as minimum wage in USA.
And that's included healthcare, school, paid home when sick or children is sick and 5 weeks paid holiday.
For every children you get 125$ per month and if you have low income you can get help with the apartment rent.
As a American you probobly say that you don't want to pay for other.
If you look only on the healthcare part you a American have a healthcare insurance and that's the same, you pay and probobly will not get it back so other get your money. That's how insurance Works.
A singel Mom with 3 children have to maybe dubble work and still have problems to pay healthcare and schools in USA.
If she work 40h and spend more time home with children, if she is sick she get help to get back to work and so with the children, the children maybe study to a well paid work.
Which children have the best opportunities.
It's a investment for everyone.
@@AndrewAustin No your wife will do...
Do you speak Swedish though?
Unions. That’s the only reason we have these things. Our unions don’t let companies stand on the back of the workers. The US really need to get unionized. It’s the only way to get any kind of workers rights. No company will pat your back out of the goodness of their hearts. You got to force them. And the only way to do that is solidarity together through unions.
Not "up to a year", You get 480 days of paid (80% of sallery) leave, per child. The "dad" must take 90 days of them (to maximize)
Yeah I mean most parents end up taking a year of work and sharing those 480 days. Could have explained that better.
Seems off topic but Mercedes F1 has taken 8 championships in a row, they are the most dominant team in history. One key reason for this is that they have a strict "no blame" policy and open communication. When things go wrong no one gets fired. Instead they look for ways to avoid that mistake won't happen again, to learn from it. There are usually always several factors in play. A worker might make a mistake but is that mistake actually caused by the system, the way things are done..
On top of that ANYONE can have an idea, at any level in the organization. You should never be afraid to speak up, the people who work on the "frontlines", in the assembly halls, even if it is just cleaning floors.. no matter what it is they do, they know what is bothering them, what is making their work harder. Listen to them and your organization will get better. Being in middle management and refusing to change things for petty reasons, because it "threatens" their authority somehow, or just that "this is the way we have always done it", those will only hurt your company in the long run. When you do give people the incentive to improve things, that they are not afraid to speak up.. they will improve things. It is VERY rare that workers want to hurt the company if they are motivated and the easiest way to motivate people is to.. listen to them when they want to change things. When you feel like you matter, you will be motivated. Shut them up, punish them for speaking and they will not care one bit if their work is good or not, cause.. what does it matter, it is not like they are getting any rewards.
It's not perks or benefits actually. They're rights that our unions have fought for.
Benefits ? Interesting. Health care system has fallen apart unless if you private, weather is crap. Swedish people are very introvert, I know alot of people moved away one fact they love americans. Thats why there is term Sweden is small Usa. Du har rätt mycket att lära dig om Sverige min vän, härligt när youtube rekommenderar sånt här till mig
Fika during during a workday also is known as "håll käftentid" dont talk about work...
Drink the Swedish Koolaid? Dangerous stuff, doesn’t take long to get hooked. So guys say out once you start taking this stuff you risk being hooked for life. I mean who want to be happy at work, take a fika to freshen your mind, get ideas from coworkers when you’re stuck, stay home when the kids are sick, paternal leave and still get more done. No thank you ;) 🤣✌️
Sweden is a trailblazer in many regards, but Europe -overall-share more or less the same work culture
You don't seem to get out much mate, having a 'fika' is a European perspective rather than 'Swedish'. in England we have 15-20 mins 'tea break' both morning and afternoon.
The work law in Sweden (and most otrher EU countries) entitles workers to a 5 mins 'toilet break' in every working hour = 8hr x 5mins = 40 mins. Specifically in Sweden you don't get paid for your lunch hour so again in relation to somewhere like England and Germany you actually work an 8hr day +1 for lunch, which is a 9hr day. England its an 8hr day inclusive of lunch and 'tea breaks' so we actually work more than 1.5 hrs less, which we also get paid for.
Its good you can post about 'working' in Sweden, as most immigrants to Sweden from lets say' non-Europeen backgrounds', don't have the luxury of a job to enjoy the perks you find so awesome .
In England like America we are interestied in who is able to do the job efficiently and earn the company money rather than being able to fit in, into the conversation at 'fika' as it is here in Sweden.
I has been my experience that people who have only lived in the UK and Germany for only 5-7yrs, appear to be able to advance so much more faster in life than 20-30 yrs of living in Sweden.
They are able to buy homes, cars and just have a job to go to if they are willing and able rather than being told they need a 'certificate' even to dig or clean the streets of snow.
You might wanna explore that in your next video.
I don't think many people have been out much in a while.
The work/life balance is sooo important for us Swedes. There are quite a lot of studies and practical examples that shows you don't necessarily get more work done if you work more than 40 hours a week. I know of a few companies that has changed to only work 35 hours (without any payouts) and that has gotten a better result. I don't know where I read this, but I read an article at Uni that said we only work efficient 5-ish hours of the time spent in the office. The companies that has started doing 35-hour weeks have done so with the argument 'If you don't get any work done those five hours, why spend them at the office?' I think that is a pretty healthy way of looking at things. I hope more companies start to think like that. The less time you spend on your job while being unproductive the better.
According to current government working is to work at least one hour a week. Do the math on that and try to maintain a society on that budget
Any source on that claim?
When people compare their country to others they don't always tell the whole story..
4:33: Everyone sees the cat and doesn't register what you're saying anymore...
Not only in Zweden in hol of EUROPE it is better .
Take care of you lungs Andrew.
Do they not seem good? I was a trombone player for 18 years. Brass players can take it 1 liter of extra air. Not to mention I am an indurance athlete. Covid got me hard, but I feel I will make a full recovery. Il
If you still lived in the US, you would be called a communist with that way of thinking XD
It is awesome, minus the taxes :P I run my own company, its a bit too transparent how much welfare costs
Jag hajar inte vad du säger, mannen? 🥴
@@beorlingo det är trevligt jobba i Sverige, minus skatterna. Jag driver eget och det är lite väl transparent hur mycket välfärden kostar
@@andersmalmgren6528 hajar fortfarande inte hur du får in transparent där. Gör ju meningen helt obegriplig! 🥴
Dessutom första gången jag hört "transparent" användas med negativ laddning, alldeles bortsett då att betydelsen av meningen helt försvinner. Mysko uttalande!
Är du poet eller nå't!?
@@beorlingo De flesta svenskar tror de betalar lite skatt, när du driver ditt eget bolag blir det väldigt transparent
@@andersmalmgren6528 ??? tycker det generellt är ett jävla gnäll på hur mycket skatt vi betalar så var du fått det ifrån begriper jag inte
A main reason you should stay home when you're sick is that you're a mess of contagion and you will spread your sickness to your coworkers!
Denmark's top statutory personal income tax rate is 55.9 percent, Norway's is 38.4 percent, and Sweden's is 57.1 percent.
Lets work just to pay the taxes.
Personal income tax in Sweden are 31% but with the work deduction it’s actually 26%.
If you make over 40000kr you pay 50% but only on the amount above 40000kr
@@erikempire318 Can you tell us what your property tax, gas taxes, sales taxes, and all taxes paid in Sweden?
Property tax was lifted some years ago. Gas taxes are high. More than half the price on gas are taxes.
Sales taxes (moms) is 6, 12 or 25% depending on the product
@@Rick-tb4so No property tax, it was removed 10-15 years ago but before that it wa 1%
Gas taxes are extrem, making a liter of gas cost 15 krona about 1:50 dollar or euro, but it's ok as alot of that are especialy used to finace better infrastrucure, subcedice public transportation and bike and bus lanes pretty much everywhare.
Sails tax 6-25% depending on nesseity or harm but its alwas included in the prise.
No its not wors country in Europa ever to work. Middle age or flinstone family woiuld be glad to hear you , but not me.
You clearly have nerver worked as a nurse or medical dr.
FIKA is "kommunens A & O". Never work, just fika, Fika @9.00, Fika @11.00, Fika @13.00 Fika @14.00 and in between the motto is to not do much
...aaaaaand ur salary is all gone in taxes...