I do agree with this. Here in France I'm currently unemployed and I have a lot of compensation from government welfare.
I'm looking for a job and every time I apply to a job, I have a little voice in my head saying : are you sure you want to work there ? You currently have the opportunity to do what you want and learn whatever you want for free, but if you work there it will be boring af and you will not be able to do what you want.
So currently I'm reading a lot of books, doing coursera course I'm interested in and doing a lot of sport which is impossible when I have a job because reading takes hours just to read one book.
Doesn't it also make a difference that you lose welfare benefits when you start working? Maybe you could just work part time if all earned income was supplemental with no welfare gap.
Yes, 800 euro would be the max I could hope for I think.
But as an average of ~500 euros improvement of my current "salary" and loosing at the same time 40h/week + getting tired and not being able to do intense intellectual things after work I don't know if it's really worth it. And as I said, I "earn" enough money to not have to use my saving.
I'm looking for a job and every time I apply to a job, I have a little voice in my head saying : are you sure you want to work there ? You currently have the opportunity to do what you want and learn whatever you want for free, but if you work there it will be boring af and you will not be able to do what you want.
So currently I'm reading a lot of books, doing coursera course I'm interested in and doing a lot of sport which is impossible when I have a job because reading takes hours just to read one book.