u/Trask87

Før jeg kommer til mit spørgsmål vil jeg bare nævne at jeg er helt klar over hvor fucked op det er, at mange unge Danskere bliver fravalgt til fordel for arbejdskraft i udlandet som kan spises af med en pose to-kroner. Jeg har selv mistet to stillinger pga. outsourcing. Jeg prøver ikke at stjæle nogens job ved at sælge mig selv billigt. Jeg prøver blot at navigere rundt på freelance markedet og søger noget viden omkring hvordan virksomheder i DK håndterer arbejdskraft fra udlandet.

Så ja... jeg er freelancer. 5-6 års erfaring som fullstack udvikler indenfor Vue/React og Java, og jeg er pt bosat i Asien og betaler ikke skat i DK (fik fritagelse af SKAT).

Jeg sidder på et fælleskontor sammen med andre udlændinge, primært fra Danmark og de andre nordiske lande. Jeg prøver ofte at få kontakt til Danske virksomheder, som er interesseret i en kontrakt, hvad enten der er tale om en enkelt opgave eller et flere måneders langt projekt.

Jeg TROEDE at dette ville være relativt nemt da stort set alle IT firmaer i DK har flirtet med outsourcing af opgaver, primært til Indien og Pakistan, hvor projekterne bliver forsinkede og der bliver løjet om estimater. Har selv arbejdet for en virksomhed i DK der havde et hold på 7 Indere til at arbejde på et system, og der var så mange problemer med kommunikation og spaghetti kode at vi endte med at hyre en Dansk senior udvikler til at gøre rent efter dem.

Så min strategi bygger på, at jeg kan sidde som Dansker i udlandet og håndtere samme kontrakter, men uden de samme problemer med kommunikation og overskridelse af deadlines. Jeg ved ikke om jeg er lige så billig som en Inder. Sikkert ikke... Jeg kører som regel med en timepris på 200, hvilket er hvad jeg tjente imens jeg arbejde i DK (Min månedsløn lå på omkring 30 til 32.000 da jeg var fastansat)

Sagen er den at jeg aldrig har nået til det punkt hvor jeg kan diskutere priser, da jeg bliver afvist med det samme. Ofte hører jeg GDPR og tidszoner som værende de største problemer, men er det ikke også et problem for udvikler i Indien? Jeg kan ikke forestille mig at der er større datasikkerhed der end i Singapore, Korea, Japan osv.

Jeg kan ikke se hvorfor det skulle være mindre attraktivt at hyre en Dansker fra udlandet. Jeg kan måske forstå det, hvis det giver bøvl med SKAT, men som sagt er jeg fritaget og håndterer selv den den lokale skat for selvstændige erhvervsdrivende.

Hvis nogen har noget insider-viden ville jeg meget gerne høre om det bare er helt umuligt for en udenlandsdansker at komme ind i varmen, eller om der er nogle specfikke krav jeg kunne opfylde.

I am on spouse visa and I currently study Japanese at night while working at a factory 8 hours during the day. My main job is cleaning the warehouse facility and prepare shipments. Most is done by manual lifting.

I already had issues with my knees and back before doing this work. I used to clean office buildings for a living before becoming a software engineer cause of chronic pain.

Since I began the factory work my pain has (unsurprisingly) gotten worse, and I am currently getting evaluated for nerve damage, cause I am having trouble feeling my right foot.

As much as I would love to get back into programming I am simply no match for AI and highly professional bilingual foreigners. I did try applying during winter and had a surprising amount of interviews, but I am just too much of a generalist. I will need to finish my studies first.

My wife insists that I can just get hired by Google or any international tech company, which I think is sweet, but naive lol.

So, I was wondering if there are any jobs that I could apply for that do not require constant standing. I am not picky about salary. Right now I make less than 1 million a year.

I know they are frowned upon here, but I looked into the recruitment business, as I had read that it was the new "English teacher" job that everyone could get, but so far they all seem to require N1 or N2. If anyone know of a firm without that requirement I would be happy to look into it.

Up until this point our son has been fairly easy to handle/predict. He would wake up every 2 hours, toss and turn a bit and then make a few small cries to indicate that he is hungry. We would make his milk (mother cannot breastfeed so he is on formula) and we would feed him until he got satisfied and went back to sleep.

This pattern has not changed after 2 months, except the way he is displaying his hunger... He will now toss and turn a little bit like usual, but instead of small cries he is now letting out a deafening shriek. The first time it happened I dropped the bottle and ran like crazy to the living room because I thought something terrible had happened to him, but no... he just want his milk as usual.

The problem with the shrieking is that he is completely exhausting himself. While I cool down the milk he will shriek like crazy until he runs out of air, and then he will go silent and do these small twitches with his head that reminds me of myoclonic jerks (I used to work as a nurse).

As soon as he get his milk, he happily drinks it, smiles and acts like nothing happened before falling asleep.

My wife also got startled by his shrieking, so we went to no less than 3 different doctors and none of them can find anything wrong with him. He is perfectly happy. He just happens to react this way when he is the slightest hungry. It just surprises me because we are not exactly starving him. We are feeding him until he no longer wants more, and he is gaining weight fast.

There are also no issues with gas or constipation. He poops, burps and farts regularly.

I can get used to the shrieking sound, but what worries me is how he almost knocks himself out. My wife and I have tried to prepare the milk and wake him up to feed him before he wakes up himself, but a lot of the time he is still full and not ready to drink.

Can someone tell me if they experienced anything similar?

People often complain about delayed or overcrowded trains, but nothing comes close to what a misery it is to be a bus commuter.

First of all, the majority of busses are not even made for commuting. I cannot understand why you cannot have a check-in and check-out system at all doors.

My morning bus can get up to 20 minutes delayed because if someone in the back wants to get off, he has to work his way up to the front door which sometimes require psssengers to get off and back on. This works on trains due to the wide doors, but on busses everyone needs to leave by the same door.

Also, tough luck if your bus gets full.

I naively thought that surely they would set in extra busses during rush hour.

Nope, at least in Saitama people just line up early in order to get on. With the delays and crowds I learned that I need to arrive at the bus stop 30 to 40 minutes before my scheduled bus to be able to get on.

There also seems to be a lack of common system. The same company can have bus routes that do not take IC cards. Some don't even accept changes.

Timetables are also a hit and miss. I have used bus routes that were not available anywhere online (not in Japanese either). You had to go to the stop and note down the times, and sometimes these times would not even be correct and only locals knew about them internally in the villages the bus was serving.

For a country praised for it's public transportation, it really feels like busses are a complete afterthought.

I am in the unfortunate position that I have to commute between Shinjuku and Yashio in Saitama, which means I have to use both the Oedo Line and Tsukuba Express.

My job only covers up to 20,000 of my travel expenses which is nowhere near the high amount I have to pay for these lines. Combined with the bus fare to work it's almost 1800 yen daily.

I am not very skilled when it comes to navigating transportation here, so I am not sure if there is a "hack" I overlooked.

Are there any parallel lines that can be used to avoid the Tsukuba Line? The Skytree Line seems to be the only option when googling, and it only requires me to catch a bus and figure out which trains run through to the Hanzomon Line.

But if there are other clever alternative routes, then I am open to suggestions.

The biggest culture shock to me after moving to Japan and having a kid of my own here is how disorganized parenting is here. I feel like it's this weird hybrid of letting your kid do whatever they want and while having the same high expectations commonly found in Asian countries.

For example, I know children in general do not always behave the best, but still there are certain basic things that you are taught not to do at a certain age, and from my observation after living here for two years, many Japanese children (boys especially) are not taught any of these.

A woman had parked her bicycle in front of the supermarket and left her small dog in the basket. A small boy walks up and casually decides to abuse the dog by pulling it's ears and slapping it. His mother stood a few feet a way, looked directly at him and did not say a word, and only told him to hurry up when she was leaving.

Another example was when my wife and I were on the train with our baby when again a young boy decided to poke our baby with his fingers and pull his cheeks. My wife had to be the one pulling his hand away and scolding him while his mother couldn't care less.

I have friends who work as teachers, who experience very inappropriate behavior like touching, sexual comments etc. which would be shut down immediately in most other first world countries.

I also noticed that many boys here throw very violent tantrums which include hitting their mothers, yet the strongest pushback I have seen is usually a tired "yamete".

In my country, if a toddler begin punching or kicking the parent will usually shut it down by having a stern but calm talk with their kid.

Here it seems like no one cares.

The only exception seem to be with girls, as I frequently see little girls being scolded or told how to behave. Boys however seem to get a free pass.

But then when it comes to school, homework etc. the parent will come down HARD on them. Not as bad as in China or Korea, but still very strict, and I keep thinking this must be so confusing for these kids. They are taught from a young age that they can do pretty much whatever they want, and then suddenly they are hit with a bag of books and are told to perform and be productive. There is very little transition between the too. I sometimes wonder if this is the reason why many adults here have a tendency to go into berserker mode whenever the slightest inconvenience hit them. They can be perfectly normal one moment and then go into a full blown panic attack when something unexpected happens. This also seems to happen more with men, young and old.

I have been working at a small warehouse for the past 2 months and I am getting worried about how the workplace is affecting my health.

The entire building is made out of steel and has no AC. Cooling is done by an open window and some desk fans.

We do not have lifts, so we are doing all inventory management manually, so I am carrying around boxes up to 30 kg. from morning to afternoon.

There are only two chairs at the lunch table, which can only be used during our 40 minute break.

It was manageable during the first month because the weather was cooler, but since it started getting warmer I have been feeling really unwell with headaches, dizziness and nausea. When I was working last Friday we had an indoor temperature of 32 degrees with our desk fans just blowing hot air around. When I got home it felt like I had a heat stroke and had to take a cold bath and empty multiple bottles of poccari before feeling well again. I am seriously worried about July/August when humidity kicks in.

My boss only provides normal mineral water. He does not provide cooling vests or anything else to combat the heat.

It seems I am the only worker bothered about it. Maybe it's because I'm from Europe, so I may be more sensitive to heat, but still I think there has to be a limit to what kind of condition you let your workers walk around in.

When talking to the other workers (mostly Nepali), they just seem to smile and praise everything while looking visibly uncomfortable. It's really creepy how my boss is basically worshipped by them while putting their health in danger...

I am seriously thinking about reporting it, but I don't know if there is any legal basis to do so.

It also makes me feel like an asshole, because I know I could end up causing visa issues for my coworkers, who unlike me have work visas (I am on spouse), but then again I am also pissed that their attitude is contributing to normalize these conditions.

I have been working at a small warehouse for the past 2 months. While I am happy that I was able to get a job, I am getting worried about how the workplace is affecting my health.

The entire building is made out of steel and has no AC. Cooling is done by an open window and some desk fans.

We do not have lifts, so we are doing all inventory management manually, so I am carrying around boxes up to 30 kg. from morning to afternoon.

There is only two chairs at the lunch table, which can only be used during our 40 minute break.

It was manageable during the first month because the weather was cooler, but since it started getting warmer I have been feeling really unwell with headaches, dizziness and nausea. When I was working last Friday we had an indoor temperature of 32 degrees with out desk fans just blowing hot air around. When I got home it felt like I had a heat stroke and had to take a cold bath and empty multiple bottles of poccari before feeling well again. I am seriously worried about July/August when humidity kicks in.

My boss only provides normal mineral water. He does not provide cooling vests or anything else to combat the heat.

It seems I am the only worker bothered about it. Maybe it's because I'm from Europe, so I may be more sensitive to heat, but still I think there has to be a limit to what kind of condition you let your workers walk around in.

When talking to the other workers (mostly Nepali), they just seem to smile and praise everything while looking visibly uncomfortable. It's really creepy how my boss is basically worshipped by them while putting their health in danger...

I am seriously thinking about reporting it, but I don't know if there is any legal basis to do so.

It also makes me feel like an asshole, because I know I could end up causing visa issues for my coworkers, who unlike me have work visas (I am on spouse), but then again I am also pissed that their attitude is contributing to normalize these conditions.