Thank you for all your answers. I do realize they are all from the perspective of academia work. He is more inclined to work in the private sector, like he has been here.
Does anyone know how that would play out as far as hours go?
We're not going to start a family. It's really just a matter of having a personal life you know? He's a hard worker and here in the Netherlands he works longer than most coworkers, but he went to California for work for 3 weeks and the physicists there said that 1st you need to know "someone "...
Thank you for your answers.
My boyfriend has always told me that in America, you build a career after the 40 hours /week.
He's being spoiled in Europe, but moving back is also very tempting.
My American boyfriend (Physics PhD + postdoc) has been working in Europe for 3 years, in research. The country where we live has a great work/life balance and he works on average 40 hour weeks.
He's wondering if he were to move to the US what kind of hours he would be expected to work. Is...