I haven't lived here long, so I don't have much personal experience with it, but it seems quite generous still with like sick leave, m/paternity leave, pensions. The healthcare system is almost completely free and not politically threatened from what I can tell, so that's more secure than in Australia. Dentistry is not free, which makes no sense to me personally
The downside is getting on some benefits, you deal with bureaucratic bullshit like any other bourgeois state. With unemployment benefits especially. I know people who've had trouble getting them, and they definitely try to get you back into work very quickly.
There's also a high rate of unionization here but my understanding is they tend to be pretty collaborative and not radical. There are strikes and wildcat strikes that happen pretty often though, but sometimes the government forces arbitration and ends them.
What's your welfare state like? Asking for a friend
I haven't lived here long, so I don't have much personal experience with it, but it seems quite generous still with like sick leave, m/paternity leave, pensions. The healthcare system is almost completely free and not politically threatened from what I can tell, so that's more secure than in Australia. Dentistry is not free, which makes no sense to me personally
The downside is getting on some benefits, you deal with bureaucratic bullshit like any other bourgeois state. With unemployment benefits especially. I know people who've had trouble getting them, and they definitely try to get you back into work very quickly.
There's also a high rate of unionization here but my understanding is they tend to be pretty collaborative and not radical. There are strikes and wildcat strikes that happen pretty often though, but sometimes the government forces arbitration and ends them.
The dentistry thing is the same in Australia. Amazingly I've never had a cavity but I'm not above punching Anthony Albanese in the dick if I got one
As you should be