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Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by RamblingCTO »

vasper wrote: post #95
vladvasiliu wrote: post #79

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While Switzerland is technically "Europe", people should bear in mind that it's in no way representative of the other countries. Salaries are much higher over there, even when compared to other "rich" countries (France, Germany, etc) Cost of living too from what I understand. In Paris, for example, 50k is a pretty common salary for a not too senior developer. Outside of Paris, you may need some experience to be able…

From my experience, Switzerland is definitely better compared to countries like, let's say, Germany, in almost every area of life - standard of living, salaries, closeness to the nature, taxes, healthcare - you name it. Average salaries for devs : - Germany: 50k EUR / year; - Switzerland: 95k CHF / year. Of course, it depends on the specific canton/city/town when you want to settle down, but you need to take to accou…

You can't compare plain salaries without looking at the buying power though. Switzerland is expensive as fuck.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by RhysU »

addicted wrote: post #109
redis_mlc wrote: post #70

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> Many European countries have free healthcare, I wish this socialist trope would die. I have never heard of a US programming job that didn't include staff healthcare, plus some dental and eyewear. Some US companies also include family healthcare, for some there's a fee.

How is this socialist trope? A lot of planning involves “what happens if I lose my job”, or “my current workplace is hell, and between that and taking care of kids I can barely even start looking for another job, and I can’t afford to take a couple of months off because that would mean I need to go on the private insurance market for a few months which would be ridiculously expensive with my special needs kid”. Even…

But wouldn't one avoid the private insurance market for those months by using COBRA?

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by codegeek »

RhysU wrote: post #112
addicted wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this socialist trope? A lot of planning involves “what happens if I lose my job”, or “my current workplace is hell, and between that and taking care of kids I can barely even start looking for another job, and I can’t afford to take a couple of months off because that would mean I need to go on the private insurance market for a few months which would be ridiculously expensive with my special needs kid”. Even…

But wouldn't one avoid the private insurance market for those months by using COBRA?

COBRA is equally or even more expensive than private insurance at times. COBRA just guarantees that you get to keep the same insurance/coverage that you had with your employer but now you pay all costs out of pocket including employer portion which usually is a lot. To add to this, some employers charge an admin fee of 1-2% because they are managing this for you even after employment. So in total, you could pay upto 102% of the total cost of premiums.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by RhysU »

codegeek wrote: post #114
RhysU wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But wouldn't one avoid the private insurance market for those months by using COBRA?

COBRA is equally or even more expensive than private insurance at times. COBRA just guarantees that you get to keep the same insurance/coverage that you had with your employer but now you pay all costs out of pocket including employer portion which usually is a lot. To add to this, some employers charge an admin fee of 1-2% because they are managing this for you even after employment. So in total, you could pay upto…

102% of the premiums for 100% of the benefits for 0 time negotiating with the private market and with guaranteed coverage seems... fair?

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Post by danielscrubs »

RhysU wrote: post #115
codegeek wrote: post #114

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COBRA is equally or even more expensive than private insurance at times. COBRA just guarantees that you get to keep the same insurance/coverage that you had with your employer but now you pay all costs out of pocket including employer portion which usually is a lot. To add to this, some employers charge an admin fee of 1-2% because they are managing this for you even after employment. So in total, you could pay upto…

102% of the premiums for 100% of the benefits for 0 time negotiating with the private market and with guaranteed coverage seems... fair?

” New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage”

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/new-study-fin...

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