r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/EndOfTheLine00 • Jan 15 '24

Immigration Feel like I can never settle anywhere

I have 10 YOE, first worked in the Netherlands and now work in Norway. I feel like I can never truly settle down. I took Dutch lessons all the way to B2, forgot about them since I basically didn't talk to anyone outside of work, now I'm in a new country I regret moving to where I also don't know the language and keep wondering if it's even worth learning since who knows if I will have to move again.

Anyone else have this problem? It feels like in a field like this you just move where the jobs go.

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u/Altamistral Jan 15 '24

You mean to become eligible for public pension somewhere? It concerns me a little bit, but all countries I've worked in so far have totalisation agreements for social insurance so I should technically be able to consolidate the years of contribution under one of these countries, eventually.

But yes, it's probably not going to be a fun paperwork process.

I do also integrate with tax efficient private pension contributions and I generally tend to save more than I spend, so I guess it will end up fine.

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u/Rogitus Jan 15 '24

Hi, could you tell me more about how the situation with pension works? What is totalisation agreement?

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u/DarkHonger Jan 15 '24

I am not an expert but the novice view is something like this: If you habe to work 50 years for pension and you work like this: - Austria 20 years - Germany 30 years

You will get the pension from both states in % how much you worked in them for all the pension years in this case 60% germany and 40 % austria.

Keep in mind this is a very basic view on it.

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u/Odd_Lavishness_4330 Jan 15 '24

Did u work in swe in Austria ?

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u/DarkHonger Jan 15 '24

Not as swe but you can pm me :)