I am Dutch and make my living as a truckdriver, my education is higher so I could be a transport manager if I would want that, however I feel more happy now, less stress and in the evenings and weekends I don't have to think about work. As a fulltime truckdriver I can comfortably give food and clothing for my wife and 2 kids, pay the costs for a moderate 🏠 and 2 cars. With some luck and no unforeseen repairs we can go on holidays once or twice a year to other European countries as well. So am I important, no. Can I enjoy life, yes!
actually you ARE important ! just ask your wife and kids ! and as a truck driver you get stuff done for society ! so you are important and enjoy life ! good for you bro !
Zonder vrachtwagenchauffeurs zou de hele boel stil liggen, dus jij bent absoluut belangrijk. Fijn dat je zo'n rijk leven hebt met je gezin.😊 (en ik heb het niet over geld)
Being Dutch and working as a recruiter, I found out that the Americans that applied at the company were in shock when I told them what their benefits were like. When I talked about their holidays, one told me during our interview;," I don't take my vacation days because I will lose my job" Uhm , wait what!? No, you'll have 24 vacation days and that's without the national holidays without the fear of losing your job. We value life over work!!!
The average European is not rich, owns no house, has a normal paying job and gets along more or less good. We are happy like that. We are not striving to become millionaires, we are striving to be happy.
Speak for yourself. Costs of living have risen rapidly in recent years thanks to extremely poor government handling, getting a house either buying or renting in many European countries is much harder if not almost impossible for many people compared to a decade ago, taxes are getting even higher at a fast rate and new taxes keep getting added. Most EU governments are pulling out all stops to keep their people from actually accomplishing anything. I'm lucky to have gotten a house, I know many who have been looking for years and aren't able to get one to move out of their parents' house.
@@spiritualanarchist8162 even with all the differences, the average european does exist, all countries have the same issues but on a different scale. It doesn't matter if you make 1200 euro's per month in the Netherlands or 500 in Turkey, you still belong to the poor of that specific nation. While the living conditions might differ, poor, median and top 1% are all the same.
@@bakakaizoku The1 1% are the same wherever you go.Brazil, U.S or the Netherlands. That's not Europe, that just living in a capitalist global world. But living in the Netherlands is far, far better then living with 500 in Turkey, Bulgaria , Serbia etc.
I'm Dutch and worked in the USA. The Dutch work maybe less hours but the results are bigger, more efficient, more intelligent. It is not the number of hours worked that counts, but the result.
26:23 In Netherlands.. when you go on vacation, get sick, need doctor.. you can phone your company.. Ï got sick in my vacation, took me two weeks to recover" you get these two weeks added as extra vacation, because a vacation sick isn't a vacation, so you get these 14 days to have a new vacation without being sick, so you can return to work, fully rested and healthy
I don't have the latest figures, but some decades ago the economic output of a Dutch employee was much higher than a comparable American employee, despite working much less hours. The trick is not to work harder but to work smarter, and if you are granted more rest time, more vacation and generally are treated better, you tend to be less mentally exhausted and able to adapt more easily. It's no use being in the office for 10 hours if the last 2-3 hours you are barely able to perform anymore.
I'm from Sweden and I have lived in the United States, and from my experience I think that Europe is generally better than the United States when it comes to quality of life, safety, and the environment.
,,I go to Harvard,, ,,I'm manager at/ceo of this and that,, ,,I'm this, i'm that, i go to there, i studie(d) there,, my response as a german ,,Nice but who are you?,, (as person/characteristic, nice? idiot?) I don't care what position someone have at their work but how i like him/her as a person and that is my measurement of how i treat that person. Once told my ,,oh so high status,, boss he's a a**hole (because he was) and got fired but i couldn't have cared less. I don't work for or with sc*mbags 😊.
But that's also because Germany (and the Netherlands ) has no Harvard . So we can't even imagine how going to a school like that means you'r set for life.(like the guy in this video who can work everywhere he wants ) Just finishing Harvard business studies means companies stand in line offering hundreds of thousands to work in their company.
You say "Even though taxes are high in the Netherlands, people can have a good quality of life". The thing is, BECAUSE of high taxes we have a good quality of life. We have perhaps among the best maintained (AND SAFE) roads, good health insurance (and help paying for it when you have a low income), good social security (when unemployed for whatever reason).. Just whenever you're down on your luck in life there nearly always is help for you here.
This is something that always confuses me about the US and the UK, they always seem to want lower taxes, but lower taxes means less public spending, cuts to public services and countless other things, it also likely means that more wealth will end up in fewer hands because of the individual nature in that you're on your own, whereas higher taxes, as long as there is a competent government with low corruption, actually redistributes the wealth among the citizens in many forms like health care, public services, infrastructure and countless other benefits, it also make it easier to reduce poverty, homelessness and reduces the gap from rich and poor, whiles also making it more difficult for people to fall behind. So on the surface, lower taxes sound like a good thing, but in reality, higher taxes are better because it offers so many benefits to everyone in the country.
I am Dutch and yes i do believe that there is more than work in our lives, we have to enjoy life, and yes we pay more taxes, but our safety net is quit good, When you dont earn a lot of money the government will help you with your rent and health insurance. And there is every 3 months you will have child support, our transport system is very good, Our instrastructure is excellent. We have also time for our family, children, friends and hobby's. Because there is more than only work.
Dutch Health Insurance is mandatory, but not too expensive. And almost evrything is covered, no hidden cost or anything. In USA you need to pay extra for an ambulance or for holding your baby after birth. Our quality of life is paid by the taxes you pay.
Salaries in california, where right now some people making 150k$ a year are on the "food stamps" because their total fixed expenses per month are over 12k just in rent, healthcare, car insurance and the rest are not really a viable comparison when after everything you have more disposable income left over in the netherlands because of way lower prices (imagine paying 18$ just for a bigmac) Even the classical "but you pay way more taxes" turned out to be an urban myth when the average american ends up effectively paying around 40% tax because of the lack of government subsidies on all sorts of things. tldr; nice earning 5x more but kinda sucks everything costs 6x more
Our weeks usually look like this: You work monday-thursday full 8 hours and on friday you go home at lunch time for the weekend. That is if you are working less than 40 hours a week. Some work 9 hours daily to have fridays off.
Which is a funny thing, because in the US, and many countries, they seem to think lower taxes is a good thing, I'm sure we would all like lower taxes, but higher taxes within reason actually deliver a better quality of life, as long as there is a competent government and not much corruption in government when it comes to public spending. Basically, that tax money is redistributed out to the people for many public services, the end result is a more balanced, equal society where it's much harder for people to get left behind and people are looked after a lot better by the system, so higher taxes does end up being a good thing as long as the people see the benefits of that tax spending.
Funfact in The Netherlands and proabably also Belgium you need health insurance it isnt aloud to dont have a basic health insurance. SO everyone in the Netherlands have health insurance
As a Dutchman, I can say that theoretical learning is ok, but in the end you learn the most in practice, by just doing.Knowing something in theory does not mean that it will work that way in practice. I prefer to be practically gifted rather than theoretically gifted
The directness has absolutely to do with no hiërarchie, consensus and its about freedom of expression. Say what you want, instead of constantly being scared of saying something wrong or fear to 'hurt' someone. Its about YOU not so much the other. But always stay polite.
Quality is better than quantity, in the US, it's all about having more, even at the expense of their own health and well-being, in Europe, or at least EU countries, we still have a high quality of living, but there's a lot more focus on quality of life and well-being of the citizens and this is across everything from work, health care and so on. The funny thing is, if you work more hours, you can actually be a lot more productive than when you work longer hours, I remember my brother where he worked 40 hours at work but then ended up working 30 hours at the same job, his productivity went up around 95% so almost double, so even thought he worked 10 hours less, he produced more, whiles getting only a slightly lower wage, the end result, far more time off work, a happier person and more productivity, and a big reason for this, if you feel your work place cares about your well-being and pays you well enough, you are more likely willing to work harder during the hours you are there, but on the other side, if you feel your work doesn't care about you, your overworked or under paid, you're basically going to do the minimum amount of work you can get away with, unless it's your own business, which you have a big incentive to work hard. A lot of European countries are doing far better when it comes to balance from work and life, and people are overall happier for it. We should also remember that when it comes to wages, it's not quite as clear-cut, In a lot of other modern countries like in Europe, you don't need as high of a wage because a lot of the basic needs are paid for through the system, health care, holiday pay and countless other social programs that for a lot of Americans, this is coming out of their own pocket, so in the US, you need a lot more money just to cover a lot of the basics that Europeans take for granted. I think another factor with Europeans compared to Americans is that Europeans care far less about money, we understand the need to have enough of it to have a good quality of life, but there isn't an obsession with accumulation of money like there is in the US, quality of life matters far more and rightly so, we only live on average 80 years, we work on average 30-40 per week, sleep for around 8 hours, so it makes more sense to put more of your time towards experiences and doing things you want to do in life to enrich your life, I think Europeans do that far better than Americans do, but mostly because the system allows that and that probably explains that when it comes to quality of life, European countries dominant the top 10, so clearly, they are doing something right when it comes to the well-being of its citizens compared to the rest of the world.
As we say here American's live to work. (Goal in life = getting rich) (Judge people on wealth and possesions and job) While the Dutch work to live. (Goal in life = having enough to go on holidays a car and a house and being able to pay the bills). (Judge people not on wealth or jobs just if they are kind and fun to be around with. Even if that person is cleaning toilets in a boarding school or on social wellfare..)
But in Brazil there is always sunshine, the people are friendly and you never have to lock your doors because the others have just as much or just as little as you have. All the people go to all kind of parties at the beach, there is music of Sergio Mendez and Astrud Gilberto. You would never want to trade the US for Brazil.
Hey guys, really like your videos. You seem like lovely curious people! As a Dutch person, I agree with most of the contents of the video you’re reacting to. There is a downside to our culture when it comes to careers that is not often voiced, which is that there is an aversion to anything resembling showing off or ambition. This can be quite oppressive sometimes. There is a lot of pressure to just act normal, fit in and not draw attention to yourself. If you deviate from the norm you’re definitely made to feel as such. That doesn’t take away from the fact that I think overall we have a balanced approach to work and tend to have reasonable expectations for our lives. It definitely makes most people here quite happy and healthy.
Exactly that, in the Netherlands and most european countries you pay tax to create a safety net for all. The idea of insurances are built into our society. Moreover, insurance companies were set up to colletively pay to help the few misfortunate at a lower cost for all. Financial safety creates a peace of mind where creatitvity and innovation has a change to flourish. Our entire tax system is set up in that way and that greatly improves the quality of life for all, not just for those who can afford it. The more people that have a decent standard of living and feel content the happier everybody will be. A genuine smile is contagious they say and it will mutiply if you let it out.😄
It's the same as in Netherlands here in the Nordic countries & in several other countries in Europe as well. Flat structured companies, everybody is heard & chip in. We work to live, 37 hours a week is plenty, trials of 4 day work week going on atm. still working 37 hours a week, just in 4 instead of 5 days, So we have more time off to enjoy ourselves with family/friends & hobbies/ pass time activities. (America is a 3rd world country in disguise as a 1st world country) Can't pay me enough money to wanna live there 🤣🤣🤣Most Americans who come to Europe to live & work, don't wanna go back to US again.
in America you just have to hope you have a good job and stay healthy. in the Netherlands it may be a bit more expensive, but there is a good safety net for everyone.
"in the Netherlands ... there is a good safety net for everyone." in theory because there are probably a lot more than 30.000 homeless people in The Netherlands with some of them sleeping in the streets. This country is definitely not perfect! Dutch people may be very "happy and healthy" on average, but that's on average, we definitely have our share of problems too! One very important problem here is not enough houses and another; not very much living space as one of the most densely populated countries in the World. The Netherlands is also just a very expensive country to live in compared to the rest of Europe and the World... and then to name just another problem; we have an aging population which will become a much bigger problem in years to come. There is also poverty in The Netherlands! Not everyone here can buy everything they need and yes, some Dutch people don't even have enough money to buy enough food! People are not starving here but some (too many) people here are hungry too often.
@@yaldenskigaming5371 Basically you are right, we are not perfect, but we score way, way better on average on all subjects you mentioned than the US. Example: homelessness in our whole country 30.000 on 17.5 million people Homelessness in both New York and Los Angeles is 160.000+ on 12 million people.Etc etc.
Um ponto não mencionad é como o dinheiro dos impostos está sendo gasto. Se isso realmento beneficia as pessoas, mantenha estradas, cuidados de saúde e, digamos, bem-estar, ou seja, benefícios, etc. Compare os EUA com a Europa e você verá por que impostos mais altos nem sempre são vistos como ruins.
Taxes are high, some costs are high, but some costs are lower than in other countries as well. We spend 1/4th of what an american spends on healthcare, and medications are bought from pharma companies by the government, driving the price down. Gasoline is very expensive, but public transportation is good, usually clean and relatively affordable. And of course the bike paths everywhere let you bike to work if you live close by, so that's free transportation and excersise. Most of the high standard of living has to do with some socialist measure from the government; them spending the money gives them the opportunity to use Economy of Scale
Got a few moments to spare ^^, first im a dutch citizen 100% and let me explain. its true dutch people earn a lot less then americans. point being if you live in one of the many medium city (we only have a few very large cities). This guy lives in amstrdam (probably) and the rent and cost of living there is skyhigh. go to a medium city like nijmegen or arnhem and you can live a lot cheaper on all fronts. or go to smaller villages and its perfectly affordable. The dutch people keep more money in their pockets compared to americans (percentage wise) bc of the prices here. americans may earn a lot more but dutch people are richer (again percentage wise). Thats how we can the most basic explanation, there is a lot more like automatic saving for pension and like they guy said taxes. I hope this explained a bit more ^^
That's pretty much the work concept for all of Central Europe. In Europe you have a good quality of life because the politicians here give a fuck and many other countries don't. Tax money is collected in all countries, but not all support the social systems and infrastructure with it. These countries are poorer in terms of quality of life. How do you think it would look like here if our tax money were used for the same things as Brazil or the USA do in their country... just the same. As soon as a government understands that happiness of its citizens is more important than big capitalism, is on the right way. It's not about money, it's about happiness and how to make it.
He is talking moore about the higher paid Jobs, forgetting that we are moore equal in Europe.Here in Norway you make much moore at any low paid work.In the US the workers are often underpaid/ overworked....the country is very divided, a lot of poverty,homeless people and people struggeling/ on the other side the ultra rich
In the USA, money, work and the car you drive are extremely important for your social status. I can honestly say we don't have that in Holland. We don't brag with titles or money and people would be very annoyed if you do that here. We call that arrogant and arrogant is not cool in the Netherlands and we all think Americans are arrogant and loud mouths. Sorry dear Americans😂 Also, we care more about free time and family even if that means we make less money. In the end our happiness comes from this great balans between work and family/friends and not from stuff we could have bought with our money. The students are not less smart than in the USA, they just care more about free time than American students and hanging out with friends and settle for a 6 or 7. That's because we don't have that burn out system the USA has. In my opinion the USA people live pretty tough lives. Can't imagine how your lives are. We also have a saying in Holland: "We all go to the toilet" meaning, we're all the same. No matter your job, money, car or network. That, combined with great infrastructure and work balans makes us very chill, I guess. Yes, we are pretty lucky to live here.
Lots of people work parttime. Don't forget that when having low paid job people still depend on allowance from government (rent, health insurrance, kids allowance). When having a job with just a bit higher salary: you can safe and living is good.
Its true about the 6 culture. Thin is on dutch school if you go to a school for your profession they dont give numbers really. You can ask but they give a onvoldoende , voldoende , goed. Onvoldoende = not enough so you didnt pass. Voldoende is enough so in number its a 5,5 of 10 or higher. And goed is good you can get a goed by 8 or 10 out of 10. Most of the time they dont give a goed either. so the people that get a 5,5 has same score as someone with like a 7,9. In my end exame they dont give a good really.You only can get a voldoende or onvoldoende. So a 5,5 is even passing than a 10 out of 10.
you cannot compare the euro with the dollar because of the exchange rate and the values of the currency. In America they also work more hours than in the Netherlands. more hours of work, higher wages. if you look at how much. people earn in America vs the Netherlands then you are comparing apples with mangoes with bananas and that is not correct
Thinking that the USA is a first world country is a mistake, maybe from your POV it looks that way. But as a Dutch person, I consider the USA being a 3rd world country because of their massive lack of a social safety net, with that causing unhealthy people, violence and poverty.
He made another work related video you might find interesting: what if you lose your job in The Netherlands? Think you might be very surprised... th-cam.com/video/bZ3d_jpZslE/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
The whole system of ego 'which education you got' is a ratrace that people in the netherlands don't like at all. You are more judged by who you are and if you fit in the company. Education is less important than experience. Sometimes just the will to learn is most important.. Showing off is a no go. Act normal.
Those salary differences are insane. We like to believe we're doing great, but I can't imagine that it's better to live a normal life in the Netherlands vs earning millions in the USA
the usa is great for the top few percent, for the average joe not so much. even for the average high skilled worker (software engineer) from the example it is already arguable wether you have more buying power with the 150k average salary in sillicon valley, or the average 90k in amsterdam.
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I am Dutch and make my living as a truckdriver, my education is higher so I could be a transport manager if I would want that, however I feel more happy now, less stress and in the evenings and weekends I don't have to think about work. As a fulltime truckdriver I can comfortably give food and clothing for my wife and 2 kids, pay the costs for a moderate 🏠 and 2 cars. With some luck and no unforeseen repairs we can go on holidays once or twice a year to other European countries as well. So am I important, no. Can I enjoy life, yes!
actually you ARE important ! just ask your wife and kids ! and as a truck driver you get stuff done for society ! so you are important and enjoy life ! good for you bro !
Zonder vrachtwagenchauffeurs zou de hele boel stil liggen, dus jij bent absoluut belangrijk.
Fijn dat je zo'n rijk leven hebt met je gezin.😊 (en ik heb het niet over geld)
Being Dutch and working as a recruiter, I found out that the Americans that applied at the company were in shock when I told them what their benefits were like. When I talked about their holidays, one told me during our interview;," I don't take my vacation days because I will lose my job" Uhm , wait what!? No, you'll have 24 vacation days and that's without the national holidays without the fear of losing your job. We value life over work!!!
The average European is not rich, owns no house, has a normal paying job and gets along more or less good.
We are happy like that. We are not striving to become millionaires, we are striving to be happy.
Speak for yourself. Costs of living have risen rapidly in recent years thanks to extremely poor government handling, getting a house either buying or renting in many European countries is much harder if not almost impossible for many people compared to a decade ago, taxes are getting even higher at a fast rate and new taxes keep getting added. Most EU governments are pulling out all stops to keep their people from actually accomplishing anything. I'm lucky to have gotten a house, I know many who have been looking for years and aren't able to get one to move out of their parents' house.
@@thenonexistinghero isn't that exactly what he's saying? Why the "speak for yourself" bit?
The 'Average European ' doesn't really exist. There is too much differences between every countries within Europe.
@@spiritualanarchist8162 even with all the differences, the average european does exist, all countries have the same issues but on a different scale. It doesn't matter if you make 1200 euro's per month in the Netherlands or 500 in Turkey, you still belong to the poor of that specific nation.
While the living conditions might differ, poor, median and top 1% are all the same.
@@bakakaizoku The1 1% are the same wherever you go.Brazil, U.S or the Netherlands. That's not Europe, that just living in a capitalist global world. But living in the Netherlands is far, far better then living with 500 in Turkey, Bulgaria , Serbia etc.
I'm Dutch and worked in the USA. The Dutch work maybe less hours but the results are bigger, more efficient, more intelligent. It is not the number of hours worked that counts, but the result.
26:23 In Netherlands.. when you go on vacation, get sick, need doctor.. you can phone your company.. Ï got sick in my vacation, took me two weeks to recover" you get these two weeks added as extra vacation, because a vacation sick isn't a vacation, so you get these 14 days to have a new vacation without being sick, so you can return to work, fully rested and healthy
I don't have the latest figures, but some decades ago the economic output of a Dutch employee was much higher than a comparable American employee, despite working much less hours. The trick is not to work harder but to work smarter, and if you are granted more rest time, more vacation and generally are treated better, you tend to be less mentally exhausted and able to adapt more easily. It's no use being in the office for 10 hours if the last 2-3 hours you are barely able to perform anymore.
I'm from Sweden and I have lived in the United States, and from my experience I think that Europe is generally better than the United States when it comes to quality of life, safety, and the environment.
,,I go to Harvard,, ,,I'm manager at/ceo of this and that,, ,,I'm this, i'm that, i go to there, i studie(d) there,, my response as a german ,,Nice but who are you?,, (as person/characteristic, nice? idiot?) I don't care what position someone have at their work but how i like him/her as a person and that is my measurement of how i treat that person. Once told my ,,oh so high status,, boss he's a a**hole (because he was) and got fired but i couldn't have cared less. I don't work for or with sc*mbags 😊.
But that's also because Germany (and the Netherlands ) has no Harvard . So we can't even imagine how going to a school like that means you'r set for life.(like the guy in this video who can work everywhere he wants ) Just finishing Harvard business studies means companies stand in line offering hundreds of thousands to work in their company.
In the Netherlands we work to live and not live to work.
I just love to listen to Portuguese, even though I understand little to nothing. ^^
You say "Even though taxes are high in the Netherlands, people can have a good quality of life". The thing is, BECAUSE of high taxes we have a good quality of life. We have perhaps among the best maintained (AND SAFE) roads, good health insurance (and help paying for it when you have a low income), good social security (when unemployed for whatever reason).. Just whenever you're down on your luck in life there nearly always is help for you here.
This is something that always confuses me about the US and the UK, they always seem to want lower taxes, but lower taxes means less public spending, cuts to public services and countless other things, it also likely means that more wealth will end up in fewer hands because of the individual nature in that you're on your own, whereas higher taxes, as long as there is a competent government with low corruption, actually redistributes the wealth among the citizens in many forms like health care, public services, infrastructure and countless other benefits, it also make it easier to reduce poverty, homelessness and reduces the gap from rich and poor, whiles also making it more difficult for people to fall behind.
So on the surface, lower taxes sound like a good thing, but in reality, higher taxes are better because it offers so many benefits to everyone in the country.
I am Dutch and yes i do believe that there is more than work in our lives, we have to enjoy life, and yes we pay more taxes, but our safety net is quit good, When you dont earn a lot of money the government will help you with your rent and health insurance. And there is every 3 months you will have child support, our transport system is very good,
Our instrastructure is excellent. We have also time for our family, children, friends and hobby's. Because there is more than only work.
Dutch Health Insurance is mandatory, but not too expensive. And almost evrything is covered, no hidden cost or anything. In USA you need to pay extra for an ambulance or for holding your baby after birth.
Our quality of life is paid by the taxes you pay.
Salaries in california, where right now some people making 150k$ a year are on the "food stamps" because their total fixed expenses per month are over 12k just in rent, healthcare, car insurance and the rest are not really a viable comparison when after everything you have more disposable income left over in the netherlands because of way lower prices (imagine paying 18$ just for a bigmac)
Even the classical "but you pay way more taxes" turned out to be an urban myth when the average american ends up effectively paying around 40% tax because of the lack of government subsidies on all sorts of things.
tldr; nice earning 5x more but kinda sucks everything costs 6x more
Our weeks usually look like this: You work monday-thursday full 8 hours and on friday you go home at lunch time for the weekend.
That is if you are working less than 40 hours a week.
Some work 9 hours daily to have fridays off.
In Europe the taxes are returned to society for education, roads, social benefits etcetcetc
Which is a funny thing, because in the US, and many countries, they seem to think lower taxes is a good thing, I'm sure we would all like lower taxes, but higher taxes within reason actually deliver a better quality of life, as long as there is a competent government and not much corruption in government when it comes to public spending.
Basically, that tax money is redistributed out to the people for many public services, the end result is a more balanced, equal society where it's much harder for people to get left behind and people are looked after a lot better by the system, so higher taxes does end up being a good thing as long as the people see the benefits of that tax spending.
Funfact in The Netherlands and proabably also Belgium you need health insurance it isnt aloud to dont have a basic health insurance. SO everyone in the Netherlands have health insurance
Love they call it 'Betherlands' in the subtitles, right from the start you know Netherlands is better!
As a Dutchman, I can say that theoretical learning is ok, but in the end you learn the most in practice, by just doing.Knowing something in theory does not mean that it will work that way in practice. I prefer to be practically gifted rather than theoretically gifted
The directness has absolutely to do with no hiërarchie, consensus and its about freedom of expression. Say what you want, instead of constantly being scared of saying something wrong or fear to 'hurt' someone. Its about YOU not so much the other. But always stay polite.
Quality is better than quantity, in the US, it's all about having more, even at the expense of their own health and well-being, in Europe, or at least EU countries, we still have a high quality of living, but there's a lot more focus on quality of life and well-being of the citizens and this is across everything from work, health care and so on.
The funny thing is, if you work more hours, you can actually be a lot more productive than when you work longer hours, I remember my brother where he worked 40 hours at work but then ended up working 30 hours at the same job, his productivity went up around 95% so almost double, so even thought he worked 10 hours less, he produced more, whiles getting only a slightly lower wage, the end result, far more time off work, a happier person and more productivity, and a big reason for this, if you feel your work place cares about your well-being and pays you well enough, you are more likely willing to work harder during the hours you are there, but on the other side, if you feel your work doesn't care about you, your overworked or under paid, you're basically going to do the minimum amount of work you can get away with, unless it's your own business, which you have a big incentive to work hard.
A lot of European countries are doing far better when it comes to balance from work and life, and people are overall happier for it.
We should also remember that when it comes to wages, it's not quite as clear-cut, In a lot of other modern countries like in Europe, you don't need as high of a wage because a lot of the basic needs are paid for through the system, health care, holiday pay and countless other social programs that for a lot of Americans, this is coming out of their own pocket, so in the US, you need a lot more money just to cover a lot of the basics that Europeans take for granted.
I think another factor with Europeans compared to Americans is that Europeans care far less about money, we understand the need to have enough of it to have a good quality of life, but there isn't an obsession with accumulation of money like there is in the US, quality of life matters far more and rightly so, we only live on average 80 years, we work on average 30-40 per week, sleep for around 8 hours, so it makes more sense to put more of your time towards experiences and doing things you want to do in life to enrich your life, I think Europeans do that far better than Americans do, but mostly because the system allows that and that probably explains that when it comes to quality of life, European countries dominant the top 10, so clearly, they are doing something right when it comes to the well-being of its citizens compared to the rest of the world.
As we say here American's live to work. (Goal in life = getting rich) (Judge people on wealth and possesions and job) While the Dutch work to live. (Goal in life = having enough to go on holidays a car and a house and being able to pay the bills). (Judge people not on wealth or jobs just if they are kind and fun to be around with. Even if that person is cleaning toilets in a boarding school or on social wellfare..)
But in Brazil there is always sunshine, the people are friendly and you never have to lock your doors because the others have just as much or just as little as you have. All the people go to all kind of parties at the beach, there is music of Sergio Mendez and Astrud Gilberto. You would never want to trade the US for Brazil.
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As a Dutch person, I agree with most of the contents of the video you’re reacting to.
There is a downside to our culture when it comes to careers that is not often voiced, which is that there is an aversion to anything resembling showing off or ambition.
This can be quite oppressive sometimes. There is a lot of pressure to just act normal, fit in and not draw attention to yourself. If you deviate from the norm you’re definitely made to feel as such.
That doesn’t take away from the fact that I think overall we have a balanced approach to work and tend to have reasonable expectations for our lives. It definitely makes most people here quite happy and healthy.
Exactly that, in the Netherlands and most european countries you pay tax to create a safety net for all. The idea of insurances are built into our society. Moreover, insurance companies were set up to colletively pay to help the few misfortunate at a lower cost for all. Financial safety creates a peace of mind where creatitvity and innovation has a change to flourish. Our entire tax system
is set up in that way and that greatly improves the quality of life for all, not just for those who can afford it. The more people that have a decent standard of living and feel content the happier everybody will be. A genuine smile is contagious they say and it will mutiply if you let it out.😄
We pay a lot of taxes and in return we get all the goodies: clean, save streets for everyone, fantastic publiek transport etc, etc...
i love your reaction about the netherlands, you will be very welcome to come and live here in holland.
It's the same as in Netherlands here in the Nordic countries & in several other countries in Europe as well. Flat structured companies, everybody is heard & chip in. We work to live, 37 hours a week is plenty, trials of 4 day work week going on atm. still working 37 hours a week, just in 4 instead of 5 days, So we have more time off to enjoy ourselves with family/friends & hobbies/ pass time activities. (America is a 3rd world country in disguise as a 1st world country) Can't pay me enough money to wanna live there 🤣🤣🤣Most Americans who come to Europe to live & work, don't wanna go back to US again.
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in America you just have to hope you have a good job and stay healthy. in the Netherlands it may be a bit more expensive, but there is a good safety net for everyone.
"in the Netherlands ... there is a good safety net for everyone." in theory because there are probably a lot more than 30.000 homeless people in The Netherlands with some of them sleeping in the streets. This country is definitely not perfect! Dutch people may be very "happy and healthy" on average, but that's on average, we definitely have our share of problems too! One very important problem here is not enough houses and another; not very much living space as one of the most densely populated countries in the World. The Netherlands is also just a very expensive country to live in compared to the rest of Europe and the World... and then to name just another problem; we have an aging population which will become a much bigger problem in years to come. There is also poverty in The Netherlands! Not everyone here can buy everything they need and yes, some Dutch people don't even have enough money to buy enough food! People are not starving here but some (too many) people here are hungry too often.
@@yaldenskigaming5371 Basically you are right, we are not perfect, but we score way, way better on average on all subjects you mentioned than the US.
Example: homelessness in our whole country 30.000 on 17.5 million people
Homelessness in both New York and Los Angeles is 160.000+ on 12 million people.Etc etc.
Um ponto não mencionad é como o dinheiro dos impostos está sendo gasto. Se isso realmento beneficia as pessoas, mantenha estradas, cuidados de saúde e, digamos, bem-estar, ou seja, benefícios, etc. Compare os EUA com a Europa e você verá por que impostos mais altos nem sempre são vistos como ruins.
Taxes are high, some costs are high, but some costs are lower than in other countries as well. We spend 1/4th of what an american spends on healthcare, and medications are bought from pharma companies by the government, driving the price down.
Gasoline is very expensive, but public transportation is good, usually clean and relatively affordable. And of course the bike paths everywhere let you bike to work if you live close by, so that's free transportation and excersise.
Most of the high standard of living has to do with some socialist measure from the government; them spending the money gives them the opportunity to use Economy of Scale
Got a few moments to spare ^^, first im a dutch citizen 100% and let me explain. its true dutch people earn a lot less then americans. point being if you live in one of the many medium city (we only have a few very large cities). This guy lives in amstrdam (probably) and the rent and cost of living there is skyhigh. go to a medium city like nijmegen or arnhem and you can live a lot cheaper on all fronts. or go to smaller villages and its perfectly affordable. The dutch people keep more money in their pockets compared to americans (percentage wise) bc of the prices here. americans may earn a lot more but dutch people are richer (again percentage wise). Thats how we can the most basic explanation, there is a lot more like automatic saving for pension and like they guy said taxes. I hope this explained a bit more ^^
Im from The Netherlands, but i dont know any software engineer who gets a salary for 400.000 euro's not even half.
Same, a median of 92k is also insane! I don't know many in Amsterdam who earn that...
@@MrVis Indeed, maybe with all the targets and bonusses including a car (bijtelling) ?
That's pretty much the work concept for all of Central Europe.
In Europe you have a good quality of life because the politicians here give a fuck and many other countries don't.
Tax money is collected in all countries, but not all support the social systems and infrastructure with it.
These countries are poorer in terms of quality of life.
How do you think it would look like here if our tax money were used for the same things as Brazil or the USA do in their country... just the same.
As soon as a government understands that happiness of its citizens is more important than big capitalism, is on the right way.
It's not about money, it's about happiness and how to make it.
He is talking moore about the higher paid Jobs, forgetting that we are moore equal in Europe.Here in Norway you make much moore at any low paid work.In the US the workers are often underpaid/ overworked....the country is very divided, a lot of poverty,homeless people and people struggeling/ on the other side the ultra rich
In the USA, money, work and the car you drive are extremely important for your social status.
I can honestly say we don't have that in Holland. We don't brag with titles or money and people would be very annoyed if you do that here. We call that arrogant and arrogant is not cool in the Netherlands and we all think Americans are arrogant and loud mouths. Sorry dear Americans😂
Also, we care more about free time and family even if that means we make less money. In the end our happiness comes from this great balans between work and family/friends
and not from stuff we could have bought with our money.
The students are not less smart than in the USA, they just care more about free time than American students and hanging out with friends and settle for a 6 or 7. That's because we don't have that burn out system the USA has. In my opinion the USA people live pretty tough lives. Can't imagine how your lives are.
We also have a saying in Holland: "We all go to the toilet" meaning, we're all the same. No matter your job, money, car or network.
That, combined with great infrastructure and work balans makes us very chill, I guess. Yes, we are pretty lucky to live here.
Lots of people work parttime. Don't forget that when having low paid job people still depend on allowance from government (rent, health insurrance, kids allowance). When having a job with just a bit higher salary: you can safe and living is good.
Its true about the 6 culture. Thin is on dutch school if you go to a school for your profession they dont give numbers really. You can ask but they give a onvoldoende , voldoende , goed. Onvoldoende = not enough so you didnt pass. Voldoende is enough so in number its a 5,5 of 10 or higher. And goed is good you can get a goed by 8 or 10 out of 10. Most of the time they dont give a goed either. so the people that get a 5,5 has same score as someone with like a 7,9. In my end exame they dont give a good really.You only can get a voldoende or onvoldoende. So a 5,5 is even passing than a 10 out of 10.
you cannot compare the euro with the dollar because of the exchange rate and the values of the currency. In America they also work more hours than in the Netherlands. more hours of work, higher wages. if you look at how much. people earn in America vs the Netherlands then you are comparing apples with mangoes with bananas and that is not correct
Actually you may, as they are very close to 1:1 in general
I rather have less and feel more than have it all and dont feel a thing.
Thinking that the USA is a first world country is a mistake, maybe from your POV it looks that way. But as a Dutch person, I consider the USA being a 3rd world country because of their massive lack of a social safety net, with that causing unhealthy people, violence and poverty.
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The whole system of ego 'which education you got' is a ratrace that people in the netherlands don't like at all. You are more judged by who you are and if you fit in the company. Education is less important than experience. Sometimes just the will to learn is most important.. Showing off is a no go. Act normal.
which country are you from?
Ma nelle nostre tasse, in Europa, ci sono welfare, sanita e aiuti assistenziali alle classi bisognose (o almeno dovrebbe essere cosi)
Those salary differences are insane. We like to believe we're doing great, but I can't imagine that it's better to live a normal life in the Netherlands vs earning millions in the USA
the usa is great for the top few percent, for the average joe not so much. even for the average high skilled worker (software engineer) from the example it is already arguable wether you have more buying power with the 150k average salary in sillicon valley, or the average 90k in amsterdam.
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