In Europe there's extensive legislation on how long you are allowed to work per day/week and how you have to be compensated in free time if your workday exceeds 10 hours/day (which is the legal max. per day) for an extended period of time (24 weeks max??? Not sure on this one). Even longer work days or periods have to be legally sanctioned and approved in advance and are severely limited. It's not perfect but it certainly beats these (American?) ideas of 996.
There are several European countries offering PhD programs for Non-Europeans and I bet there will be more soon, seeing as the US is somewhat problematic with science currently.
Worth a conderation, maybe? "The most important step a man can take is always the next one." :))
So, there is a stipend consideration in much of Europe, where if the PhD stipend is the same or lower compared to US schools, it would be difficult to save a reasonable amount of money should I choose to return to the US post-doctorate.
Switzerland does actually seem to have stipends that if transferred to the US, could allow me to return with some US-acceptable levels of savings. The only other option is getting big tech internships at a US PhD, which seems to be advisor dependent.
There are several European countries offering PhD programs for Non-Europeans and I bet there will be more soon, seeing as the US is somewhat problematic with science currently.
Worth a conderation, maybe? "The most important step a man can take is always the next one." :))