I have not worked for Euro companies but have worked for South american companies and even american companies in south america.
The american work culture is among the best: people want to work and want to get paid. Americans tend to be willing to work 40% more for 20% more benefit, something that few places in the world tolerate. This makes for very dynamic workplaces, with a greater sense of purpose and responsibility.
The smaller the company the more intense the responsibility. This does not mean 80hr work weeks (though this exists, I have never faced it) but the base line is much higher.
On financing, it is hard to fathom for engineers outside america really how much money there is in this space. A new grad developer that displays some level of skill can easily get 200k+/yr total compensation offers. Furthermore stock is always one of the biggest compensation factors, where it usually does not exist significantly outside the us.
In this bull market, stock compensation is around 60%+ of liquid compensation for public companies. Small companies have a lot of equity to give so you can ask for a lot and you have to be patient for that to pay off. Even the winners can take a decade to IPO or exit.
Americans do think health benefits are very important, but it is mostly a tax benefit. I would only focus on PTO/parental leave if applicable as a remote engineer and forget about all else, pay it out of pocket on your end.
The american work culture is among the best: people want to work and want to get paid. Americans tend to be willing to work 40% more for 20% more benefit, something that few places in the world tolerate. This makes for very dynamic workplaces, with a greater sense of purpose and responsibility.
The smaller the company the more intense the responsibility. This does not mean 80hr work weeks (though this exists, I have never faced it) but the base line is much higher.
On financing, it is hard to fathom for engineers outside america really how much money there is in this space. A new grad developer that displays some level of skill can easily get 200k+/yr total compensation offers. Furthermore stock is always one of the biggest compensation factors, where it usually does not exist significantly outside the us. In this bull market, stock compensation is around 60%+ of liquid compensation for public companies. Small companies have a lot of equity to give so you can ask for a lot and you have to be patient for that to pay off. Even the winners can take a decade to IPO or exit.
Americans do think health benefits are very important, but it is mostly a tax benefit. I would only focus on PTO/parental leave if applicable as a remote engineer and forget about all else, pay it out of pocket on your end.