Let’s start with the perks of working in France, because let’s face it, it just goes downhill from there. 1) You live and work in France! 2) Who wouldn’t love a 35 hour work week (down from the US standard of 40). If you do the math, that’s an extra 260 hours of your life a year to actually get something done. Pas mal! But really, I think it’s 3) the 5-9 weeks of vacation a year that takes the cake. And unlike Americans who pretend to take vacation and not work, the French actually take holiday. Trust me, I spent the summer with some, and they didn’t work AT ALL (unless you count sitting by the pool, reading trashy magazines and eating endless meals work). 4) Also, once you get hired, it’s virtually impossible to get fired. While this is not necessarily a good thing (it led to many of the riots by young people in the suburbs a couple years ago – the laws mean it’s harder for young people to get hired in the first place), at least you can count on job security.
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