What's your experience as a civil engineer in New Zealand?

Personal experience, I feel that being a programmer in New Zealand can get a good work-life balance and take good care of my family. In New Zealand, programmers are a retired profession.

= = Overtime = =

It is illegal to ask overtime without paying 1.5 times.

It is illegal to force employees to work overtime because they don't want to.

Therefore, never work overtime. After deducting the time for drinking coffee, eating breakfast, brushing Zhihu and squatting, you may work less than 6 hours a day. ...

So I'm very focused at work.

= = Workload = =

Maybe a week's workload is only equivalent to the first two days in China. The obvious difference is that it is almost impossible to discuss problems and break down tasks without making mistakes. If there is any doubt, there will be a special task to investigate and analyze this demand.

= = Salary = =

Generally speaking, it is higher than the social average, but not much higher. Many higher parts fall within the scope of 30%+ income tax, which is not high.

= = Benefits = =

20 days paid annual leave every year. It's 20 working days, almost 1 month. Or 10 working days in advance. These holidays are generally used to take time off to visit my mother in China and travel on the way.

Every year 10 days paid sick leave. The legal time is 5 days, and the company gives 10 days. Anyone who can't sleep well can call in sick, and so can his wife and children.

4% for the super-announcement company and 4% for yourself. You can take it out when you leave or retire, which is equivalent to saving 8% every month. You can also choose KiwiSaver, but KiwiSaver can only be taken out after retirement, so KiwiSaver is of little use to China people with high savings skills. It seems that not every company has Superannouncement.

The company buys medical insurance in full, which can cover many expenses other than basic medical care. For example, the cost of seeing a family doctor and so on. What I can use more is $750 for dentists and $500 for glasses every year. This insurance covers the whole family, that is, me, my wife and my daughter, and each person can reimburse $750 for dental expenses and $500 for glasses every year. There are also some operations and serious illnesses that can be reimbursed for a large part. Of course, it seems that not every company has this medical insurance.