This video doesn't cover some of the most important parts of Norwegian work-life. Recomend you see what you can find on employee representation and the three part model, it's going to blow your American mind! Not to mention termination caluses, health and safety rules or shift work limitations. In addition power distance as she talks about (with regards to the boss) is a massive difference from the US, check out Hoffstede's cultural dimensions where they have tired to quantify it so you can actually understand how different it is. I work with Americans remotely the always get flabergasted initially. I love your videos and the fact that you are so interested in our country, keep it up, all the best from Oslo :-)

Nice video Tyler! Just letting you know its 5 weeks paid vacation, not 3. She said 24 days, and that is working days and that is normaly counted as 5 days a week

@jarls5890

Жыл бұрын

Technically we DO NOT have paid vacation in Norway. The pay you get is what was taken off your pay last year and set aside as "vacation pay". If you did NOT work last year (and thus no pay) - you will have NO money for vacation. Thus the pay you receive is what the person was "forced" to save up from last years pay. In countries where you DO have vacation pay - you get extra pay. I.e. my Austrian wife would get 12 months pay in Austria (for a year)...where the 12th month is the vacation pay. In Norway we technically get 11 months pay - and the "12th" month is saved for next years vacation.

@okklidokkli

Жыл бұрын

Is the glass half full, or half empty? In real life it makes no difference if the company ˚save˚ the money, or you have less in monthly salary.

@jarls5890

Жыл бұрын

@@okklidokkli It does. Because in countries where you DO have paid vacation - your salary looks like this: "You will be paid xxxxxx per year + 5 weeks paid vacation and benefits." It is also a PITA to those who is starting in a job and have no vacation money saved up from last year. They will have a *very* unpaid vacation.

@ShrekThePimp

Жыл бұрын

Anyway. You get 6 weeks (1 week extra) from the year you turn 60.

@fredrickhansen1132

Жыл бұрын

@@ShrekThePimp you don't get it, you have the right for an extra week 4 weeks vacation is 10.2% of ur monthly salary 5 weeks vacation is 12% of ur monthly salary over 60 years have 12.5% of ur monthly salary with 5 weeks or 14.3% of ur monthly salary if you have 6 weeks vacation

The Norwegian people are trustworthy, so a lot of responsibility is given to the worker. 😎

@ErnaBerntsen

Жыл бұрын

exacly

@norwegiangooner6521

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@nelfish1234

Жыл бұрын

there is a term that is used, "Gladmelding" wich is when you are hungover as fuck after the weekend and need a few extra days to get your shit together. Kinda sweet

@CoolKD2005

Жыл бұрын

This is mostly true. The way Americans work I feel like there is always a boss breathing down your neck. This is not common in the Norwegian workplace that I have experienced over a 30 year span. The lunch thing is not common, so I don't know where she got that from.

@minitrucksnorway534

Жыл бұрын

And many of us is in union.

I'm from Norway and I used to work as a carpenter. I started when I was really young (17-18) and I was so in love with the money I got as a teenager, especially overtime money with 50-100% extra pay. I remember my boss came to me and said I had worked way to much and I had to stop working or he would get in trouble. I didn't want to, but he said he would confiscate my work car and my tools if he saw me next day. So I had to take some time off. Paid of course. I've heard of this in other professions, a boss who took a computer from a guy because he worked to much. You can't work to much overtime even if you want to. I guess it is about productivity and we have something called HMS (health, environment and safety) and that is taken very seriously.

@MrMafiks

Жыл бұрын

Well if someone found out, he would be in trouble for breaking the overtime law

@sasapetroski981

Жыл бұрын

This is just perfect

@erikbaklund542

Жыл бұрын

That is partly what you get when you have Unions to negotiate for you. But the concept of unions does not seem to be much appreciated in America.

@Fay-el

Жыл бұрын

Where I work, they set a limit of 150 houers pr year. that you can work overtime.

@hemmper

Жыл бұрын

That's for employees. If you're one of the owners you can work your ass off. And some do.

never forget that these conditions have been achieved by working force joining unions and through this community over time being able to improve working conditions - and here is the unknown factor to many americans: often in cooperation with your employer. Also: hours spent does not equal productivity 🙂 The nordic work culture focuses on involvement and influence that leads to better productivity and better earnings for both employer and employee

@hemmper

Жыл бұрын

What works for Norway wouldn't necessarily succeed in America. And the other way around. The differences in culture is real so work life must reflect that. Bosses trying to "americanize" their workplace in Norway rarely succeed in improving productivity. And probably the other way around in America where employees might need and expect more firm guidance and management on how to do their job.

The work hours didn't really come out right... We have 8 hours work days 5 days a week as a general, but we have half an hour unpayed lunch break in between, making it 37,5 hours payed work hours per week. Also, the vacation days is usually 25 days, and weekends don't count, so it's 5 work weeks per year. It should also be noted that most of these things are like this by law, which is why it even applies to companies like McDonalds and the like.

@carlmorgen2308

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was confused and thought maybe it was like that 5 years ago? It's definitely not like that now in the jobs I worked at, they look more or less like how you explained it.

@chaidie7056

Жыл бұрын

It also varies with professions. Teachers for instance have 43,5 paid work hours per week, but more "vacation days" (technically compensatory time)

@jrgenb8107

Жыл бұрын

In my job i have 7 hour days (6.5 if you don’t include lunch) in summer time, and 7.45 hour day (7.15 in winter time). We have flexible hours, counted twice every year, so easy to take a day, or half a day off. Visiting your doctor in work hours is covered/paid. And we have 2 hours every week to work out, walking/sports/gym/etc.

@imortaliz

Жыл бұрын

@@chaidie7056 not only more, they teachers get ALOT more vacation. But they do have to work nights correcting papers etc sometimes

@chaidie7056

Жыл бұрын

@@imortaliz Yeah, a lot of unpaid overtime. But I guess that's an issue for teachers in all countries (perhaps except for Finland?)

The normal in Norway is 5 weeks vacation. In addition we have 10 public holidays - and if they all end up on a work days, that is another two weeks... BR🇧🇻

@BEhistoricStudios

Жыл бұрын

25 days freedom among 365 days of the year ! Yippii slaves of the matrix having a blast :D

@therkentraver1242

Жыл бұрын

@@BEhistoricStudios dont forget the 104 days of weekends... 🤪🤣

@BEhistoricStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@therkentraver1242 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

@ordemeprogresso727

Жыл бұрын

We dont have 5 weeks, vacation. 4 weeks is the longest summer holiday Norwegians mostly have, get your facts straight!

@BEhistoricStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@ordemeprogresso727 actually, most people get 5 in norway.

Regarding dresscodes - I'm an assistant professor of computer science, and I give my lectures wearing crocs and sweaters 😅

30 minutes lunch break is the normal for lots of employees

@themetricsystem7967

Жыл бұрын

And the expenses at julebord are for many employees not payed by the employer

@ahkkariq7406

Жыл бұрын

@@themetricsystem7967 And at many workplaces you have to bring your own lunch, the traditional "matpakke".

@nelfish1234

Жыл бұрын

1 hour offshore

man these videos are super interesting, getting an outside perspective on my country is so cool!

normal work hours is 8-16, with 30 min unpaid lunch. Provided lunch was seen as a luxury, so it have been taxed, resulting in most canteens now requiering a small fee pr day ( $ 5-10)

You need to take a closer look at labour unions in Norway. They are the reason the Norwegian work situation is so good.

@8bloppy8

Жыл бұрын

Alot of it is described here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

In Norway we have 5 weeks holiday during a year (25 days). After 60 years of age, you get 1 more week. Sickleave is good and trustworthy. I have worked nearly 40 years now, and have been away from work only 3 days (and in a row, back in 1999). We don't take days off, if we don't need them. It's about trust.

ref; 18;45 That is 24 working days. So the vacation time is 5 weeks + public holidays.

Most of these policies are enforced by the state. Not necessarily the company that wanna be nice.

@peacefulminimalist2028

Жыл бұрын

@Phillip Banes So sad to get 5 weeks holiday, how controlling...

@8bloppy8

Жыл бұрын

@Phillip Banes Enforced on the work place by the Union.. not on the individual. BTW Norway is a capitalist country(with social policys), we are NOT SOCIALISTS. "The Nordic model is described as a system of competitive capitalism combined with a large percentage of the population employed by the public sector, which amounts to roughly 30% of the work force, in areas such as healthcare and higher education." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

@8bloppy8

Жыл бұрын

@Phillip Banes "control over employers" How? We can do as we want LOL.... is that what you mean? It's in America you have all the rules at work :P

@jon5355

11 ай бұрын

@@phillipbanes5484 Love how brainwashed you are.🤏

It’s 5 weeks vacation, not 3. We don’t count the weekend, so 5 days per week. In my job i have 7 hour days (6.5 if you don’t include lunch) in summer time, and 7.45 hour day (7.15 in winter time). We have flexible hours, counted twice every year, so easy to take a day, or half a day off. Visiting your doctor in work hours is covered/paid. And we have 2 hours every week to work out, walking/sports/gym/etc. EDIT: Yes, maternity leave is by law. Everyone gets it.

I actually work at an architecture firm in Norway and we close down the business in July every year. Makes it very easy to plan your vacation!

one of the great advantages of your 3-party collaboration. between the employer organisations, the employee organizations and the state. Norwegian work is good because we have a strong trade union movement and understanding gets that it is willing, everyone gets that they are strong

I have a friend who are married in America,when she gave birth to the kids,she had to go back to work after 2 weeks,and her family from Norway traveled down to take care of them all for months.A Norwegian woman would absolutely not done that🌞🇧🇻

Very good video by Mom Amie. This is how it is. And very good reaction from Tyler too.

I worked at a huge "Paper mill" making magazine paper. But it's supposed to go 24-7 all year around. There is a "5-shift" arrangement. 1st week from 6 Am-2 pm, next week 2 Pm-10 Pm, then one week off. Then next week 10 Pm-6 Am, and then one week off. See, 5 shifts. But as there are rules to how many hours you can work in the night, and evenings. The amount of hours are reduced to 34 in a week, so we end up working to many hours. These hours are added together, for time off. So in a year we end up with almost a week of to many hours, wich can be used as an extra week of holiday. So this is added to the normal holidays.

so my employer doesn't care much when i come and go, as long as i come and i get paid for the work i do so i work between 25 to 45 hours per week depending on how much i need to work, i do work a typical "blue collar" job but my work amount depends on the other departments of work and our production schedule. i don't get paid lunch (which is normal) and the cafeteria isn't free since we have hot meals. in my department whenever there's a birthday we take an hour or so to just sit in a meeting room and eat cake while still getting paid because our boss sees it as an important part of building good workplace relationships.

Working on a kindergarten and working 7.5 hours a day, we're provided with indoor shirts as our uniform, our outdoor ski dress or any outdoor jackets. 30 minutes for our coffee & lunch break but take note our coffee break is paid. Working parents in kindergarten can stay home when their kids are sick. Julebord "christmas party" are paid by the company and we travelled all expense paid by the company. Cake friday or we called it the "Fredagskos" we have candies, chocolates, ice cream and cakes it's like our "lørdagsgodt" or the Saturday goodies which we do it during Friday at work. Mamma perm or Pappa perm we call for the parents to stay home with the newly born child. with pay of course. :-) full salary.

@mari97216

Жыл бұрын

Its not always paid, more then not lunch is not paid so its 7,30 hours + your 30 min lunch break

@ahkkariq7406

Жыл бұрын

@@mari97216 It depends on whether you have to be available during your lunch break or not.

This is why we pay alot of tax, but it is worth it. You get it back in good solutions in the society. More trust

@sigmundsund7785

Жыл бұрын

@Phillip Banes it works her in Norway. But it is important that we as a People and the politicians trust each other. It is bytter when People are happy overall then the alternativ

@ahkkariq7406

Жыл бұрын

@@sigmundsund7785 It will only work as long as a huge majority of the population are raised with these values, like trust and the "perform before you can enjoy" mentality. The more immigrants who do not apply to the system, the more vulnerable the system becomes.

@sigmundsund7785

Жыл бұрын

@@ahkkariq7406 my experience is that imegrants see this as a good thing and use their chance to get education and a good like. So no problem in that case. The larges siste is the right side of politics who wants to pull in along the direction of America. They take small steps against ferdig the rich and starting the poor.

@ahkkariq7406

Жыл бұрын

@@sigmundsund7785 You need to be realistic. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

@sigmundsund7785

Жыл бұрын

@@ahkkariq7406 i am. And it works.

I am 61 yrs old, and got a problem with my heart, and my employer (for many, many years!) gave me a choice due to my illness, it was that I would get full payment for 6 months, and after that period would get 66% of my regular payment, untill the month I turn 67. So I am now a retired old woman... 😊 This company is one of the better ones, in my opinion. They listened to me about my work-situation, and helped when they could. And when you turn 60, vacation got from 4 to 5 weeks. The young lady in that video, said days, what she did not mention, that Sat/Sun is not included, just Mon-Fri. And that is for the summer holidays, we also have extra time off during xmas and easter. And, yeah, the month before Xmas-holiday, we have this huge party, dinner and drinks, paid by the company. Xmas gifts? Oh yeah, not cheap ones, thats for sure! And if your birthday is 30, 40, 50 or 60 years old, my company gives you a gift-certificate at the value of approx 300 USD. And I got a parting-giftcard at approx 200 USD. And if you wonder of what my salary was last year... close to 80.000 USD. Want to move to Norway? 😁

@JaneHermstad-ty6cy

3 ай бұрын

Wow, what kind of workplace is that. Not health care sector for sure

@tovemagnussen4423

3 ай бұрын

​@@JaneHermstad-ty6cy Nope, not the healthcare, but in the search and rescue area. Miss my workplace, but moved to another city, where my kids and grandkids live. So, I am just going to be a grandma now. 😊

I'm norwegian and I work as an electrician and I start 7am and work to 3pm every day if not counting over time, and we have 30 minutes of lunch which is not paid so it's a 8 hour work day with 7.5 hours paid salary, normally the jobs that start later like 8 and 9 in the morning are office jobs

She forgot the most common thing that companies (specially factories get): Free fruit to eat at work, witch is both healthy and a morale boost. Factory workers under IA agreement (means they go under a better union agreement than minimum by law) also have 5 weeks vacation time and 8 days sick time before you have to go to a doctor as well as often a bonus if the company do good that year (25-50% of a months pay is not uncommon). In all companies you can actually apply to have free leave, but no guarantee you get it (means your have right to return to your position if accepted). She is worng about Parental leave differ from workplace to workplace. The parental benefit period by LAW is 49 weeks (15 weeks are reserved for each parent) with 100% coverage or 59 weeks weeks (19 weeks are reserved for each parent) with 80% coverage.

To note, flex hours are becoming more and more common here. Basically, you'll have to be available at work mid day (usually 09-15), but you are free to move around working hours as you like. For instance, I prefer to get to the office at 07 and end my days at 15. In winter time, if there has been a snow day, I get to work later and start my day getting some fresh powder on my snowboard before work.

Where I work, we also have winter and summer time, so for one part of the year we start 0745 and go home at 1500, and the rest of the year we start at 0745 and go home at 1600. We also have flex, where core hours are 0900 to 1400, so if you need to go early on day you can pretty much plan it so you leave at 1400 and then work one hour longer at a later time, without having to get an aproval from the boss. You can flex core hours as well, but then you need to ask.

There's a map on maternity and paternity leave (pregnancy leave). U.S. and two other countries are the only ones without !!

Lunch Most of it is related to the law. A half-hour lunch is probably the most common. Still, it depends on how many hours you work the specific day and the agreements with the respective employer, and what union represents your occupational group. Vacation In Norway, there are four weeks of forced vacation by law. Plus, one week through the Union. That means we have five weeks of vacation each year and at least three continuous weeks. When you pass 60 years, you get one more week. One year off We can apply for a one-year off. This may be to try other jobs, study, or other reasons. Then the employer hires a temporary worker for your position for one year. This can be an advantage for employers e. g because the employees acquire expertise from other businesses. Both from the temporary worker and the worker while coming back.

At my husband work place he works to 4pm every 4 Friday, the other 3 Fridays he can end his day at 2pm. We love it!

I learn more about Norway and America on this channel compared to other channels.

This video is amazing. I have to correct a little bit, it is 49 weeks of maternity leave in total for the parents, not to both at the same time. Either 49 weeks with 100% salary or 59 weeks with 80%. If 49 weeks, then 15 weeks is to the mother, 15 weeks is to the father and they split the rest of the weeks how they like.

24 days is one day short of five weeks, since one work week is five days. Flexible working hours is amazing! You have a core time (for me it was between 9 in the morning and half past two in the afternoon). We had to pay a little bit for the lunch, though, and many places you have to bring your own lunch. I can't tell you how common it is for people to apply for a gap year (or three or six months) to try out another job. Unpaid, of course. But if you don't like the other job you tried out, you're welcome back once your gap period is over.

Some works even pay an employee education if the education is relevant to the workplace. Then it's usual to write an agreement that the employee work for the company for at least 2-3 year. A friend of mine is taking master which is 2 year, the company is paying her salary every month while she is studying. When she finish the study she will work for the company.

Most places don't have free lunch. Usually there is a canteen where you can buy food or eat your own food. In Norway people would traditionally bring food from home, but more and more just buy it nowadays. Does the business casual outfit make people more effective and productive? Would think they would do a better job if they were comfortable instead. In Asia it is not uncommon that the boss is a Boss with capitol B, unapproachable for the workforce. The 3-day sick days is quite nice. I've been with my employer for more than 10 years but have only used 3 days twice, and one was due to covid last year. So it's not something that gets exploited a lot and isn't a problem that people use 3days 4 times every year, like some USAians might argue. The 25 days of holiday is equal to 5 weeks, not 3 weeks, since Norway have monday-friday as standard week. The 1 year paid maternity and paternity leave is not just common in Norway, but in most of Europe. The majority of countries in the world has better maternity leave arrangement than USA.

Maternity leave and sick leave is covered by national welfare. The same welfare budget also covers pensions, the health care system, permanent disability, and unemployment benefits which ofc are a low level of income. Most of the funding comes from two taxes; a tax on having employees calculated as 14.5% of salaries payed and an extra income tax that roughly translates as "pension tax." There is a deficit in welfare income vs. spending so the state has to allocate additional funds to keep it going. Some of these money come from interest earned on the oil fund (the sovereign wealth fund you have heard of before) and the system would have to be changed if we didn't have this source. The system is complex and designed to try to avoid abuse. If you are caught abusing the system you risk prison and going into debt from having to repay the system. Most of the other things she mentions aren't regulated rules, but niceties companies are willing to offer, but there are caveats. Being able to leave early on Friday? Ofc that hinges on you having been on top of your tasks and having made it possible for yourself to leave early. Basically it is a simple motivational nicety. Taking an entire year off not in connection to illness, pregnancy, further education, or other particulars covered by law, like military service? (Your job is kept open for you for up to 24 months of military service!) Quite directly translated this is called Permission and it is ofc unpaid. They are not guaranteed by law but rather an agreement between employer and employee, and in some cases regulated by union agreements. It is more of a custom than anything. The company or institution will need to replace you for the negotiated period ofc, so if you work in a small business where every work hour and employee count this might not be something your boss is prepared to offer. And yes, work uniforms is a thing in many types of workplaces. Casual work attire mostly applies to jobs where wearing suits were common, shops that don't have a uniform, and government organizations.

The total benefit period for parental leave at birth is 49 weeks with 100 per cent coverage or 59 weeks with 80 per cent coverage. At full coverage, the mother must take 15 weeks, (of which the first six weeks must be taken immediately after the birth), the father must take 15 weeks, a period of three weeks before the mother's due date and a joint period of 16 weeks (49 weeks in total). About leaving early - If you are going to leave early, you must deduct saved overtime.

Hi Tyler, you should make a series of Denmark after your Norway adventure. 😁

Also, for most of the jobs you have 2 extra breaks + lunch break. 10 minute break at 9, lunch around 11 and 10 minutes 1:30.

It’s 5 weeks paid vacation and after you turn 60 years it’s 6 weeks paid vacation! And the salary is way higher today! When you are sick and stay home you get full paid salary. You can also stay home if your child/children get sick and get full salary.

The Core of the video, the human is the focus, not the business, but the businesses have learned that they still get ALL the work done, and both the business and people working there are happier.

Work hour thing also depends on place and what you do. Worked in a IT department for some years, and it had a very relaxed friendly vibe. And if some days there was little to do might as well just leave early. Also it wasnt like, oh god you have to be there at this time EXACTLY or else. My boss was like, just arrive around here and leave around there its fine. :D

You usually do pay for lunch even at the companies that provide it, but it's a token amount. It's far from every company doing this as well, it's usually larger ones with many employees .

@hemmper

Жыл бұрын

Perks vary but it's most common to pay for your own lunch or bring it from home.

On vacation; we are by law entitled to 25 days of paid vacation, those 25 days are counted mon-sat, meaning that it is 4 weeks of vacation. Many places like where I work, you get 5 weeks of.

No. We can not just leave on Fridays, it's because we have worked longer another day and can use those pluss hours to go home early. I have worked in many offices and lunch had never been included. Might be quite cheep, but definitely not free. The changeing of the shoes is because we don't want to wear very warm and dirty winter shoes inside.

At my father's work, they don't have cake friday, but every friday they either bake cinnamon buns, make waffles, order pizza or make sausages for the employees and customers

The best is to start working early in the morning (7-8), putting in the 7.5 hours and basically have the day off from 3-3.30

I have seen this video before, and as far as I can remember she works at an architect firm where they have a quite relaxed work policy. Although Norwegian employees on average have a lot of benefits, it sounds like she is a bit "spoiled". In general we do have a fairly flexible work life, but there is great variation between different companies. The way she describes it I think she is basing most of it on her immediate surroundings, while not paying much attention to the fact that many employers run their business in very different ways. That said we enjoy a lot of benefits, and freedoms that are protected by law, thus forcing employers to offer a pretty substantial, and homogeneous platform for their employees.

the paid holiday thing depends entirely on what you work with or as and which company you are employed by, I have worked for many companies and never had a paid holiday or lunch, worked for over 25 years, where I work now it is just the boss and assistant boss who have such an agreement, everyone else has an hourly wage.

the best thing about work in Norway is that you can have any kind of deal regarding work hours and so on.the things mention here is what you are entitled of and can demand. most my time working i have been working with construction, a lot of excavator work. this was far above the arctic circle so we only worked summer time. we worked over 70 hours a week, sometimes more sometimes less, but the overtime you get and at minimum can demand after passing a normal work week in hours, is so good that i was getting paid like 20k USD more in one year by doing this and just call it a holiday the rest of the year, than if i had worked ordinary 37 hours all year. anyone willing to let in those kind of hours all year just to get rich, they will be a millionaire in just a few years

Hi Tyler ! This is somting you have ti reed : The day the United States no longer had unions, all the rights workers had also disappeared. That is why there is such a big difference between Norway and the USA. Because in Norway, most professional groups have a trade union, which always works for workers' rights. This means that companies have guidelines and laws they MUST follow. A fima is not allowed to dismiss a man on the day, he must have a verbal message. then two written messages, and if he has not corrected what he is doing wrong, then he will be dismissed, and can be banished right then and there. But he is actually entitled to three months' notice, but this is often resolved by him being banished from his job, but given three months' pa

Julebord - Christmas table os the direct translation. Its an office dinner party around Christmas paid by the company.

Also some places, like where I work, when you are sick, you have 24 days you can spend in one year, paid sick days, and you can be sick 8 days in a row. After 8 days you need to go to the doctor and get him to send in papers on you being sick, and the state will be the ones to give you money for being sick.

@ahkkariq7406

Жыл бұрын

That is true. The workplace must belong to a system called "Inkluderende arbeidsliv/Inclusive working life".

Its 37,5 hours a week. Lunch break is normally 30min, but its true u have 1 hour of freetime during 8 hours. Usually they are split up a little with "coffe time" etc.. Vacation is 5 weeks. There is a standard vacation period to use theese, however its normal to not use all in one go. People use them as they do like, but usually they need to be early discussing it with the company. The sick leave rules are completely based upon trust. There are other ways of working as well, those are the standards.. im working 2 weeks, then 4 weeks free. I have 12 hour days when working, holiday is used up on the 4 weeks together with earned free. The total ammount of hours each year is a little lower, but one is compansated for being stuck at work after working hours, as well as rotation 2-4-2-4-2-4 hits xmas etc randomly. I prefer this way, some prefer the other way. I have noticed huge difference in our way of working compared to british People in our section. We work more as an equal unit, where every1 use combined knowledge and strenghts to make work safe, effektive and trustworthy. Meanwhile UK is more hierarki, where People are afraid to talk to their boss, and boss decide all either its wrong or not, and info/decitions need travel that hierarki up and then down again prior to any action taken. Meanwhile a Norwegian electrician as an example can make solutions himself without needing to ask every1 prior to it, and rather ask if in doubt.

The most of this you have also in other european countrie, in Austria we have 5 to 6 weeks holiday, and sick days are unlimited! And getting a baby, you can stay 2 years at home (payed) und your job is secure!

i work 8 hours a day, the lunchtime is subtracted so i have a total of 37.5 hours of work each week. I do have 30 vacation days though, usually end up not taking them all out and in that case i can try to have them cashed out at the end of the year or transfer them to next year to have even more than 30 vacation days that coming year.

Its Friday. If I'm in the office after 3pm today, something has gone wrong :D (Workweeks is 40 hours, with 30 min lunch subtracted. Offices is usually 8am-4pm. With lunch subtracted, workweek is 37,5 hours)

On the sick days, in Norway if you take only one sick day its not uncommon for your employer to question if you are well enough to work already. And the 24 vacation days are 4 weeks because sunday is not counted

Normal lunch is 30 min. And a very few work places have cantinas/cafeterias. Lunch pack is normal

Think of it this way. If your company is something called a IA company, you can have 3 days off being sick. And this can be used up to 12 times pr year. And if you have kids, that is another 12 times a year. That is a total of 72 sick days a year where you do not have to have a doctors notice and you still get's pay'd. Vacation. You have 5 weeks vacation in Norway, not 3 weeks. It is 25 days. 5 days a week = 5 weeks. If you are over 60 years old you get 6 weeks vacation. Some company's and some organization gives 6 weeks vacation from the start.

A year off is common in most developed countries. In Canada you get paid a portion of your salary for a year. Men can take paternity leave but it would be taken out of the overall parental leave between the two parents

Holiday pay, sick pay and overtime work are regulated by law in Norway. It is called the "Working Environment Act" holiday pay is set as a % of your salary and is paid into a fund every month. It is based on the fact that you must have x number of working days in a year and a certain number of paid holiday days in a year. You cannot choose to take this sum out as cash and work during the holiday.

16:00 - some employers in the UK let you do that too. You don’t get paid, and they're allowed to hire temp workers to cover your post while you're off, but some employers let you take a career break or sabbatical with guaranteed employment on your return. Note it's unionised workplaces that tend to offer this more than non-union ones.

Great video! Another cool thing is that Norway dosent have minimum pay. the company have to give you a pay you can live on :)

@leif-kareeikeland5209

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Det er ingen lovbestemt minstelønn i Norge, men partene i arbeidslivet og myndighetene kan bli enige om å gjøre enkelte lønsoverenskomster gjeldene for enkelte yrker hvor det er mye svart arbeid og dårlig arbeidsforhold.

@8bloppy8

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@Phillip Banes There is no general minimum wage in Norway. Salary is agreed between employer and employee as part of the written employment contract. But the Union have minimal pay.. most Company's follow the Union Minimal pay in norway.. even those not unionized. These things dont work the same in Norway as in America.. dont assume.. we are not the same. WE ARE NOT SOCIALISTS, thats just CNN propaganda.. trying to use Norway to promote socialism/communism....... STOP IT, WE HATE IT.

So this sounds very much like taken from her experience because I can tell you that Norwegians are used to taking lunch from home, even office workers. Also the thing with the slippers, maybe in some offices but I do not think that is so common. Comfortable clothes and shoes for sure but I would not take it so far as making that a general thing. It’s 37,5 hours that is the normal working hours but you do have people working up to 40 hour weeks. The lunch is 30 min and depending on your type of work, it’s included in pay or not included. Basically if you cannot leave the work place to have lunch it’s normally included if you can then often it’s not included in the pay

21:00 - UK is similar, six months paid leave per parent, I think, although you could have one parent take the entire year instead. Not sure you get full pay for all of it, but yeah, arrangements like this are common in most countries. Apart from the US.

Many Norwegians work on Oil and Gass rigs Offshore, including me and the turnus is 2 weeks on and 4 weeks of 12 hours a day. That is 8 Months of and 4 weeks on in a year. The sallery is way over average.

It can be very different, I even had a friend back in the day that used to play Computer games with his boss at work. Cant see that happening in America unless you work for a gaming company.

Its depends on which company in Norway you are working for. Some companies is private others are under the government. Most places I have worked they dont pay for my lunch who is normally 30 min in Norway. I work as a traindriver now, I only get payed for parts of my lunch. The company I work for now is private and also owned by the state. I really earn good money on this job.

The carpenters at my place work half an hour extra man-thur (700-1530, instead of 0700-1500). Then they skip lunch on friday, and leave for the weekend at 1230.

Tyler - it is 24 workdays (mon-fri) of paid vacation and it is then 5 week (minus one day).

@Andre1980stavanger

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Also there is the "gro-dag" so its 5 weeks in total

To leave early on Friday is not normal in Norway either. You may go a few minutes earlier but not more.

Hi there! Norwegian here. I would like to recomand you to comment on Harald Eia's youtube videos 《This is Norway》 ep. 1 and 2. those videos explains very well Norway and Norwegians

"PAID VACATION" EXPLAINED (and simplified): If you start a new job 1st of January, you will not get "paid vacation" that first year. But, every month your employer have to put a side a % of your salary, and this "saving" every month, is what pays off😉 the next year when you "get paid" for your vacation weeks. Many of the benefits in the video are not company driven, but based on social democracy principles (can be a scary thought for some...)

Well, she’s exaggerating average quite a bit… normally companies doesn’t provide lunch, most Christmas get togethers are sponsored but not 100% free, cake Fridays are normally something the workers organise themselves (as is paycheque beers). Gap year always have to be applied for -and you’re not guaranteed getting it. Sick days are normally 12-20 days a year, and depending on your employer can be from 3-8 days in a row. We’re entitled to 25 days (5 weeks) vacation -3 of the weeks for summer holidays, but your employment percentage sets how many of those are “paid”… we earn pays days the year before, commonly they deduct 5 weeks of pay in summer and instead pay 12,5% of last year’s wages… then you get regular payments no matter when you use your vacation days. Regarding maternity leave, it is 48 weeks with 100% wages or 52 weeks with 80% -and it’s divided between the parents where at least 16 weeks (if I remember correctly) have to be used by dad unless there’s specific reasons otherwise. Also we’re entitled to another year without pay without risking the employment.

Some Norwegian companies or colleagues even travel to Las Vegas. Everyone pays a deductible and someone arrange or maybe order from a travel agency. Maybe some travel agencies are specialized in trips to Las Vegas.

The maternal/paternal leave she was talking about is easy to misunderstand. IIRC, they get 49 weeks full pay, but only one of the parents is on leave at the same time, except the 2 weeks around the birth (might be more, not sure). But the mother has to take some weeks, the father has to take some weeks, and then there has been some weeks that has been for the parents to choose which one should take them, but this has changed a lot in recent years, so I'm unsure if that still exists, or if it's forced parental/maternal.

We also have have what is called: child’s first sickday- that helps A lot when you are a parent 🤓

i work offshore in Norway, i am 2 weeks on the rig and 4 weeks home.

You can take up to 3 years off in Ireland and your job is there for you when you go back the job takes on a temporary person until you return

Vacation money is 12% of your yearly income before tax so if you make 5000 000 nok pr year you will also receive from your employee 6000 dollars before your vacation start every year.

That Gap year I think she means that you can apply for a year off work to do something else, it could be many things, sometimes you are bored of your job and wants to try something new, the employer do not need to give it to you but they can if they are nice. I worked many years for a fishfactory and the owner there would not give me a year off when I asked, its not paid so its not that... but he said it was not his policy to do so, so I quit there and then ... worked my 3 months time you have to or they can take away from your holiday money or something like that... but after 3 months notice you can quit, or if you are on what we call "unemployment leave" I say unemployment, if your job especially at the fishindustry that is very seasonal ... don't have work for you, you list yourself as unemployed at NAV and recieve unemployment money for the time you don't work, once there is work again you are off ... and you deliver a card every 2 weeks I think it was, where you list the days you have been working or not. Anyway .. back to the gap year, so they did not give it to me, I quitted instead and have not walked back to that job, but it is possible ... I remember a guy who worked as a teacher, was tired of that job and wanted to try something different, he took a gap year and began working at the fishfactory, after a year had gone ... he was back working as a teacher... We call it in norwegian for "Permisjon" ... you can use it in many different ways, lets say you have illness in your family and you need to take care of them, you can apply for permisjon, or if you are tired of work and need to do something else you can apply...

Worker's rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have 25 days payed vacation. Weekends does not count. This is 5 weeks vacation, not 3 weeks. :D Also, we get payed 12% of our yearly salery for the vacation, which is alot more than a regular monthly salery.

I don't live in Norway so don't quote me on this, but Im pretty sure they have very similar vaccation-time as we do here in Finland, in which case, those 24 days are not just three weeks, but rather nearly 5 because it is only business days that count, weekends do not, in other words if I take 2 full weeks of vaccation i do not use up 14 days, only 10

This is definitely depending on the work. Ive had security jobs in Norway that was 300 + hours a month. Its a mixed bag. Right now I work in the US, paid lunches AND we get fed. That said, its ONLY a warehouse job. It pays well though. I do ok here, and I work 40 hours a week. It all depends. Right now I prefer this job over anything I had in Norway. I might be the outlier though.

Norway have 5 weeks paid vacation. Employer have to see to that all the vacation is used in the end of the year. Norway have 12 days paid national hollydays.

lol my friend never takes those vacations in norway he spare them like putting coins on savepig he saved so much he got 1 year and 3 months vacation to thailand to visit his gf with pay and if they need him in norway since he is a higher up employee he just work a hour or so down in thailand and this is with payments from his work they have extremly good work condition in this country its a joke of how good benefits norwegian condion have and this also becomes more and more normal also tru the rest of europe i know germany and holland i think have some kind of the same work deals as norway it becomes common on this side of the world

Hi, Tyler. This video you're reacting to is VERY imprecise. -No it's not supernormal for the ordinary work force (people that works on "the floor") to leave job early to pick up kids from kindergarden. -The most of us stay at work 8 hours a day, but have 30 mins unpaid lunch (so we say we work 7,5 hours a day). The boss is not a colleague, but he/she isn't a figure far, far away either. -"Julebord" is a real thing, but far from every company does that. -I've been working for different employers in the last 25 years. Only one of them paid for a grop travel. But we got that because we hit our sale goals. It was that carrot that drove us. But, again, for the ordinary work force, this is not very usual. -Cake fridays? Where does she work? total BS in all of my jobs. -I have worked for the same company for 11 years now, and the "stop working for a year"-thing is NOT a think for ordinary people. Again. Where does she work? It is no legislation that states this, anyway. -3 days of "egenmelding" when you're sick is true. BUT: maximun 12 days a year, AND the employer can object to it if they are suspecting a lie. After 3 days, you have to go to the doctor and get documentation for a sick leave , "sykemelding"(paid, of course). -We get 5 weeks vacation. (24+1 workdays). The unpaid vacaiton? Where DOES she work?!? I want too. -The sick days during vacation, that you get the vacation days (those days you're sick) back is a fact. -The 49 weeks has to be split between tha mother and father and has to be used during the child's first three years.

@nomiss6674

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We actually have cake or waffles every friday at my workplace to :D And we can APPLY for unpaid vacation aswell. We have julebord aswell, and we get gifts for christmas. It all depends what industry you're in I guess. I work for BAMA, big fruit company :P If youre easy to "replace" I guess it wont bother the employer if you take extra time off.

It feels like you are planning on moving to norway with all the norway related videos.

@superkingoftacos2920

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He didn't include the link to the moving to norway video. He's trying to keep us all out so he can get in faster.

@asbjrnknutsen8761

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@@superkingoftacos2920 haha! 🤣

@ahkkariq7406

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Maybe he is researching where to move, because he has two other channels, one about Canada and one about the UK.

Nice video...i think all scandinavien countrys have those benefits has we have here in Norway...

In international companies people fight actually really fight to get assignment to join the company Norwegian site location because of this. And they refuse to leave.

one important thing to note: a majority of the population is unionized

Some comments: If lunch is free or not depends. But you normally have 30 minutes only, so there's a cantina at work where you either get the food, buy lunch for moderate pricing or eat what you brought from home. Dress code definitely depends. Some places do have a "professional" dress code, while many are less strict. All the perks means that when you are at work you actually give a full effort. Sick leave: I guess this is debated, but most places I think it is not exploited. Also, when you feel the employer cares about you, you in return care that the employer does well. (Ofc, not every employer is the same, so this varies, but many of the perks are mandated by law, so many enjoy them)

There is a big difference between bosses in the Nordics and in the US. In the Nordics, you have responsibility and influence over your own work. The chief's main task is to guide and coordinate. American bosses in the US and the Nordics decide everything and are in charge, and therefore less effective.

Wow 😮

During the maternity/paternity leave you only get paid up to 6G (1G equals roughly 100 000 NOK), so if you earn more than that, you will get less than what you usually do, unless if your job pays the rest.

Watch this and more from the same guy, Harald Eia. "Rich&Equal" - Norwegian TV show "This Is Norway" s01e04 w/English subtitles