The RUclips algorithm is strange, I don’t know why I got this in my feed, but I’m glad it did! I’m a Swede but I’ve heard the same things you say from many colleagues coming from outside Sweden so your experience seems common. I work in engineering and we have almost 20 nationalities in a workforce of about 120 so I’m starting to understand what seems unique about Sweden. Thanks for sharing!
How nice to hear a immigrant who is adapting and embracing the "Swedish way" ❤. I know there is a lot of you, but what we mostly hear in media is people whining about how racist swedes are (which we are not), and how unfair they are treated. I've heard people living here for 15+ years whining about they can't get a job, yet they can't speak swedish and have no education. What do they expect? People like you are very much welcome here
@@SwedenwithRobi Not by law, it's up to each employer what kind of benefits they want to give. Some maternity leave in most corporate jobs is the norm, but there are plenty of industries where you get barely anything, some you get zero.
Regarding work vs life: how close you are with colleagues depends a lot on the what kind of internal culture the company has, and how much colleagues work together vs how often you're just a lot of people doing solitary tasks. I think many of us would benefit from forming stronger bonds at our workplaces, because too many adults today can't manage to maintain their social lives outside of relatives and whoever they're closest to at work. I've had jobs where at least the core work group has had more of an extended family dynamic and everyone in that core group was very involved, but I've also had jobs where every employee is an isolated island just focusing on getting their own tasks done.
Very well said on needing stronger bonds at workplaces. One of the companies i worked in Tanzania used to have this questionnaire in their employee satisfaction survey. One of the questionnaire was: "I have a best friend at work. "Apparently research shows that people were more likely to stay in an organization for a long time if they feel like their colleagues are their friends.
This year I had 7 weeks vacation in the summer, it was awesome :) I was sick during a lot of that time tho which wasn’t ideal but it was still good to have such a long time off from work. Don’t know how I’m gonna go back to just 4 weeks of summer vacation now haha
If you call your employer and tell them that You're sick you'll get sick days instead of vacation days, thus saving your vacation days for a later time
July and Sweden. Yes. If you are a swede you would prefer vacation in the summer with long, warm and cozy days. After that comes darkness and winter.🥶 Greetings from a swede 🇸🇪
I am Swedish and have worked here for 40+ years. Your list is true and accurate, although 40 years ago benefits were slightly less generous. Please also note almost free health care and high income taxes.
Swede here. I love to pay taxes. It gives us the foundation for an equal society. And honestly, the taxes aren’t that high unless you earn lots of money.
40 years ago in Sweden gender equality was not exactly the highest and men earned so much more than women in general. One-person-man-income was totally doable and mothers could easily stay at home with the kids. Why need bennies, when the lady was stuck at home anyways? Times change.
@@BosisofSweden It is, but you may not know about the hidden tax called arbetsgivaravgift. For instance if your salary is 30000, you pay around 5 766kr in tax + 11623 arbetsgivaravgift which the government has hidden so you will think your tax is low. so in total if you earn 30 000kr you pay 17 389 in tax. without the arbetsgivaravgift your salary would have been 11 623kr more so stop with your fake news
Just to clarify a little about vacation, it is true that the minimum amount of days are 25 since that is established by law, but there is not actually a limit. Most of Swedish labor law is governed by unions and collective agreements. So while it is pretty common to see the vacation days between 25-30 days it is at the end of the day up to the negotiations between the unions and corporate. These agreements usually also only set up a minimum for the industry so each company can choose more if they would like. One example of more than 30 days is if your employed by the city of Malmö Stad. There you will have 31 days at 40 years old and 32 days by 50.
Vacation time can be more than 30 days, depending how much overtime you've worked. So if you do a lot of overtime, you can earn more time off. Also, teachers can get even more time off since schools are closed between the different terms.
@Zedja Oftime because of overtime is not vacation. It's compensation for working more then your contract requiers. You can get time of or get payed for it but it's not vacation.
I have worked as a teacher and during the summer holidays you have eight weeks off. Around Christmas, you have two weeks off. In February one week during the sports holiday and at Easter one week off. There will be a total of 12 weeks of leave over the course of a year. And best of all you are fully paid during those 12 weeks when you are not working.
Ooh, may I ask: as a teacher, will there typically be more work to do during holidays or can you actually relax? I have 1,5 years left of teacher’s training before i’m a teacher.
@@Babesinthewood97 No, I didn't have to work during the holiday. But sometimes you had to work on a Saturday or Sunday when you had to correct tests, for example, if you didn't have time to do it at school, but that wasn't very often.
Thats because you work 45,5 hours per week instead of the 40 that is standard. You have 5 weeks vacation, the rest is time you worked ”to much”. You work more when students are in school, and less when they are not. Over a year you do the same amount of hours as everyone else, but in fewer weeks.
25 to 35 days is correct in Sweden. Government workers get 34 or 35 days after they turn 40 years old. In many workplaces you can actually choose when to take vacations. I work all summer and in return take vacation whenever I want during the rest of the year with short notice.
The four consecutive vacation weeks are stated in the law: The employer MUST give you four consecutive weeks in the period june to august. Only under very certain and severe situations they can bypass that - VERY RARE! Of course, if they agree, you may split it in 2+2, 3+1 or any other constellation. And of course you are allowed to take the weeks anytime during this period, IF the employer agree. They should consider your wish and try to comply with it but they have the last saying on where during the summer you will have your weeks.
Good video 👍 just to make one clarification, during parental leave the company doesn’t have to hire someone to cover you by law but it’s quite common as the leave is usually long as mentioned. They also don’t have to give you your exact job back but they have to offer you an equivalent position. So you can get fired during your leave but not because you’re at leave, only if this would have happened even if you were working.
Robi I will be honest and start by saying Im against mass immigration. But ppl like you are most wellcome, you seem like a lovely and responsible person! I hope you enjoy you enjoy your life here and that you will stay with us!
Back in the Mid 1970 ś the parental leave with your Young , Young children was only 120 days, so in historical terms Sweden has not had these parental leave for so long,..
I love companies with generous vacation days. Here in the US, it depends what company you work for and how long you have been with the company. I love taking a month off for traveling and going back home to Tanzania.
I would say that all around the world, except in the US, has generous vacation days. Usually around five weeks each year regardless of which company. It’s a human right - not a benefit.
WHen I was a child, there existed something called "industry holiday". Basically, everyone who worked i a factory went on holiday on the exact same five summer weeks. I believe that factory owners decided that since you can't run a factory with one fourth of the work force on holiday, they chose to shut the entire factory down for a number of weeks in the summer, and force everyone to go on vacation during those weeks. And since other factories couldn't run when their suppliers had shut down for holiday, all industries decided to shut down during the same weeks. Sweden isn't exactly an industry workhorse anymore, so holidays are much more flexible nowadays, but the long consecutive holiday thinking is only very slowly going away.
Interesting facts, thanks for sharing. I have learned something new today. I work in the office now and my Swedish colleagues still take min 4 to 6 weeks during the summer. So its not going anywhere 😊. The difference is its not forced.
Thank you for explaning.. your own experiance! The big thing is to fit in.. to the swedish system.. its a market economy.. higher education/more skills/english/language skills, gonna make your day as a foreginner! Having a swedish spouse make it even smother! Soo.. is there a chanse for others then.. well there is.. especialy if one alredy is fluent in english, and have no problem to learn swedish! There is a joke in sweden.. we do have the moste educated taxi/bus/tram/train drivers.. its foreginers that got a fothold and an employment.. even if its lower then there education.. its a way to get a job and a way to make a independent living! Soo the other thing.. higher status jobs.. its at the fika time, at spring to talk to and negotiatate whit your colleges, when to take your payd weeks of! Parents with small children have to get priority! Big industries close four weeks.. you have nothing to say.. do your best and enjoy your weeks of.. swedes tend to go to there summer cottages/there family cottage.. or fly to another country!
One thing not mentioned in either the video or the comments is that the vacation is that to make this system posible workers have waived some increases in pay to make it happen. One get it back when you 12 % more pay during your vacation time. Also you can save some vacation till later years. If yoy have good reason and the company agrees you can save I think everything, like for a longer hooliday at an anaversery or something. You can save vacation up to five years. After that you get payed in money instedad. If you quit a job you get payed for the amount of vacation time you have colected upmto the point you leave. This is so that you will be able to get "payed" vacation at the new job.
It all depends. Where i work, i have 35 days and can save 35 days. For how long can i save? Unlimited time. They will within some years go down to 30 day limit in saved days, but still, no time limit.
@@dennistofvesson6351Government employer standard. You start with 28 says vacation. When you turn 30 you get 31 days. When you turn 40 you get 35 days.
@@Xanthopteryx It's been a long time since I worked for the government. Been in the private sektor since the early 90:s. That's why I didn't know that.
That's totaly up to the one taking vacation. You have a legal right to get 3 weeks vacation during the summer months but you can choose to split it in smal portions over the year. Myself I usaly takes 2 or 3 weeks during the summer and save the rest to take a day here and there to for example get a longer weekend or holiday.
@dennistofvesson6351 Självklart,jag ville väl bara få inflika att oftast tar man inte ut hela på en gång. Jag har iofs väldigt begränsad erfarenhet ifrån andra branscher än bygg men av vad jag har sett verkar det som att folk i gemen gör ungefär så som du säger,ja.
@@emilholmstrom5966 Jag har varit i en massa olika branscher under mitt yrkesliv och det man klart kan säga är att variationen är nästan lika stor som de finns folk som semestrar. 😁
Thanks Robi, it was interesting to get your perspective. I've been in Sweden 54 years, and while I understand Swedes I'm still not 100% Swedish! I do believe that the Swedish system is excellent, but I would like Swedes to be thankful for it, instead of treating it as something they are entitled to.
Well, it's not that we were given these privileges, this is something that the Swedish people (unions mostly, I guess) have fought for for more than a century. Employers have been fighting against this most of the time and some still does.
Lmao you think Santa gave us those rights? Saying we should be thankful for something we and our families fought hard and some died for is incredibly insulting and disrespectful. Go sit on an employer’s lap and be grateful in another country if you want dude. See how effective that is.
We ARE entitled to it, generations before us fought hard, with some people dying to get us these rights they didn't just appear out of thin air. We are thankful for their sacrifices, but the moment we start being thankful for the rights we have instead of entitled to them, that is the moment these rights will start to be taken away again little by little. You can never relax to that point when it comes to these things, or democracy.
@@kerriganwhite2190 No need to get so upset. People outside Swden, or even those who have moved here, have a hard time understanding what we in Sweden have sacrifised to get were we are. No need to insult them for not knowing,
I dont think he meant it that way. I am aware about the fight your ancestors put in to get these benefits you have now. I learned this when I was doing SFI. It was a dark history during the industrial era where workers had no rights at all. But some people stood up to the rich guys and the results is the benefits existing today . Since then I have total respect for the Swedish system and the people behind it. Bostadsrätt is also One of those that came with the unions. Sadly it has become more expensive now.
Your videos is so good so the government should hire you to make videos as a part of a integration program for imigrants. Maybe you should also do the videos in Swahili (or what your native language are).
@@Neo-xn7vcnej, det totala skatten är ca 52%, inkl moms mm, om man tex tjänar 35000/mån. Då ingår även pensionsinbetalningarna, som egentligen inte är en skatt, utan mer som en premie på en försäkring.
Work vs Life: most Northern European countries probably have never had any strong social networking. There is no social life as such - yes people gather together in public places but that is it: like a wall. The weather doesnt help these fellas either and the material well being has been another nail in the coffin: people dont need each other for anything and instead rely on the state - when the state fails everything else fails. Check the number of alone and lonely people in these countries (Nordic, Scandi, GB or UK) and you will find out their numbers are huge. To me socially speaking these are broken societies and very poor ones for that matter. Materially these societies (as a whole - note) are wealthy but morally / socially they are very poor and they have no soul. And when mass robotisation finally arrives it will make these societies / countries even worse... You may need to work extra hours in Tanzania, earn less money and materially have a less good life but you be living in a society that has a rich soul and surround by plenty enough friendly people always ready to help or socialize. It is a "funny" interesting contrast that one only encounters when actually one gets to know deeply how a society works from its inners... In many ways your country is better than Sweden trust me.
maybee we Swedes should loosen up and try to improve the social networking as a first priority? Or are we just too focused on adding value and not creating internal conflicts, so we can spend tax billions on aid to Africa (570 MSEK to Tanzania 2023), billions to EU, billions on immigration? cause its not a law by nature to be a rich country without Oil & Gas and decent climate for agriculture. I can recommend the book ”Svälten” to understand what shaped Sweden.
Today I learned how to pronounce Tanzania
Me, too. 😊
@@sweetcarolyn777me three
I love the relaxation in your voice, i would love to listen to stories told by you :)
The RUclips algorithm is strange, I don’t know why I got this in my feed, but I’m glad it did!
I’m a Swede but I’ve heard the same things you say from many colleagues coming from outside Sweden so your experience seems common.
I work in engineering and we have almost 20 nationalities in a workforce of about 120 so I’m starting to understand what seems unique about Sweden. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights 😊
I have lived in Sweden for 16 years and I agree with your list but I still learn things that shock me. I am from the US.
Please come back. The US is not a country to prosper in
@@JohanEriksson-q2r What's wrong with YOU then? Are you one of those low intelligent, low educated SD-racist morons?
Very interesting to hear. Good video
Thank you! I am glad you stopped by.
How nice to hear a immigrant who is adapting and embracing the "Swedish way" ❤.
I know there is a lot of you, but what we mostly hear in media is people whining about how racist swedes are (which we are not), and how unfair they are treated.
I've heard people living here for 15+ years whining about they can't get a job, yet they can't speak swedish and have no education. What do they expect?
People like you are very much welcome here
@@elmis123123 It’s all about the mindset. Thank you so much for stopping by 🙏🏾😊.
Hah, even Tanzania have 90 days of paid parental leave. The US has zero.
I was going to write the same thing.
Oh wow, you don't have paid maternity leave in America?
@@SwedenwithRobi Not by law, it's up to each employer what kind of benefits they want to give. Some maternity leave in most corporate jobs is the norm, but there are plenty of industries where you get barely anything, some you get zero.
@@HackFo For the rest of the world, it's quite baffling to hear you call it "benefits". :)
@@HenrikJansson78 I'm Norwegian
Regarding work vs life: how close you are with colleagues depends a lot on the what kind of internal culture the company has, and how much colleagues work together vs how often you're just a lot of people doing solitary tasks. I think many of us would benefit from forming stronger bonds at our workplaces, because too many adults today can't manage to maintain their social lives outside of relatives and whoever they're closest to at work. I've had jobs where at least the core work group has had more of an extended family dynamic and everyone in that core group was very involved, but I've also had jobs where every employee is an isolated island just focusing on getting their own tasks done.
Very well said on needing stronger bonds at workplaces. One of the companies i worked in Tanzania used to have this questionnaire in their employee satisfaction survey. One of the questionnaire was: "I have a best friend at work. "Apparently research shows that people were more likely to stay in an organization for a long time if they feel like their colleagues are their friends.
I've seen some videos about Sweden from an American or British point of view, but your Tanzanian perspective is super interesting, thank you!
Thank you so much 😊
I think three of the four shocks would be 100% applicable for Americans.
@@MMM18092 Oh for sure. But it's interesting to hear about the culture she compares with :)
This year I had 7 weeks vacation in the summer, it was awesome :) I was sick during a lot of that time tho which wasn’t ideal but it was still good to have such a long time off from work. Don’t know how I’m gonna go back to just 4 weeks of summer vacation now haha
If you call your employer and tell them that You're sick you'll get sick days instead of vacation days, thus saving your vacation days for a later time
@@korpen2858 This is very true and important. If you get sick on your vacation then you should file yourself sick and NOT use your vacation days.
I visited your lovely country of Tanzania in January 2024. Amazing place. I would return for sure!
@@MikaelLansfalken aah now you make me homesick. Last time I was there was the summer of 2023. I am glad you enjoyed my country.
July and Sweden. Yes. If you are a swede you would prefer vacation in the summer with long, warm and cozy days. After that comes darkness and winter.🥶 Greetings from a swede 🇸🇪
Many peoples that want to climb at work also take the work home here in Sweden too.
I am Swedish and have worked here for 40+ years. Your list is true and accurate, although 40 years ago benefits were slightly less generous. Please also note almost free health care and high income taxes.
Swede here. I love to pay taxes. It gives us the foundation for an equal society. And honestly, the taxes aren’t that high unless you earn lots of money.
The income taxes aren't as high as you may think.
40 years ago in Sweden gender equality was not exactly the highest and men earned so much more than women in general. One-person-man-income was totally doable and mothers could easily stay at home with the kids. Why need bennies, when the lady was stuck at home anyways?
Times change.
@@BosisofSweden It is, but you may not know about the hidden tax called arbetsgivaravgift. For instance if your salary is 30000, you pay around 5 766kr in tax + 11623 arbetsgivaravgift which the government has hidden so you will think your tax is low. so in total if you earn 30 000kr you pay 17 389 in tax. without the arbetsgivaravgift your salary would have been 11 623kr more
so stop with your fake news
Just to clarify a little about vacation, it is true that the minimum amount of days are 25 since that is established by law, but there is not actually a limit. Most of Swedish labor law is governed by unions and collective agreements. So while it is pretty common to see the vacation days between 25-30 days it is at the end of the day up to the negotiations between the unions and corporate. These agreements usually also only set up a minimum for the industry so each company can choose more if they would like. One example of more than 30 days is if your employed by the city of Malmö Stad. There you will have 31 days at 40 years old and 32 days by 50.
Great video! You are a really good storyteller.
@@brel_ Thank you so much. I really appreciate it 🙏🏾
Whats your view on Scandinavian guys. Have you done a video about it?
30 days is not the upper limit. All up to the company and your ability to deal with the bosses :D
Vacation time can be more than 30 days, depending how much overtime you've worked. So if you do a lot of overtime, you can earn more time off. Also, teachers can get even more time off since schools are closed between the different terms.
@Zedja Oftime because of overtime is not vacation. It's compensation for working more then your contract requiers. You can get time of or get payed for it but it's not vacation.
I have worked as a teacher and during the summer holidays you have eight weeks off. Around Christmas, you have two weeks off. In February one week during the sports holiday and at Easter one week off. There will be a total of 12 weeks of leave over the course of a year. And best of all you are fully paid during those 12 weeks when you are not working.
Now you make me wanna be a Teacher.
Ooh, may I ask: as a teacher, will there typically be more work to do during holidays or can you actually relax? I have 1,5 years left of teacher’s training before i’m a teacher.
@@Babesinthewood97 No, I didn't have to work during the holiday. But sometimes you had to work on a Saturday or Sunday when you had to correct tests, for example, if you didn't have time to do it at school, but that wasn't very often.
@@SwedenwithRobi Yes, but as always, not everything is a bed of roses
Thats because you work 45,5 hours per week instead of the 40 that is standard. You have 5 weeks vacation, the rest is time you worked ”to much”. You work more when students are in school, and less when they are not. Over a year you do the same amount of hours as everyone else, but in fewer weeks.
25 to 35 days is correct in Sweden. Government workers get 34 or 35 days after they turn 40 years old. In many workplaces you can actually choose when to take vacations. I work all summer and in return take vacation whenever I want during the rest of the year with short notice.
The four consecutive vacation weeks are stated in the law:
The employer MUST give you four consecutive weeks in the period june to august.
Only under very certain and severe situations they can bypass that - VERY RARE!
Of course, if they agree, you may split it in 2+2, 3+1 or any other constellation.
And of course you are allowed to take the weeks anytime during this period, IF the employer agree.
They should consider your wish and try to comply with it but they have the last saying on where during the summer you will have your weeks.
@@Xanthopteryx This is quite nice. I think in my native country, one can only get it if they work in the government.
Good video 👍 just to make one clarification, during parental leave the company doesn’t have to hire someone to cover you by law but it’s quite common as the leave is usually long as mentioned. They also don’t have to give you your exact job back but they have to offer you an equivalent position. So you can get fired during your leave but not because you’re at leave, only if this would have happened even if you were working.
Ah ok, thanks for the info. Didnt know this.
Robi I will be honest and start by saying Im against mass immigration. But ppl like you are most wellcome, you seem like a lovely and responsible person! I hope you enjoy you enjoy your life here and that you will stay with us!
The reason for the long summer vacations in Sweden is the weather. July and August is all you get there
True, i realized you gotta make the most of it
Back in the Mid 1970 ś the parental leave with your Young , Young children was only 120 days, so in historical terms Sweden has not had these parental leave for so long,..
I love companies with generous vacation days. Here in the US, it depends what company you work for and how long you have been with the company. I love taking a month off for traveling and going back home to Tanzania.
I would say that all around the world, except in the US, has generous vacation days. Usually around five weeks each year regardless of which company. It’s a human right - not a benefit.
In Sweden it s sort of a law. I think every company must give a minimum of 25 days.
@@SwedenwithRobi It's not just sort of a law. It is a law. It regulates most of the things concerning vacation. It's a big help for the emplyes.
WHen I was a child, there existed something called "industry holiday". Basically, everyone who worked i a factory went on holiday on the exact same five summer weeks. I believe that factory owners decided that since you can't run a factory with one fourth of the work force on holiday, they chose to shut the entire factory down for a number of weeks in the summer, and force everyone to go on vacation during those weeks. And since other factories couldn't run when their suppliers had shut down for holiday, all industries decided to shut down during the same weeks.
Sweden isn't exactly an industry workhorse anymore, so holidays are much more flexible nowadays, but the long consecutive holiday thinking is only very slowly going away.
Interesting facts, thanks for sharing. I have learned something new today. I work in the office now and my Swedish colleagues still take min 4 to 6 weeks during the summer. So its not going anywhere 😊. The difference is its not forced.
Thank you for explaning.. your own experiance!
The big thing is to fit in.. to the swedish system.. its a market economy.. higher education/more skills/english/language skills, gonna make your day as a foreginner! Having a swedish spouse make it even smother!
Soo.. is there a chanse for others then.. well there is.. especialy if one alredy is fluent in english, and have no problem to learn swedish!
There is a joke in sweden.. we do have the moste educated taxi/bus/tram/train drivers.. its foreginers that got a fothold and an employment.. even if its lower then there education.. its a way to get a job and a way to make a independent living!
Soo the other thing.. higher status jobs.. its at the fika time, at spring to talk to and negotiatate whit your colleges, when to take your payd weeks of! Parents with small children have to get priority!
Big industries close four weeks.. you have nothing to say.. do your best and enjoy your weeks of.. swedes tend to go to there summer cottages/there family cottage.. or fly to another country!
🎉🎉🎉 very meaningful content.
Aaaw thank you sis ❤️❤️❤️
One thing not mentioned in either the video or the comments is that the vacation is that to make this system posible workers have waived some increases in pay to make it happen. One get it back when you 12 % more pay during your vacation time. Also you can save some vacation till later years. If yoy have good reason and the company agrees you can save I think everything, like for a longer hooliday at an anaversery or something. You can save vacation up to five years. After that you get payed in money instedad. If you quit a job you get payed for the amount of vacation time you have colected upmto the point you leave. This is so that you will be able to get "payed" vacation at the new job.
It all depends. Where i work, i have 35 days and can save 35 days. For how long can i save?
Unlimited time. They will within some years go down to 30 day limit in saved days, but still, no time limit.
@Xanthopteryx Wow that's a generous employer.
@@dennistofvesson6351Government employer standard. You start with 28 says vacation. When you turn 30 you get 31 days. When you turn 40 you get 35 days.
@@Xanthopteryx It's been a long time since I worked for the government. Been in the private sektor since the early 90:s. That's why I didn't know that.
Regarding vacation, you will usually take it out two times a year.
That's totaly up to the one taking vacation. You have a legal right to get 3 weeks vacation during the summer months but you can choose to split it in smal portions over the year. Myself I usaly takes 2 or 3 weeks during the summer and save the rest to take a day here and there to for example get a longer weekend or holiday.
@dennistofvesson6351
Självklart,jag ville väl bara få inflika att oftast tar man inte ut hela på en gång. Jag har iofs väldigt begränsad erfarenhet ifrån andra branscher än bygg men av vad jag har sett verkar det som att folk i gemen gör ungefär så som du säger,ja.
@@emilholmstrom5966 Jag har varit i en massa olika branscher under mitt yrkesliv och det man klart kan säga är att variationen är nästan lika stor som de finns folk som semestrar. 😁
If you work a government job in Sweden and is over 40 years, you get 35 days vacation.
Thanks Robi, it was interesting to get your perspective.
I've been in Sweden 54 years, and while I understand Swedes I'm still not 100% Swedish!
I do believe that the Swedish system is excellent, but I would like Swedes to be thankful for it, instead of treating it as something they are entitled to.
Well, it's not that we were given these privileges, this is something that the Swedish people (unions mostly, I guess) have fought for for more than a century. Employers have been fighting against this most of the time and some still does.
Lmao you think Santa gave us those rights? Saying we should be thankful for something we and our families fought hard and some died for is incredibly insulting and disrespectful. Go sit on an employer’s lap and be grateful in another country if you want dude. See how effective that is.
We ARE entitled to it, generations before us fought hard, with some people dying to get us these rights they didn't just appear out of thin air. We are thankful for their sacrifices, but the moment we start being thankful for the rights we have instead of entitled to them, that is the moment these rights will start to be taken away again little by little. You can never relax to that point when it comes to these things, or democracy.
@@kerriganwhite2190 No need to get so upset. People outside Swden, or even those who have moved here, have a hard time understanding what we in Sweden have sacrifised to get were we are. No need to insult them for not knowing,
I dont think he meant it that way. I am aware about the fight your ancestors put in to get these benefits you have now. I learned this when I was doing SFI. It was a dark history during the industrial era where workers had no rights at all. But some people stood up to the rich guys and the results is the benefits existing today . Since then I have total respect for the Swedish system and the people behind it. Bostadsrätt is also One of those that came with the unions. Sadly it has become more expensive now.
Your videos is so good so the government should hire you to make videos as a part of a integration program for imigrants. Maybe you should also do the videos in Swahili (or what your native language are).
Thank you 😊. Comments like these keep me going 🙏🏾
Summer in Sweden is about 4 weeks long...
A Swedish summer starts in June and continues in July and August. It is 90 days. I don't know what you are talking about.
@@tomeng9041 I believe it's an attempt of humour.
@@Engineersoldinterstingstuff hahah I get it.
Youre such lovely lady❤
@@LenaLindroth-g1v Thank you so much ☺️
Ta seden dit du kommer!
Clickbait. This isnt a shock if you are not really self centric.
That’s strange… I have lived here for 50+ years and have never experienced any culture shock…
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My husband and I got a wedding gift from my coworkers. Not unusual.
Nice! Did they come to the wedding?
Do you pay 73% in total taxes in Tanzania ?
I haven’t calculated but pay as you earn ranges Btn 22 to 35%
@@SwedenwithRobi In sweden the total taxes is 73 %.
@@Neo-xn7vcnej, det totala skatten är ca 52%, inkl moms mm, om man tex tjänar 35000/mån.
Då ingår även pensionsinbetalningarna, som egentligen inte är en skatt, utan mer som en premie på en försäkring.
Work vs Life: most Northern European countries probably have never had any strong social networking. There is no social life as such - yes people gather together in public places but that is it: like a wall. The weather doesnt help these fellas either and the material well being has been another nail in the coffin: people dont need each other for anything and instead rely on the state - when the state fails everything else fails. Check the number of alone and lonely people in these countries (Nordic, Scandi, GB or UK) and you will find out their numbers are huge. To me socially speaking these are broken societies and very poor ones for that matter. Materially these societies (as a whole - note) are wealthy but morally / socially they are very poor and they have no soul. And when mass robotisation finally arrives it will make these societies / countries even worse... You may need to work extra hours in Tanzania, earn less money and materially have a less good life but you be living in a society that has a rich soul and surround by plenty enough friendly people always ready to help or socialize. It is a "funny" interesting contrast that one only encounters when actually one gets to know deeply how a society works from its inners... In many ways your country is better than Sweden trust me.
maybee we Swedes should loosen up and try to improve the social networking as a first priority? Or are we just too focused on adding value and not creating internal conflicts, so we can spend tax billions on aid to Africa (570 MSEK to Tanzania 2023), billions to EU, billions on immigration? cause its not a law by nature to be a rich country without Oil & Gas and decent climate for agriculture. I can recommend the book ”Svälten” to understand what shaped Sweden.
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@@SwedenwithRobi thats up tp someone who actually knows what went wrong with the sound