France not having a military so they can use all of their tax dollars towards citizen programs compared to the US. US gives a bunch to the same programs but we feel like we are better than everyone else so we have to be the over bearing babysitter. Democrats want to give money to big pharma, republicans want to give money to big corp. They are the same thing. USA voters should have to take an iq test in order to vote.
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You’re not even legally required to pay. They’re also legally not allowed to give you treatment (in an emergency at least). I’ve gone to the hospital many times and have never payed. What are they gonna do I’m already treated 😂
@@ArlecchinoAKAFather lol call me broke all you want at least I ain’t in medical debt like y’all suckers. Enjoy paying money for what the rest of the world gets for free!
@@leviticuscornwall9631 I mean at least for me managing my adhd (something that is necessary for me to work in an office setting) is a continued thing if I dont pay my psychiatrist he doesnt prescribe meds and if I dont pay the pharmacy I dont get them. Sure I can choose not to take my medications but its kinda just a lose lose I spend 160$ a month on my stimulant and am able to almost work a full time job comfortably or I dont and make just under what I made near full time - medication and psych appts cost
I am French and I understand that Americans who see this are shocked. but reality needs to be softened a little. taxes are very high in France on work. they would also be shocked to see the tax rate. but despite this the French remain attached to their social repartition system, because everyone clearly sees the benefit it has. moreover, a population in relatively good physical and mental health produces more and better. it's proven. and moreover the French productivity rate is one of the highest in Western countries. regarding not responding to emails or phone calls outside of working hours.......it depends on your position in the compagny or the relationship you have with your boss..... .of course you can do it, but you can also not do it and no one can blame you and that's NORMAL!!!! you are not paid for this and you have the right to have a life outside of work!!!!!!. there's nothing weird. When it comes to meals, unfortunately we are becoming more and more Americans. my parents took a 2 hour lunch break, where I eat in 45 minutes. a simple expression sums up well the two different mentalities regarding work.....an American live for work, a Frenchman working to live. This might explain that.
Well, we Americans are taxed out the wazoo over here as well. Taxed for everything we buy, everything we sell, every certification, and additional registration for houses, cars, and pretty much every property we possess. I wouldn't mind being taxed to all hell if my take-home justified the work I put in, and I can still live a life I can be somewhat comfortable living.
@@Windona No. it's not counted in your hours. but a lunch break is obligatory and legal, every 8 hours of work at most. 1 hour minimum, it can be more. but it is not paid. on the other hand, in many companies, there is a restaurant ticket system. These are checks only usable in restaurants or others, bakeries, supermarkets, fast food, brasseries, bistros. according to your choice. you pay for your meal with it. These tickets have a value equal to money, half of the value of the ticket is taken from your salary, the other half is paid by your employer. in still other companies there are company restaurants. with very low meal prices. but in all cases, a lunch break is obligatory every 8 hours of work. working more than 8 hours in a row without a break is prohibited.
@@drfunkestein5841 Ok, that makes more sense. Legally in the US everyone has a half hour lunch break, but since it's unpaid I know a lot of people who take desk lunches so they can leave half an hour earlier.
@@heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy924 if you relate to salary, it remains super high. My boyfriend pays 400 francs per month, which for a French salary would be around 200 euros. While in France, the social security is 100% free and my private insurance does not exceed 25 euros 😶🌫️ I think the system is a bit different in Switzerland 😅 I see the system in Switzerland more like the American system. You can’t do without an private insurance. And you are not covered for everything. However, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying one system is better than another. And I’m not Swiss, I don’t pretend to know better than you. I moved here one year ago, I just learnt the differences over time. I work 500m away from the Swiss border, 80% of my clients are Swiss, and I spend basically half of my free time there, so I felt the need to learn more about your country 😉
@@heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy924 If you index it to salary, it remains super high. My boyfriend pays 400 francs per month, which for a French salary would be around 200 euros. While in France the social security is 100% free, you can see a doctor without insurance and not paying anything. And my private insurance does not exceed 25 euros 😅 I see the Swiss system more like the American system. You can’t do without private insurance and you still have to pay a lot of things. However, don’t get my wrong, I’m saying one system is better than other. And I’m not Swiss, I don’t pretend I know better than you. I just leart the differences over time when I arrived here a year ago.
@@Misterjingle alors je savais pas que en France la sécurité sociale était gratuite mais ce que je voulais dire c'est que nos assurances sont indépendantes de notre travail etc... (je me permets de parler français vu que j'imagine qu'on le parle les deux)
Everyone in the US should know, you get what you pay for. For decades the most popular thing to say when the topic came up: “Oh I don’t get into politics.” “I don’t pay attention to politics.” Well this is what not caring about politics for generations buys a people. Parents 3-6 generations ago could’ve been teaching their kids why it’s important to pay attention to politics both local and national. Instead we have generations of ppl who are just now starting to say “damn, I guess I better start paying attention.” Unfortunately it was too late by about 30 years. The govt and 1%-Ers worked over a good 25 years to get Americans out of the political process, and it worked. Now we have no representation. Not really. We get what we get.
I couldn't agree more with this! I have a friend who always says something like, oh I don't care about politics, I don't wanna have to bother with all of that and I'm just like OK, don't complain about literally any social justice or political issue in this country at all then because you can't even be bothered to try and Work out the basics lol
It is not Constitutional to implement a national healthcare system because that isn't a power given to the federal government. States can do it if they want to. I say this because people also like to sleep through their government class in school and then think some things don't exist because of who was elected. It is because most things are supposed to be done by the states. Pay attention to local politics.
The democrats and republicans are the same thing and the only 2 options we get so you can't blame people for not caring. Whether you elect old guy #1 or old guy #2, you get the same thing.
I'm British, from these videos I can gather what he loves about his Scottish boss. I bet he doesn't panic calling in sick he is going to lose his job, for one
If you’re working for a British company based here, then you will probably be getting all the benefits of our laws too. 29 days of paid leave, plus holidays. Maybe they will offer you private dental and medical care too.
The "cannot be fired because they are sick" also has its down sides. I know some people who have been "sick" for years, don't go to work but the company can't fire them. So they keep holding a job position and paying for someone full time while only being able to hire part-time to substitute temporarily that position. Also, it's technically illegal to eat lunch at your desk but maaaany people do it. What's actually enforced is that you can't work during any of your breaks - except I had to anyway at a government job sooo 😅
On sick days, what’s your issue? Are you the employer? I don’t get it…why don’t you applaud the employee of not working and getting paid? Who cares about the corporation
@@angiebee2225 If they don’t work they should get unemployment or government support until they find a job. Problem solved. You talk about ethics??? Employers have 0 and I mean 0 ethics in the US. They have 0 ethics anywhere in the world for that matter but the laws force them to act in a more humane manner.
I’m a 27 year old in treatment for Cancer in Australia, & I recently met an American girl my age who is in the same boat. She got diagnosed after she arrived here and is so relieved she didn’t discover she was sick back in the USA. Some people end up homeless from the debt and she doesn’t know if she would’ve been able to afford to get treated…For both of us, our treatment is free in Australia. We don’t have to worry about earning money while we’re too sick to work because cancer+chemo amounts to a temporary disability & you only need some med certificates to get support. It’s wild to me that people who are already so sick and in pain would be expected to go to work or just suck up dying because money. Aus isn’t at all perfect but. That’s truly fucked.
Don't forget that in the US that, sometimes, once you pass away with medical debt, they will try to guilt your loves one's into taking on your debts. Yep, the US definitely isn't fucked! /s
@@husky8204 Not guilt them but just change the debt to you. My father recently passed and now my brother (the oldest) owns all my dad's debt. They took the home to pay off his medical debt, but that didn't cover it all. So no please don't think they use just guilt. Its soooooo much more than that. We've had to hire a probate lawyer to assist with all of this and they're not cheap 😥
She is both so lucky and so very unlucky all at once. My dad had to keep working, even most chemo days, in the US - and he was thrilled that his company didn't figure out a way to "justify" firing him when he had to tell them he was sick.
@@husky8204 loved ones aren't required to pay your debt once you're dead. What can happen though is a company will try to get money from your estate/probate case before it closes. Each state is different on how long a company has to file a claim. In some states like Florida, if your only asset is a home worth below a certain amount, no company can file a claim against it, because of the Homestead laws. Also, if your only asset is a 491k, CD, or retirement account with a beneficiary a company can't claim on those either.
Hmm it may not be commie but I am waiting for these endless fools to produce the next hot tech startup or AI company. Keep selling those airbus planes. It's the only economy you have left oh.. and mo**ue construction. I didn't say morgue.
I've seen a bunch of this ladies shorts now, and I'm convinced she's a French Government Plant, tryna get skilled internationals (mainly the Americans) to migrate over to France and work there for a while. It would probably improve the local economy to have more working citizens
It's actually the opposite, we have too much skilled workers, too many young with diploma and high education... But we have a shortage on basic jobs like waiter, housekeepers, cooker etc.
Yeah, no, im from Portugal and its the same here.... As a matter of a fact its probably like this troughout europe, european legislation mandates so... For example i dont have a lunch hour ( i work shifts and in a continuous work environment) but i do have 30m to eat wich are included in my working hours and also at least 2, 15m breaks to eat during the shift... I work 13 days a month, 12, 12 hour shifts, and 1, 7 hour shift... that takes me to 36 weekly hours wich is what is mandated by law...
American Govt takes almost a third of income in taxes. And they don't provide proper healthcare either. Even the health insurance and its terms and conditions are our headache. What's even worse is- there's a fee even to pay taxes!! 🤦♂️
We decided as a nation “congress” to be in the grey area.. health care is 50 government 50 “free” market… it’ll be better to just choose a side as we are getting raked over the coals by the government and the insurance and healthcare providers it’s a all for one one for all type of ordeal
Health Insurance isn't about reducing the cost to the patient, it's about making the insurance companies richer. (I was told that by an insurance salesman.)
Health Care should NOT be through work. Her explanation on this is right on. Especially if you have a medical condition, you become an indentured servant to your employer.
If that’s true for anybody, they live in the wrong state. In California we have an affordable health exchange not tied to work rather tied to income or lack thereof. It is completely free for a family of 4 making less than 45,000 a year.
@@ashleighsparkle8810should be like that for everyone. They always put these qualifications and conditions, so that people will say “ Oh, well, we have something.
@@runawayprophet4164 red states always vote it down to expand medi caid. If I lived in a red state, i would sleep in the car if I had to to move to a blue state.
This is broadly similar across the EU. Even in the UK you get 5 weeks hols as well as public hols. We are less generous in other ways though as our workforce rights are gradually eroding post Brexit.
French companies behave differently when they operate in the USA. You'll notice the mention of laws. They only seem generous because of the laws they have to follow in France.
The fact that I work for an American Brand but in a European branch, therefore with European labor laws, speaking to our USA colleagues is always WILD. Like, yeah, technically, they make much more money, but then every right they *don't* have makes it less appealing.
they make much more money before paying on their own for healthcare, scholl and all teh benefits we have for free in europe. if you consider what is left after all this, you are actually better off in europe.
@benjaminlamey3591 hence what I said. Penny for penny, we end making the same if not more. Because the amount of things we're entitled to from social security and national school and Healthcare systems makes up for the money we don't make.
@@pixielovesmakeup we make more, because social security does not need to feed the greedy health industry and private insurances. we are definitely way better off
@@benjaminlamey3591 Beside, they don't make that much more in most jobs. Once you factor in the exchange rate they are usually not far off. And for good reasons, if US workers were too expensice companies would simply open offices elsewhere. So in the end US workers take far less money home than most other countries.
@@arakwar I think their gross wages are higher, on average, than those in Europe. But their job-security is usually so bad ('at will employment') that salaries should be compared against higher temp wages instead of wages from permanent jobs.
Did you get any political or richs peoples in politics who wants to make thoses things in america for the primary reason of keeping them at work for a small price of minimum universal service ? Or real socialist workers union who wants assurances for protections for workers and non-workers so they can live and survive instead of beeing exploit and only at work.
@@jackberling8060 Can be, at least we can find the USA on a map :), we also understand jokes. Unless we look at Germany, they don't know what jokes are.
I’m so grateful to live in Canada right now, my sweet aunt is in the hospital and very poor. I can’t imagine what she would be going through down in the USA!!
She would be seriously in debt, unable to pay bills and probably become homeless. Because the hospitals have the right to kick you out if you can't pay.
the unions in france have fought so hard and gained so much for everyone. I live in europe but my healthcare is still tied to employment, for 2 years i had been so sick i couldn't get out of bed half the time due to pain. my mother went in dept to pay some special tax that gives me health insurance just so i could get better. (i was in the middle of university when it happened) *Edit:* i live in Romania, a backwards country where if you aren't employed or in school and you are over 18 you don't get health insurance
@@bluematter435 Thank you for letting me know. Much appreciated. I'm in Ireland. Our system is not completely free to use unless you are young, old or are qualifying due to long term health issues, unemployment and some other exemptions. But.... The maximum I will ever have to pay monthly for medications is €80 no matter how much the medication may cost. Because I don't qualify for free healthcare I do have to pay €50-60 to attend my local doctor/general practitioner and there are other expenses at times too. But I can also claim back a portion of any expenses from my taxation every year too.
I work for a German company and it's much the same. I was just speaking to one of my colleagues yesterday about what it's like to work in America and what Americans have to deal with and she was speechless.
I am American but work for a Dutch company's US office. Conversations with my counterparts in NL are much like you described. I wish I could transfer to the hq office there!
Yes, EU systems are pretty much the same in most european countries, we're very well protected by the harmonisation of the EU labor laws here that provide basic human rights and social protection :).
In Germany, you get on average six weeks of vacation (four is the legal minimum) and health insurance is compulsory for any and everyone living in the country. For those employed, the employer pays half of your insurance fees while you pay the rest (it is deducted before you recieve your pay). You also have unlimited sick days, although after six consecutive weeks of being sick, your pay is taken over by health insurance and reduced to 70% of your income. It's like this or like France in most countries in the EU, although the details vary.
Not exactly compulsory for everyone though. If you do not work (too sick) and aren't signed up with government support (also too sick, their system is paperwork bullying over nothing) then you are left to pay your Health Insurance yourself and if the person supporting you were to decide "nope" then you don't have any. And it's roughly 250,-€ a month to be "voluntarily insured" as they call it. Aka we're not fail-safe yet and urgently need unconditional basic income. Putting money for bureaucracy to "paperwork bully ppl over nothing" into more useful things instead, like "stopping the - again - bullying of ppl by having draconic deadlines but not managing to get bureaucracy done in months n years when asked for paperwork themselves". And letting ppl who are too exhausted to even get to doctors appointments (to get diagnosed maybe and get paperwork maybe and said diagnosis maybe falling under the ones that allow access to benefits maybe if you maybe have enough executive function to understand their paperwork n fill it out and correctly so and to send it off to maybe be deemed worthy of "being enabled to stay alive" for a while before they poke you to test if you're sure you're really wrecked enough) (=_=) We have a lot that speaks for us but we're still far from an actually social system. Or truly humane work environments, for that matter.
@@KxNOxUTAjust no. Getting social benefits is actually quite easy in germany, while sanctions for not taking care of ones obligations are virtually nonexistent.
As an American working in America for a multinational company based out of France, it's infuriating to see all of our French counterparts get these benefits and we don't. We work for the same company.
You salary is most likely 1.5-2x of what they get in France. That said, I'd much prefer not to starve to death after I was fired on the spot because I had to take a sick leave (probably due to a gunshot wound) rather than getting more money
@@DanteAngeli and the food is better. I've just returned from my extended weekend in Normandy. The food, the cider, the nature, everything. Much love for France :) even Paris (unpopular opinion, yeah)
@@Snipergoat1 Stop calling the USA America, because America has North and South and Not all countries in AMERICA mistreat their citizens with horrible health care.
yeah but also because companies cannot prevent workers from creating unions or reaching out to other unions Also going on strike is a right and an employer can't do anything to prevent you from going on strike (besides witholding your pay of course, because you aren't working while on strike)
Actually, we were very slow to give healthcare to our workers in France. Universal healthcare was voted after the WW2. But yeah, we're known for protest, even if our president now spits on our rights, being deaf to the people, because he wants France to look like the USA. Everyone here hate him and want him out, but we still have 3 years to endure him from now... Rights are earned but you'll also have to fight to keep them.
@@camilleroblin5005 I mean, there were state-sponsored pensions for some categories of the population back in the 1930s in response to the economic crisis, and before that specific laws in the 19th century on healthcare, workplace accidents compensation, etc... But yeah compared to Germany we were late.
Brazil is quite similar but vacation is 4 weeks/year and companies pay private health insurance in addition to existing public health (social security) which is pretty good (but crowded)
@@tashinaking3198 We don't work 7 days a week in the UK. It's 5 days x 4 = 20, then +8 because of the 8 bank holidays. That's litarerally how the number 28 was derived. This works out to 5.6 weeks for the standard 5 day week. Now you can pro-rata any other amount. If you really did work 7 days a week, you'd be legally entitled to get 7x5.6=39.2 days holiday a year. Should I put a bunch of emojis to emphasise how wrong you are?
It depends though, sick pay can be like, a fraction of normal, and sometimes you just can't afford to keep going on it and need to go back to work before ready
Yeah we do, but a lot of these idiots here need to first go out and discover that there is no utopia and that for every benefit their is a cost. It's a simple concept to grasp but if they really understood it they would not be so fast to justify things like a higher tax rate and having the government having a financial stake in your health management. (The fatties would really not like that and we got plenty of those. I am one of them these days.)
I literally am born n raised in the USA but hearing all the positives of Europe, it literally BAFFLES ME beyond belief that we still think we're the best country
That's why the powers that be really hate tiktok. It's a bunch of kids scarred from American style capitalism and showing them just how abnormal this shit actually is
@@wholeNwonfor our entire schooling we pledge our allegiance to a flag. The brainwashing into believing America is the only country to live in is pretty strong. Many states white wash history and make it seem like anything beyond America is a hellhole. So yeah, I’m not surprised they’re just realizing this.
This is why I left my six figure job in the US two decades ago. And I'm from Turkey, not western Europe.It is true the US felt like freedom when I was in grad school there, but the working life seemed like the opposite of that. I simply could not accept the working conditions there. I didn't want to live my life in fear of losing my job.
"If you're sick, you're sick. Stay home, get a doctor" if only every employer had this mentality. My part time job asked me for a doctors note when I got food poisoning. Why would I bother with a doctor when they can't do anything for it anyway?
@@yagamilight589 not it’s not . The quality is better in the US . I have experienced healthcare in California and in Sweden. Sweden sends everyone home with paramecetol and never finds root causes of problems. In the Us you will get specialists and testing very quickly to rule out diseases. It’s silly to compare. You can say the US is more expensive, which you would be right, but to say it’s not good is false.
In Sweden although this is technically true, if you seem to miss a lot of work for these reasons they will get rid of you despite any union protection. My husband gets lectures when he calls out sick especially if it’s for our children and it’s supposedly our right to VAB in Sweden when our children are sick. Maybe in France, but then again that may be one reason nothing really works quickly and efficiently in Europe.
job: You need a doctor's note Me: you don't provide health ins, I don't make enough to use the marketplace offerings, I can't afford a doctor unless I'm dying dying Coworkers: why are you here? OMG you look like you're dying!! Me: not quite yet,,,,,thanks
In Brazil SUS (public healthcare system) assists everyone, even if you are a foreigner, for free. Private health insurance will almosy never cover cancer treatment, only if you're really rich. SUS is responsible for 99% of cancer treatment in Brazil, totally free of charges.
Of course. The USA even did have slavery until 1865, which means until 90 years after the foundation of the home of the brave and the free. And the main reason was because the upcoming industrialisation/capitalism in the north needed the free movement of labour rather than labour being owned. So the civil war was basically a war between the old feudal system and the new capitalist system, which redefined how exploitation has to work in the future.
@@ThomasVWormexactly, and if you go back to the 50s the reason we don’t have universal health care was because of racist policies, the government said it would encourage the wrong people to breed.
Paying extra to "jump the line" is understandable. But at least it is not hundreds of $ each pay period, then thousands of $ out of pocket until "deductible" is met and insurance starts to pay 80% portion of bill. US healthcare model is such a ponzi scheme.
In Canada we are notorious for our wait times. We could probably stand to allow more privatization, but culturally we are particularly anti-american to allow it. With good reason, since we are reliant on and influenced by our bigger neighbor.
In America, on Medicare, we wait, we hope, but we rarely ever get treatment, or diagnosis, and we pay too. We are supposed to have original Medicare wh was free but try to find a doctor who accepts it. So we pay a minimum of $170/month to have the insurance. Problem is, if you go to the doctor, he'll send you to a specialist, but you have to pay $40 for the visit (a few months away) and you don't see a doctor, you see a PA (physician's assistant) who is a person w an undergrad degree in anything, then a couple years of medical training. It's less than a 4 yr nurse and much less than a 4 yr nurse w a masters in nursing (if you can find one). I know a couple but they work at prestigious hospitals in another state. We supposedly have Medicaid for poor ppl. Time was when it actually was available but now it is usually limited to young children, again, if you can find a doctor who accepts it. Doctors don't want to be known for working for the low reimbursements, or their companies refuse it, so unless they have a long time patient, a relative or friend, they wouldn't accept it. Nearly all doctors work for companies, though, and they have no say about it. The companies tell medical ppl what to do.
Sick days are so offensive. Thousands of people are unemployed just because they wouldnt be allowed enough sick days to work. Or they wouldnt be able to have health insurance and work. My insurance would be over 1,100$ per month because I was disabled before age 21.
Yep, and the disability system is freaking brutal. My buddy has to keep on proving that he's in a chair, as if his legs will magically start working again.
@@umsonhodeumanoitedeveraoyes, we have a maximum number of days that we’re allowed to be sick. If you need more sick days, then you’ll have to use your vacation time. One year my mom had surgery and used all of her sick days and vacation on that, and then she got shingles the same year. She had to work the entire time with the worst case of shingles her doctor had ever seen. She said it was some of the worst pain she ever felt, and she still drove 45mins to the office every day because she didn’t want to lose her job. We really live in a nightmare and I hope I can leave someday :(
@@umsonhodeumanoitedeverao You have an allotted amount of days where you can call in sick and be paid for them. Its separate from your vacation time and when you run out you can either be fired or use your vacation time to cover those days, depending on the company. If you dont use the days you get paid for them at the end of the year.
@@umsonhodeumanoitedeveraoyup. Also some places don’t give you any at all 😢. Growing My mom often had to choose between taking off when sick and risk loosing her job or go to work and spread whatever she had going on 😢.
I know so many, and I'm not exaggerating, maybe a few dozen personally who have had this exact thing happen. I once hurt my back so badly I couldnt stand, and I ended up incurring a lot of bills figuring it out and fixing it. Over 15 years later, that debt is still haunting me and i make less than $30k
Bon Voyage! Now if only you will stay on said voyage. Sadly few of you ever do. You find out this new utopia like land is in fact just another land with it's own set of problems. You then usually come back.
I know it's a joke but just in case: the french government websites are hell, make sure to read through a lot to ensure you have a proper visa and don't get fucked over
And those same people get paid bonuses every year that are larger than a minimum wage salary for an entire year while saying poor people are poor because they can’t manage finances
Yup.. and the republicans successfully made sure the working class is fighting with eachother bc they made a large part of it believe all their problems exist bc of people with a different skin color, gender or sexuality... It's why I hate how they corrupted the term "woke". It's been such a successful distraction for the republicans to make em believe giving a shit about other people is the issue while the rich republicans keep hoarding all resources.
@@juliusdauksys2183to be fair, when America goes on strike they do not laugh at all, but if you could do an general strike you will be able to completely change the system
@@haraffael7821 "Safer", It depends on where you live. If you live in Alsace, the French Alps, Brittany, Provence, the Basque Country, etc, these regions are pretty safe. Love Austria, but I'll stick with my city of Aix en Provence, pretty safe, 300 days of sunshine per year, the med sea 30min away...
@@Pogouldangeliwitz As an American I say good. Now keep your Euroweenie ways over there. By the way would you like a but of well meaning but rather stupid young people. As you can see from this comments section we have plenty and they might fit in well with you guys. (Just kidding, not only do we know you guys don't want a new set of freeloaders, they wouldn't leave anyway.)
@@wholeNwon You're right. Government spending is suffocating us. We lose all of our hard earned wages for a ludicrous military budget and supporting other countries just to keep the Dollar relevant.
We need more videos like this. Many of my fellow Americans don't know how fucked up this country is. And it's hard to know how abusive your situation is while you're in that situation
Kara is telling the truth. Ppl will tell you, "We have Medicare and Medicaid, nobody goes without." Then they one day learn the truth about how it works and have a crisis of conscience.
My last corporate job (US) gave is 10 TOTAL DAYS of paid time off. This means if you're sick for one work week, you only have 5 days left for vacation. Family member die? There goes a couple more days. Doctor appointments? Bye vacation. 😭
Actually, in France, the employer usually pays for the complementary part of the healthcare, social security being only very basic coverage, you also need "mutuelle" (private healthcare).
It's nuts to tie health care to your job. In Australia, your healthcare is yours and totally separate from work. Your health is no one else's business anyway.
When I did some work over in spain whilst living their to tend for my elderly Abuelita, when I asked at my interview about if the 5 weeks I got off was including holidays and sick days, the woman just laughed and said "¡Por supuesto! ¡No somos bárbaros como esas empresas australianas!"
Holy cow! I work all through lunch at my desk, and we don't get breaks. We are allowed to take a lunch away from the office, but there is so much to do that we can't afford to not work through lunch. (Law Firm job)
I think about how so many people get a catastrophic illness or injury, are unable to work and lose their job, along with their health insurance, all at a time when they need it the most. Despicable.
i miss my time in france soooo much. i need to move there. so much for the nation the founding fathers wanted 😭 like fuck off i’d like to not be in debt by living and seeking higher education
Struggled with epilepsy most of my life and currently hate my job, but don’t want to just quit without another job because my health insurance is through work. 😃
Actually, employers in France have to provide employees with a complementary healthcare insurance which usually cover additional healthcare costs not covered by the social security. Employees generally pay for a part of it but it doesn’t cost much and often gives really good coverage. Furthermore, when someone gets fired, that person keeps those benefits for free for up to 2 years of unemployment (in most cases)
There is one thing i really don't understand. If the americans know they have a really bad system why are they not on the street fighting for a better work law or even the simplest health care system. They need to set a date for a few days where no one goes to work i bet that would chance somethings immediately.
A lot of people in @bu$!ve situations don’t even know that it’s @bus!ve until they’re out and reach a level of ‘normalcy’ (but….. define ‘normalcy’! 😂).
Well i think normal is that at least you can stay home when you are sick/ill. No matter what you have (from cold to cancer etc) and you do pay taxes so they should be used for your healthcare. That would be my first thing i would fight for. Not to make you jealous but i'm preagnant and i was forbidden (by the company) at the 12 week to work anymore and i get my full salary and than stay at home for at least 1 1/2 years and get paid for that as well (but not the full pay) and they need to safe my job for when i come back... So why is nobody fighting for that and much more??? You cant tell me the people dont know their situation in 21 st century, thats what triggers me so much i dont understand that 😅
Unionise and you are all fired. Protest and you are beaten and arrested, your protest highjacked by plunderers and vandals. Criticise publicly and you are Anti-US and Communist.
@@darlene1064 They simply don't know better, and they are raised and indoctrinated like that. Americans don't learn anything about the world and life in other countries. They are hostages of their own society.
The younger generations, starting mostly with millenials and down, are typically very vocal about wanting serious systemic change. The issue is that there are still individuals from the Silent Generation (yes, you read that correctly) and the Boomer Generation who refuse to give up seats of political power to the next generation. Gen X has barely gotten their foot in the door, and unfortunately, a lot of Gen X'ers have leaned towards Boomer/far right politics. Obviously, I'm speaking broadly, but this tends to be the biggest trend. In addition, Americans are brainwashed from birth to believe that suffering is a good thing. If you suffer for the things you want/need, that's admirable and the right thing. (Instead of just having a working system that takes care of everyone.) I cannot express to you how fcked this entire country is. It's just as bad as you can imagine it.
“That would be so crazy!”
The US: 👀
France not having a military so they can use all of their tax dollars towards citizen programs compared to the US. US gives a bunch to the same programs but we feel like we are better than everyone else so we have to be the over bearing babysitter. Democrats want to give money to big pharma, republicans want to give money to big corp. They are the same thing. USA voters should have to take an iq test in order to vote.
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The US is the odd child of developed countries
The US: Those commie bastards. You want commie healthcare?
@@LittleMew133- Does that mean we aren’t “developed” but just aspiring to be?
Healthcare in the US is in a dystopian nightmare.
Look up survival rates for any disease US v any country that isn’t 90% white lol
You’re not even legally required to pay. They’re also legally not allowed to give you treatment (in an emergency at least). I’ve gone to the hospital many times and have never payed. What are they gonna do I’m already treated 😂
@@leviticuscornwall9631 take your knee caps. Also this only works if you're broke because taking you to court isn't worth it
@@ArlecchinoAKAFather lol call me broke all you want at least I ain’t in medical debt like y’all suckers. Enjoy paying money for what the rest of the world gets for free!
@@leviticuscornwall9631 I mean at least for me managing my adhd (something that is necessary for me to work in an office setting) is a continued thing if I dont pay my psychiatrist he doesnt prescribe meds and if I dont pay the pharmacy I dont get them. Sure I can choose not to take my medications but its kinda just a lose lose I spend 160$ a month on my stimulant and am able to almost work a full time job comfortably or I dont and make just under what I made near full time - medication and psych appts cost
I am French and I understand that Americans who see this are shocked. but reality needs to be softened a little. taxes are very high in France on work. they would also be shocked to see the tax rate. but despite this the French remain attached to their social repartition system, because everyone clearly sees the benefit it has. moreover, a population in relatively good physical and mental health produces more and better. it's proven. and moreover the French productivity rate is one of the highest in Western countries. regarding not responding to emails or phone calls outside of working hours.......it depends on your position in the compagny or the relationship you have with your boss..... .of course you can do it, but you can also not do it and no one can blame you and that's NORMAL!!!! you are not paid for this and you have the right to have a life outside of work!!!!!!. there's nothing weird. When it comes to meals, unfortunately we are becoming more and more Americans. my parents took a 2 hour lunch break, where I eat in 45 minutes. a simple expression sums up well the two different mentalities regarding work.....an American live for work, a Frenchman working to live. This might explain that.
Well, we Americans are taxed out the wazoo over here as well. Taxed for everything we buy, everything we sell, every certification, and additional registration for houses, cars, and pretty much every property we possess. I wouldn't mind being taxed to all hell if my take-home justified the work I put in, and I can still live a life I can be somewhat comfortable living.
Americans pay a disproportionate amount of tax compared to how few amenities we get for it.
45 minute lunch break... and is it an unpaid 45 minutes or does it count towards your daily hours?
@@Windona No. it's not counted in your hours. but a lunch break is obligatory and legal, every 8 hours of work at most. 1 hour minimum, it can be more. but it is not paid. on the other hand, in many companies, there is a restaurant ticket system. These are checks only usable in restaurants or others, bakeries, supermarkets, fast food, brasseries, bistros. according to your choice. you pay for your meal with it. These tickets have a value equal to money, half of the value of the ticket is taken from your salary, the other half is paid by your employer. in still other companies there are company restaurants. with very low meal prices. but in all cases, a lunch break is obligatory every 8 hours of work. working more than 8 hours in a row without a break is prohibited.
@@drfunkestein5841 Ok, that makes more sense. Legally in the US everyone has a half hour lunch break, but since it's unpaid I know a lot of people who take desk lunches so they can leave half an hour earlier.
Americans will still argue - BUT WE HAVE FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"😂
We will argue we still have money on our check after taxes.
Until you get sick, in an accident etc etc etc... The rest also has money left and it's still a lot
You have the freedom to die somewhere, away from your neighbours, alone, scared & in pain.
That's why some of you need to take several jobs to make a living I guess @@gregfoots
@@gregfoots Your healthcare spending per capita is more than double most other developed nations.
As a US worker. this pisses me off.
Rightly so!
That's the right response
Look up their tax rate vs yours
@@pierce4026I'd gladly give up an extra 10% income for guaranteed healthcare and an extra 3 weeks of vacation alone
@@pierce4026in return for better worker laws and non-exorbitantly expensive healthcare? yes please
The U.S. should be taking notes
Did you hear California introduced a “right to disconnect law” earlier this week?
Billionaires: negative
@@royaventurera If that happens, that will be amazing
My cat haunts the dreams of little men who don't take their daily vitamin supplements ❤
They have, and they’re working on a way to prevent it🙈🐵🙉🤬
I live in Switzerland but our system is similar to France's and watching these shorts make me sooo grateful to live here
My boyfriend works in Switzerland and the insurance companies are crazy expensive compared to France...
@@Misterjingle yeah but the system in general is similar. Plus our salaries are higher
@@heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy924
if you relate to salary, it remains super high. My boyfriend pays 400 francs per month, which for a French salary would be around 200 euros. While in France, the social security is 100% free and my private insurance does not exceed 25 euros 😶🌫️
I think the system is a bit different in Switzerland 😅
I see the system in Switzerland more like the American system. You can’t do without an private insurance. And you are not covered for everything.
However, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying one system is better than another.
And I’m not Swiss, I don’t pretend to know better than you.
I moved here one year ago, I just learnt the differences over time.
I work 500m away from the Swiss border, 80% of my clients are Swiss, and I spend basically half of my free time there, so I felt the need to learn more about your country 😉
@@heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy924 If you index it to salary, it remains super high. My boyfriend pays 400 francs per month, which for a French salary would be around 200 euros. While in France the social security is 100% free, you can see a doctor without insurance and not paying anything.
And my private insurance does not exceed 25 euros 😅
I see the Swiss system more like the American system. You can’t do without private insurance and you still have to pay a lot of things.
However, don’t get my wrong, I’m saying one system is better than other. And I’m not Swiss, I don’t pretend I know better than you.
I just leart the differences over time when I arrived here a year ago.
@@Misterjingle alors je savais pas que en France la sécurité sociale était gratuite mais ce que je voulais dire c'est que nos assurances sont indépendantes de notre travail etc... (je me permets de parler français vu que j'imagine qu'on le parle les deux)
Everyone in the US should know, you get what you pay for. For decades the most popular thing to say when the topic came up:
“Oh I don’t get into politics.”
“I don’t pay attention to politics.”
Well this is what not caring about politics for generations buys a people. Parents 3-6 generations ago could’ve been teaching their kids why it’s important to pay attention to politics both local and national. Instead we have generations of ppl who are just now starting to say “damn, I guess I better start paying attention.” Unfortunately it was too late by about 30 years. The govt and 1%-Ers worked over a good 25 years to get Americans out of the political process, and it worked. Now we have no representation. Not really. We get what we get.
I couldn't agree more with this! I have a friend who always says something like, oh I don't care about politics, I don't wanna have to bother with all of that and I'm just like OK, don't complain about literally any social justice or political issue in this country at all then because you can't even be bothered to try and Work out the basics lol
It's late for it to be easy, but stuff can still be done! you're getting a resurgence of unions in the US, get in there!
It is not Constitutional to implement a national healthcare system because that isn't a power given to the federal government. States can do it if they want to. I say this because people also like to sleep through their government class in school and then think some things don't exist because of who was elected. It is because most things are supposed to be done by the states. Pay attention to local politics.
The democrats and republicans are the same thing and the only 2 options we get so you can't blame people for not caring. Whether you elect old guy #1 or old guy #2, you get the same thing.
@@christinewatson1989 You have to not be paying any attention at all whatsoever to even suggest the idea that the two parties are the same
These make me wish I lived in France instead of the US 😭
Go! Why you don't try? You can always come back. It takes few months to learn the language when you live with the people.❤
Literally could move to most other counties and have healthcare and better benefits 😅
At least you would have decent food to eat in France.
@Cafeallday222 Maybe I should actually consider that offer to study abroad lol I could actually go to the doctors without losing all my life savings 🥲
What's stopping you?
I'm wfh in the US, but my boss is in Scotland, and he's ruined me for ever working under an American ever again.
Yet you won't GTFO of the USA will you? You folks never do....amazing how that is.
What kind of benefits do you see? Sorry if this is a dumb question- I've never worked for anyone other than a Midwestern American
^ I'm also kinda curious.
I'm British, from these videos I can gather what he loves about his Scottish boss.
I bet he doesn't panic calling in sick he is going to lose his job, for one
If you’re working for a British company based here, then you will probably be getting all the benefits of our laws too.
29 days of paid leave, plus holidays.
Maybe they will offer you private dental and medical care too.
The "cannot be fired because they are sick" also has its down sides. I know some people who have been "sick" for years, don't go to work but the company can't fire them. So they keep holding a job position and paying for someone full time while only being able to hire part-time to substitute temporarily that position.
Also, it's technically illegal to eat lunch at your desk but maaaany people do it. What's actually enforced is that you can't work during any of your breaks - except I had to anyway at a government job sooo 😅
On sick days, what’s your issue? Are you the employer? I don’t get it…why don’t you applaud the employee of not working and getting paid? Who cares about the corporation
@@sakispsinakis It prevents that job going to someone who will work. Also, there's a little thing called ethics.
@@angiebee2225 If they don’t work they should get unemployment or government support until they find a job. Problem solved.
You talk about ethics??? Employers have 0 and I mean 0 ethics in the US. They have 0 ethics anywhere in the world for that matter but the laws force them to act in a more humane manner.
@@angiebee2225 th-cam.com/users/shorts3DQ079m5qcs?si=D44exti3R44S8apu
this makes me want to cry
I’m a 27 year old in treatment for Cancer in Australia, & I recently met an American girl my age who is in the same boat. She got diagnosed after she arrived here and is so relieved she didn’t discover she was sick back in the USA. Some people end up homeless from the debt and she doesn’t know if she would’ve been able to afford to get treated…For both of us, our treatment is free in Australia. We don’t have to worry about earning money while we’re too sick to work because cancer+chemo amounts to a temporary disability & you only need some med certificates to get support. It’s wild to me that people who are already so sick and in pain would be expected to go to work or just suck up dying because money. Aus isn’t at all perfect but. That’s truly fucked.
Don't forget that in the US that, sometimes, once you pass away with medical debt, they will try to guilt your loves one's into taking on your debts.
Yep, the US definitely isn't fucked! /s
@@husky8204 Not guilt them but just change the debt to you. My father recently passed and now my brother (the oldest) owns all my dad's debt. They took the home to pay off his medical debt, but that didn't cover it all. So no please don't think they use just guilt. Its soooooo much more than that. We've had to hire a probate lawyer to assist with all of this and they're not cheap 😥
She is both so lucky and so very unlucky all at once.
My dad had to keep working, even most chemo days, in the US - and he was thrilled that his company didn't figure out a way to "justify" firing him when he had to tell them he was sick.
@@husky8204 loved ones aren't required to pay your debt once you're dead. What can happen though is a company will try to get money from your estate/probate case before it closes. Each state is different on how long a company has to file a claim. In some states like Florida, if your only asset is a home worth below a certain amount, no company can file a claim against it, because of the Homestead laws. Also, if your only asset is a 491k, CD, or retirement account with a beneficiary a company can't claim on those either.
@@tscimbwhere's the unlucky part
The US: "This is communism." 😮😮😮
Hmm it may not be commie but I am waiting for these endless fools to produce the next hot tech startup or AI company. Keep selling those airbus planes. It's the only economy you have left oh.. and mo**ue construction.
I didn't say morgue.
I know right??
More Accurate
The capitalist class and far-righters in the US: “THIS IS COMMUNISM”
That little piece of propaganda has worked all these years to keep you guys in line and build massive companies that are rich beyond imagination
Yeeh Socialism ☺
I've seen a bunch of this ladies shorts now, and I'm convinced she's a French Government Plant, tryna get skilled internationals (mainly the Americans) to migrate over to France and work there for a while. It would probably improve the local economy to have more working citizens
dude, she's just pointing out that the richest country in the world (US) is making it's nations people live in poverty and desperation and it's evil.
It's actually the opposite, we have too much skilled workers, too many young with diploma and high education... But we have a shortage on basic jobs like waiter, housekeepers, cooker etc.
Yeah, no, im from Portugal and its the same here.... As a matter of a fact its probably like this troughout europe, european legislation mandates so... For example i dont have a lunch hour ( i work shifts and in a continuous work environment) but i do have 30m to eat wich are included in my working hours and also at least 2, 15m breaks to eat during the shift... I work 13 days a month, 12, 12 hour shifts, and 1, 7 hour shift... that takes me to 36 weekly hours wich is what is mandated by law...
My sweet summer child …
Love this makes me want to go back in France so different and nice. .
American Govt takes almost a third of income in taxes. And they don't provide proper healthcare either. Even the health insurance and its terms and conditions are our headache. What's even worse is- there's a fee even to pay taxes!! 🤦♂️
We decided as a nation “congress” to be in the grey area.. health care is 50 government 50 “free” market… it’ll be better to just choose a side as we are getting raked over the coals by the government and the insurance and healthcare providers it’s a all for one one for all type of ordeal
For real i spend like 600 a paycheck just to pay several hundred every time I have a visit with bloodwork
They provide you with "war care" instead.
Health Insurance isn't about reducing the cost to the patient, it's about making the insurance companies richer. (I was told that by an insurance salesman.)
And that's if you don't live in a state with a state income tax, or a city with its own taxes in a state with income and sales taxes...
Health Care should NOT be through work.
Her explanation on this is right on. Especially if you have a medical condition, you become an indentured servant to your employer.
If that’s true for anybody, they live in the wrong state. In California we have an affordable health exchange not tied to work rather tied to income or lack thereof. It is completely free for a family of 4 making less than 45,000 a year.
@@ashleighsparkle8810should be like that for everyone. They always put these qualifications and conditions, so that people will say “ Oh, well, we have something.
@@ashleighsparkle8810So you give away stuff for free?
@@runawayprophet4164 red states always vote it down to expand medi caid. If I lived in a red state, i would sleep in the car if I had to to move to a blue state.
@@duck_entertainment so you lack any brain cells?
This is broadly similar across the EU. Even in the UK you get 5 weeks hols as well as public hols. We are less generous in other ways though as our workforce rights are gradually eroding post Brexit.
French companies behave differently when they operate in the USA. You'll notice the mention of laws. They only seem generous because of the laws they have to follow in France.
It's normal in multinational companies.
In France, State takes 40% of your wages. 🤷🏻♂️
That's not far off from what people in the USA pay for much less.
@@vincentt2309but in France (and practically all of Europe) you get much more for those paid taxes
@@vincentt2309No it doesn’t.
The fact that I work for an American Brand but in a European branch, therefore with European labor laws, speaking to our USA colleagues is always WILD. Like, yeah, technically, they make much more money, but then every right they *don't* have makes it less appealing.
they make much more money before paying on their own for healthcare, scholl and all teh benefits we have for free in europe. if you consider what is left after all this, you are actually better off in europe.
@benjaminlamey3591 hence what I said. Penny for penny, we end making the same if not more. Because the amount of things we're entitled to from social security and national school and Healthcare systems makes up for the money we don't make.
@@pixielovesmakeup we make more, because social security does not need to feed the greedy health industry and private insurances. we are definitely way better off
@@benjaminlamey3591 Beside, they don't make that much more in most jobs. Once you factor in the exchange rate they are usually not far off. And for good reasons, if US workers were too expensice companies would simply open offices elsewhere.
So in the end US workers take far less money home than most other countries.
@@arakwar I think their gross wages are higher, on average, than those in Europe. But their job-security is usually so bad ('at will employment') that salaries should be compared against higher temp wages instead of wages from permanent jobs.
Keep making these! Us American workers have so much to learn from the French, especially on how to fight to keep these benefits. 🇫🇷
France is a dead country
Guillotines.
@@gloomyscribblesWhat? Tf is the link with what he said?
Did you get any political or richs peoples in politics who wants to make thoses things in america for the primary reason of keeping them at work for a small price of minimum universal service ?
Or real socialist workers union who wants assurances for protections for workers and non-workers so they can live and survive instead of beeing exploit and only at work.
Union's, people United against employers, united against billionaires influencing the government. Do it. This one of the things the french do well.
Us health care: sell a kidney to remove splinter
And they still believe they are the greatest country in the world...
This is an over-generalization.
Not everyone in the country has the same overinflated view about the USA.
@@jackberling8060 Those people are called tourists
@@dracul1986 damn, guess what they say about Europeans was true.
@@jackberling8060 Can be, at least we can find the USA on a map :), we also understand jokes. Unless we look at Germany, they don't know what jokes are.
China, Russia, US. Those are the only countries that could make a case for greatest countries. Everyone else, respectfully, stfu.
I’m so grateful to live in Canada right now, my sweet aunt is in the hospital and very poor. I can’t imagine what she would be going through down in the USA!!
My husband just had a quadruple bypass, 15 days in hospital. I'd hate to know how much it cost.
She would be seriously in debt, unable to pay bills and probably become homeless. Because the hospitals have the right to kick you out if you can't pay.
Your poor aunt would be covered by medicaid though.
If she’s poor, she’d be going through Medicaid or going to the free county public hospitals.
If you’re very poor in the United States, you get Medicaid.
I can only imagine if a Exec. for a US company heard this they would be screaming in pain and yelling "heresy"
The Exec in France hate it too, but it's the law so not their decision
Let's hope that the law stays that way
Its more like they would be screaming "what about the shareholders!!!!" lol
@@BadLineMTBthis is more accurate lol.
@@defalur if you want better rights, be sure to vote for the side that MIGHT work for them, rather than actively opposing them.
The more of your videos I watch the more I want to move to France
They will tax the crap out of you for their ‘amazing systems’
It is not easy, but it is doable. Don’t listen to naysayers.
Can u plz do one that says, Healthcare around the world
the unions in france have fought so hard and gained so much for everyone.
I live in europe but my healthcare is still tied to employment, for 2 years i had been so sick i couldn't get out of bed half the time due to pain. my mother went in dept to pay some special tax that gives me health insurance just so i could get better. (i was in the middle of university when it happened)
*Edit:* i live in Romania, a backwards country where if you aren't employed or in school and you are over 18 you don't get health insurance
Where do you live in Europe? Every country has their own unique health care system so I'd like to know rather than a sweeping generalisation.
Which country? Most European countries follow the same system as France, no? At least all of the Nordics, Germany, Netherlands etc.
@@AK-jm1sc ah, i live in romania, a backwards country where if you arent employeed or in school and you are over 18 you don't get health insurance
@@tconnolly9820 you're right, i missed it.
I live in Romania my fellow internet person. Horrible country wouldn't recommend it.
@@bluematter435 Thank you for letting me know. Much appreciated. I'm in Ireland.
Our system is not completely free to use unless you are young, old or are qualifying due to long term health issues, unemployment and some other exemptions.
But....
The maximum I will ever have to pay monthly for medications is €80 no matter how much the medication may cost.
Because I don't qualify for free healthcare I do have to pay €50-60 to attend my local doctor/general practitioner and there are other expenses at times too.
But I can also claim back a portion of any expenses from my taxation every year too.
I work for a German company and it's much the same. I was just speaking to one of my colleagues yesterday about what it's like to work in America and what Americans have to deal with and she was speechless.
I am American but work for a Dutch company's US office. Conversations with my counterparts in NL are much like you described. I wish I could transfer to the hq office there!
Yes, EU systems are pretty much the same in most european countries, we're very well protected by the harmonisation of the EU labor laws here that provide basic human rights and social protection :).
yes, i was going to say the same thing. i used to work for a German company, so i know all about this.
I guess I'll have to learn french ASAP.
You are hilarious 😂
In Germany, you get on average six weeks of vacation (four is the legal minimum) and health insurance is compulsory for any and everyone living in the country. For those employed, the employer pays half of your insurance fees while you pay the rest (it is deducted before you recieve your pay).
You also have unlimited sick days, although after six consecutive weeks of being sick, your pay is taken over by health insurance and reduced to 70% of your income.
It's like this or like France in most countries in the EU, although the details vary.
Not exactly compulsory for everyone though. If you do not work (too sick) and aren't signed up with government support (also too sick, their system is paperwork bullying over nothing) then you are left to pay your Health Insurance yourself and if the person supporting you were to decide "nope" then you don't have any. And it's roughly 250,-€ a month to be "voluntarily insured" as they call it.
Aka we're not fail-safe yet and urgently need unconditional basic income. Putting money for bureaucracy to "paperwork bully ppl over nothing" into more useful things instead, like "stopping the - again - bullying of ppl by having draconic deadlines but not managing to get bureaucracy done in months n years when asked for paperwork themselves". And letting ppl who are too exhausted to even get to doctors appointments (to get diagnosed maybe and get paperwork maybe and said diagnosis maybe falling under the ones that allow access to benefits maybe if you maybe have enough executive function to understand their paperwork n fill it out and correctly so and to send it off to maybe be deemed worthy of "being enabled to stay alive" for a while before they poke you to test if you're sure you're really wrecked enough)
(=_=) We have a lot that speaks for us but we're still far from an actually social system. Or truly humane work environments, for that matter.
@@KxNOxUTAa UBI violates everything what money is all about. So there never will be a UBI.
@@KxNOxUTAjust no. Getting social benefits is actually quite easy in germany, while sanctions for not taking care of ones obligations are virtually nonexistent.
It is much the same in Australia.
As an American working in America for a multinational company based out of France, it's infuriating to see all of our French counterparts get these benefits and we don't. We work for the same company.
In Rome do like the Romans
You salary is most likely 1.5-2x of what they get in France. That said, I'd much prefer not to starve to death after I was fired on the spot because I had to take a sick leave (probably due to a gunshot wound) rather than getting more money
@@MrKrieghund also life is cheaper in france is you avoid Paris
my bro works for a British company in the US, he gets the same benefits they do
@@DanteAngeli and the food is better. I've just returned from my extended weekend in Normandy. The food, the cider, the nature, everything. Much love for France :) even Paris (unpopular opinion, yeah)
Already made up my mind where I'm going when I'm an adult-
The french accent is perfect 😊
Especially saying ‘contrat’ instead of ‘contract’!
This isn't just America vs France, but America vs any other country that doesn't mistreat its citizens
Or any country where the people actually use their votes to control their gov't.
America has many countries.
@@melis6294 All countries are America!
@@Snipergoat1 Stop calling the USA America, because America has North and South and Not all countries in AMERICA mistreat their citizens with horrible health care.
America Vs Any non third-world country
France is also known for its massive protests. These rights were not earned easily. (The voting system probably helped too.)
yeah but also because companies cannot prevent workers from creating unions or reaching out to other unions
Also going on strike is a right and an employer can't do anything to prevent you from going on strike (besides witholding your pay of course, because you aren't working while on strike)
Actually, we were very slow to give healthcare to our workers in France. Universal healthcare was voted after the WW2. But yeah, we're known for protest, even if our president now spits on our rights, being deaf to the people, because he wants France to look like the USA. Everyone here hate him and want him out, but we still have 3 years to endure him from now... Rights are earned but you'll also have to fight to keep them.
This has nothing to do with France, it's about the US being backward compared to the rest of the world.
@@camilleroblin5005 I mean, there were state-sponsored pensions for some categories of the population back in the 1930s in response to the economic crisis, and before that specific laws in the 19th century on healthcare, workplace accidents compensation, etc... But yeah compared to Germany we were late.
"What would make you think that?"
"I'm American"
"Ohhhhhhhhh"
I need to go as quickly as possible.
Brazil is quite similar but vacation is 4 weeks/year and companies pay private health insurance in addition to existing public health (social security) which is pretty good (but crowded)
Yeah, I was about to comment on that. Brazil is great. When I see that it's like that in the US, I feel sad for the Americans who live there 😕
It's the same in the UK. Get sick, stay home, and enjoy a minimum of 4 weeks paid holiday on top of public holidays.
It's 28 days not 4 weeks+holidays
@@craighiggs3029 28 days is 4 weeks. 4×7=28 🤦🏾♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭
@@tashinaking3198 We don't work 7 days a week in the UK. It's 5 days x 4 = 20, then +8 because of the 8 bank holidays. That's litarerally how the number 28 was derived. This works out to 5.6 weeks for the standard 5 day week.
Now you can pro-rata any other amount. If you really did work 7 days a week, you'd be legally entitled to get 7x5.6=39.2 days holiday a year.
Should I put a bunch of emojis to emphasise how wrong you are?
It depends though, sick pay can be like, a fraction of normal, and sometimes you just can't afford to keep going on it and need to go back to work before ready
@@queerlang6611 Holiday is paid, you do not lose money by taking time off here. Is it different in another country?
You’re videos are 🔥
So nice!
And I will see the American screaming that this is communism for her.
I love my country (USA) but damn we got things we need to work on
Yeah we do, but a lot of these idiots here need to first go out and discover that there is no utopia and that for every benefit their is a cost. It's a simple concept to grasp but if they really understood it they would not be so fast to justify things like a higher tax rate and having the government having a financial stake in your health management. (The fatties would really not like that and we got plenty of those. I am one of them these days.)
Thank you for making this!!
As I sit at my desk, eating a quick bite on my lunch.
I literally am born n raised in the USA but hearing all the positives of Europe, it literally BAFFLES ME beyond belief that we still think we're the best country
Glad to know some people are actually waking up instead of going high off of delusion
That's why the powers that be really hate tiktok. It's a bunch of kids scarred from American style capitalism and showing them just how abnormal this shit actually is
Glad you’ve realised the lies you’ve been told. I sincerely hope that things improve in your country. Fight for it, we’re rooting for you!
You're only now becoming aware of the rest of the world?
@@wholeNwonfor our entire schooling we pledge our allegiance to a flag. The brainwashing into believing America is the only country to live in is pretty strong. Many states white wash history and make it seem like anything beyond America is a hellhole. So yeah, I’m not surprised they’re just realizing this.
This is why I left my six figure job in the US two decades ago. And I'm from Turkey, not western Europe.It is true the US felt like freedom when I was in grad school there, but the working life seemed like the opposite of that. I simply could not accept the working conditions there. I didn't want to live my life in fear of losing my job.
If you were making 6 figures. Why would you be in fear of losing your job?
@@thekwoka4707 Maybe because he lied and never got a 6-figure job ?
@@thekwoka4707 because companies love to do layoffs and they get rid of the expensive ones first.
Dude I speak French and I learned how to do the ✨Accent français✨✨ and it’s so *addictive* !😅❤❤
France looks after her people. magnifique
"If you're sick, you're sick. Stay home, get a doctor" if only every employer had this mentality. My part time job asked me for a doctors note when I got food poisoning. Why would I bother with a doctor when they can't do anything for it anyway?
No system is perfect. Still, Europe's healthcare is far better than the US.
@@yagamilight589 not it’s not . The quality is better in the US . I have experienced healthcare in California and in Sweden. Sweden sends everyone home with paramecetol and never finds root causes of problems. In the Us you will get specialists and testing very quickly to rule out diseases. It’s silly to compare. You can say the US is more expensive, which you would be right, but to say it’s not good is false.
In Sweden although this is technically true, if you seem to miss a lot of work for these reasons they will get rid of you despite any union protection. My husband gets lectures when he calls out sick especially if it’s for our children and it’s supposedly our right to VAB in Sweden when our children are sick. Maybe in France, but then again that may be one reason nothing really works quickly and efficiently in Europe.
job: You need a doctor's note Me: you don't provide health ins, I don't make enough to use the marketplace offerings, I can't afford a doctor unless I'm dying dying Coworkers: why are you here? OMG you look like you're dying!! Me: not quite yet,,,,,thanks
@@ashleighsparkle8810Sweden isn’t France though… the healthcare may be different
In Brazil SUS (public healthcare system) assists everyone, even if you are a foreigner, for free. Private health insurance will almosy never cover cancer treatment, only if you're really rich. SUS is responsible for 99% of cancer treatment in Brazil, totally free of charges.
Nothing is free. You pay tax for it. It’s paid somehow by someone.
@@X00079X OMG no way what a discovery, how did you find that out?
@@scalu730 Oops, someone’s upset I pointed out the lie on the “free” part.
@@X00079X I bet you feel inteligent, Go call your mom
When the Healthcare is SUS 💀
(I just wanted to say this lol)
You should do one on some of the negitives of working in france
On so many levels - love this vid
America has the most miserly employee benefits of all industrialized countries. Unless you’re a named executive.
Of course. The USA even did have slavery until 1865, which means until 90 years after the foundation of the home of the brave and the free. And the main reason was because the upcoming industrialisation/capitalism in the north needed the free movement of labour rather than labour being owned. So the civil war was basically a war between the old feudal system and the new capitalist system, which redefined how exploitation has to work in the future.
@@ThomasVWormexactly, and if you go back to the 50s the reason we don’t have universal health care was because of racist policies, the government said it would encourage the wrong people to breed.
In Italy it's a combiantion of the two: the health care is free, but if you want to be visited by a specialist without waiting months, you will pay
Paying extra to "jump the line" is understandable. But at least it is not hundreds of $ each pay period, then thousands of $ out of pocket until "deductible" is met and insurance starts to pay 80% portion of bill. US healthcare model is such a ponzi scheme.
In Canada we are notorious for our wait times. We could probably stand to allow more privatization, but culturally we are particularly anti-american to allow it. With good reason, since we are reliant on and influenced by our bigger neighbor.
In America, on Medicare, we wait, we hope, but we rarely ever get treatment, or diagnosis, and we pay too. We are supposed to have original Medicare wh was free but try to find a doctor who accepts it. So we pay a minimum of $170/month to have the insurance. Problem is, if you go to the doctor, he'll send you to a specialist, but you have to pay $40 for the visit (a few months away) and you don't see a doctor, you see a PA (physician's assistant) who is a person w an undergrad degree in anything, then a couple years of medical training. It's less than a 4 yr nurse and much less than a 4 yr nurse w a masters in nursing (if you can find one). I know a couple but they work at prestigious hospitals in another state.
We supposedly have Medicaid for poor ppl. Time was when it actually was available but now it is usually limited to young children, again, if you can find a doctor who accepts it. Doctors don't want to be known for working for the low reimbursements, or their companies refuse it, so unless they have a long time patient, a relative or friend, they wouldn't accept it. Nearly all doctors work for companies, though, and they have no say about it. The companies tell medical ppl what to do.
In the Netherlands we have sick days but different. If you aren't sick during a set 3 month period, you get a small bonus
these videos keep making me want to move to france
Sick days are so offensive. Thousands of people are unemployed just because they wouldnt be allowed enough sick days to work. Or they wouldnt be able to have health insurance and work. My insurance would be over 1,100$ per month because I was disabled before age 21.
Yep, and the disability system is freaking brutal. My buddy has to keep on proving that he's in a chair, as if his legs will magically start working again.
I’m sorry but how does it work?? Do you have like a maximum number of days you can say??? I’m European this concept of sick days seems so weird to me
@@umsonhodeumanoitedeveraoyes, we have a maximum number of days that we’re allowed to be sick. If you need more sick days, then you’ll have to use your vacation time. One year my mom had surgery and used all of her sick days and vacation on that, and then she got shingles the same year. She had to work the entire time with the worst case of shingles her doctor had ever seen. She said it was some of the worst pain she ever felt, and she still drove 45mins to the office every day because she didn’t want to lose her job. We really live in a nightmare and I hope I can leave someday :(
@@umsonhodeumanoitedeverao You have an allotted amount of days where you can call in sick and be paid for them. Its separate from your vacation time and when you run out you can either be fired or use your vacation time to cover those days, depending on the company.
If you dont use the days you get paid for them at the end of the year.
@@umsonhodeumanoitedeveraoyup. Also some places don’t give you any at all 😢. Growing My mom often had to choose between taking off when sick and risk loosing her job or go to work and spread whatever she had going on 😢.
"Best country in the world"...for the rich and exploiters
I feel like laughing and crying watching this, your delivery is funny, but the content makes me wanna cry! America needs to take note!
Same as in Colombia, but here we’ve got just two weeks of vacation 😢
I know so many, and I'm not exaggerating, maybe a few dozen personally who have had this exact thing happen. I once hurt my back so badly I couldnt stand, and I ended up incurring a lot of bills figuring it out and fixing it. Over 15 years later, that debt is still haunting me and i make less than $30k
The commonest reason for bankruptcy in the USA
This shouldn't happen in a wealthy country.
its official, i am learning french and moving there
you will never know French enough for them... >.
You re welcome 🎉❤
Bon Voyage! Now if only you will stay on said voyage.
Sadly few of you ever do. You find out this new utopia like land is in fact just another land with it's own set of problems. You then usually come back.
This is not specific to France but all of Europe.
I know it's a joke but just in case: the french government websites are hell, make sure to read through a lot to ensure you have a proper visa and don't get fucked over
damn i kinda like eating at my desk but then again i dont work while doing it LOL
That would be so crazy 😭
The french: "If we dealt with any of this, we would revolt!"
The US, who had had this system for decades: 💀💀
Looks like I'm moving to France 🇫🇷
DonT forget the half salary part
It’s very important
In America, asking for higher minimum wage means people are lazy - according to rich oligarchs and republicans! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
And those same people get paid bonuses every year that are larger than a minimum wage salary for an entire year while saying poor people are poor because they can’t manage finances
I mean... the French had a pointy solution for rich entitled people like 200 years ago... just saying
Yup.. and the republicans successfully made sure the working class is fighting with eachother bc they made a large part of it believe all their problems exist bc of people with a different skin color, gender or sexuality...
It's why I hate how they corrupted the term "woke". It's been such a successful distraction for the republicans to make em believe giving a shit about other people is the issue while the rich republicans keep hoarding all resources.
@@juliusdauksys2183to be fair, when America goes on strike they do not laugh at all, but if you could do an general strike you will be able to completely change the system
According to democrats asking for freedom from slavery was crazy talk
The US is living in the lamest dystopia possible
Paradise
Low key feelin some kinda way about france right now. She makes it sound pretty good
You make me want to move to France, I'm more tempted every video
Please just fix your rotten country first. Your fellow americans and the world are at the mercy of your corrupt government...
That link shows you professions that make you eligible for a permanent visa for Austria. Safer and richer.
@@haraffael7821Austria safer 😂 I love how silly bias of smaller countries always comes in
Pretty much any European country has the same system as France. So, think again, because French is not an easy language to learn. :)
@@haraffael7821 "Safer", It depends on where you live. If you live in Alsace, the French Alps, Brittany, Provence, the Basque Country, etc, these regions are pretty safe. Love Austria, but I'll stick with my city of Aix en Provence, pretty safe, 300 days of sunshine per year, the med sea 30min away...
I live in America. I always see people work and eat at their desk, but I just stay in the cafeteria. A break is a break
Bruh i literally just watched ONE episode of emily in paris, and youtube recommends me this, i feel like big brother is watching me frrr
Big Brother isn’t watching you, Google is though.
As I am watching this while eating my lunch at my desk...
As an American this video is SO traumatizing 😂😂😂
Wage slaves in the USA.
As a European Murica is so traumatizing...
@@Pogouldangeliwitz It isn't what many think. In fact, it really isn't what most "Americans" think either.
@@Pogouldangeliwitz As an American I say good. Now keep your Euroweenie ways over there. By the way would you like a but of well meaning but rather stupid young people. As you can see from this comments section we have plenty and they might fit in well with you guys. (Just kidding, not only do we know you guys don't want a new set of freeloaders, they wouldn't leave anyway.)
@@wholeNwon You're right. Government spending is suffocating us. We lose all of our hard earned wages for a ludicrous military budget and supporting other countries just to keep the Dollar relevant.
We need more videos like this. Many of my fellow Americans don't know how fucked up this country is. And it's hard to know how abusive your situation is while you're in that situation
Exactly
Kara is telling the truth. Ppl will tell you, "We have Medicare and Medicaid, nobody goes without." Then they one day learn the truth about how it works and have a crisis of conscience.
It’s hard to know something is fucked up when they’re blinded. I blame Republicans for my problems.
France be speaking truth! It's called Work/Life balance!
My last corporate job (US) gave is 10 TOTAL DAYS of paid time off. This means if you're sick for one work week, you only have 5 days left for vacation. Family member die? There goes a couple more days. Doctor appointments? Bye vacation. 😭
Actually, in France, the employer usually pays for the complementary part of the healthcare, social security being only very basic coverage, you also need "mutuelle" (private healthcare).
It's nuts to tie health care to your job. In Australia, your healthcare is yours and totally separate from work. Your health is no one else's business anyway.
Health insurance: two words that should never be placed together. It's like picking your parents before you were born.
When I did some work over in spain whilst living their to tend for my elderly Abuelita, when I asked at my interview about if the 5 weeks I got off was including holidays and sick days, the woman just laughed and said "¡Por supuesto! ¡No somos bárbaros como esas empresas australianas!"
I'm an American working for a Canadian company and the difference is insane.
Most developed and civilized countries have this in place...
i’ve had multiple breakdowns over this
Holy cow! I work all through lunch at my desk, and we don't get breaks. We are allowed to take a lunch away from the office, but there is so much to do that we can't afford to not work through lunch. (Law Firm job)
I think about how so many people get a catastrophic illness or injury, are unable to work and lose their job, along with their health insurance, all at a time when they need it the most.
Despicable.
'MURRICAH 🇺🇸
Then they get SSDI. Stop the fear mongering, do your research and know your rights.
In that situation, why wouldn't they just get Medicaid coverage from the government for free?
Ooh fascinating!❤
Everyone moving to France with this one boys.
I’ve never actually been expected to reply to emails or texts after work hours except when I was in a commission job.
i miss my time in france soooo much. i need to move there. so much for the nation the founding fathers wanted 😭 like fuck off i’d like to not be in debt by living and seeking higher education
A lot of it was based on the french revolution. The founding fathers would probably be disappointed if they saw modern day usa
Liberty! Fraternity! Equality! Long live FRANCE!!!
Wrong order but right on.
Struggled with epilepsy most of my life and currently hate my job, but don’t want to just quit without another job because my health insurance is through work. 😃
Actually, employers in France have to provide employees with a complementary healthcare insurance which usually cover additional healthcare costs not covered by the social security. Employees generally pay for a part of it but it doesn’t cost much and often gives really good coverage. Furthermore, when someone gets fired, that person keeps those benefits for free for up to 2 years of unemployment (in most cases)
There is one thing i really don't understand. If the americans know they have a really bad system why are they not on the street fighting for a better work law or even the simplest health care system. They need to set a date for a few days where no one goes to work i bet that would chance somethings immediately.
A lot of people in @bu$!ve situations don’t even know that it’s @bus!ve until they’re out and reach a level of ‘normalcy’ (but….. define ‘normalcy’! 😂).
Well i think normal is that at least you can stay home when you are sick/ill. No matter what you have (from cold to cancer etc) and you do pay taxes so they should be used for your healthcare. That would be my first thing i would fight for.
Not to make you jealous but i'm preagnant and i was forbidden (by the company) at the 12 week to work anymore and i get my full salary and than stay at home for at least 1 1/2 years and get paid for that as well (but not the full pay) and they need to safe my job for when i come back...
So why is nobody fighting for that and much more???
You cant tell me the people dont know their situation in 21 st century, thats what triggers me so much i dont understand that 😅
Unionise and you are all fired. Protest and you are beaten and arrested, your protest highjacked by plunderers and vandals. Criticise publicly and you are Anti-US and Communist.
@@darlene1064 They simply don't know better, and they are raised and indoctrinated like that. Americans don't learn anything about the world and life in other countries. They are hostages of their own society.
The younger generations, starting mostly with millenials and down, are typically very vocal about wanting serious systemic change. The issue is that there are still individuals from the Silent Generation (yes, you read that correctly) and the Boomer Generation who refuse to give up seats of political power to the next generation. Gen X has barely gotten their foot in the door, and unfortunately, a lot of Gen X'ers have leaned towards Boomer/far right politics.
Obviously, I'm speaking broadly, but this tends to be the biggest trend. In addition, Americans are brainwashed from birth to believe that suffering is a good thing. If you suffer for the things you want/need, that's admirable and the right thing. (Instead of just having a working system that takes care of everyone.) I cannot express to you how fcked this entire country is. It's just as bad as you can imagine it.