xMisterDx
2023-09-11 13:55:00
- #1
Why do some people need a 350sqm villa? Maybe there will be more children, or everyone gets their own office/hobby room. If the 170sqm doesn't work out in the end, then it just doesn't.
But with more children your house of cards collapses. Because that means another year of parental leave with 1,800 EUR (in reality even less, because of the progression clause) instead of 4,000 for your wife and afterwards, with 2 children and a 170m² house, you can completely forget about 2 full-time jobs for several years. Especially if your wife wants to reach the realms of >100k gross/year and be paid accordingly according to AT. I don’t know a single AT employee here who goes home with less than 45 hours/week.
Many also underestimate primary school. Classes run from 8:00 to 12:30. Then the little one is back home... but work continues until 17:00.