Hi all!

We’re very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we’re set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
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      28 days ago

      If you work for an American company you may end up with an American style corporate hierarchy, but Danish companies are a lot more egalitarian on average. Not just office wise, but also “only addressing the boss by their first name” wise.

      That’s been a thing in the USA for decades.

    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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      28 days ago

      expats

      The word is “immigrants” but Brits and Yanks are scared to call themselves that lol

      • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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        28 days ago

        Which tax? Federal? State? County? City/Municipality? What if some of those are zero?

        This is why no one does it. I think smart labels may change that some day, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

        Edit: ah, to be clear, those tax types can all vary. I used to shop at a place where the same store on the opposite side of the street was cheaper because the tax rate was less.

          • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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            28 days ago

            The reason usually mentioned is that the labels are produced centrally or some such. Though "They know the price to charge at the till’ might be slightly off when the tax is calculated on the transaction as a whole rather than on a per-item basis (i.e. rounding shenanigans). That seems like a totally solvable problem to me, though.

            I took my wife to meet my parents and had to remind her when we went shopping that we had to add tax to everything (and tip in bars/restaurants/etc.) Some things looked cheaper than in Japan until tax (especially at that time when the exchange rate was awful).