Hi fellow Europeans,
I met with some friends living in different EU countries and we discussed about working conditions in their areas.
Anyone who had changed job position in the last 2-3 years, was much more driven by pursuing better WLB conditions, rather than higher salaries; age was not a big thing, since we're quite distributed between 25-35yo.
According to my direct experience, today in Italy is manageable to have few days of remote working, at least in medium-big companies, while working week reduction is really rare, as most Executives are still using evaluation methods based on the time spent in office regardless of what you do, rather than being target-oriented.
On the other hand, some friends working in northern EU reported about in-office beer fridays, working weeks of 3.5days, ping-pong competitions and other original things that sounds like fantasy for Italian standards.
Does your country reflect into this trend? On an average basis, what are the best WLB conditions you may target at the moment?