Europe’s labor market is sadly still mostly out of touch with how startups work. It’s stuck in the last century. I’m not sure if this is due to tradition, or due to the fact that startups are much harder to start in Europe in general, so people on both sides of the hiring process have less experience with it.

Two years is more than long enough to join a startup, build 3 things, and see that your equity is never going to be worth anything, and find a new job. This isn’t anomalous or weird.

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dukeyukey 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Europe is not a monolith and I don't know why people think it is. 2 years stints are not unusual at all in London.

	▲	sneak 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		London is economically, politically, geographically, and culturally fairly distinct from continental Europe.
	▲	holoduke 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's about equity worth nothing jn Europe as an employee. Europe is a bad place for employees to join a startup. Lots of time people are attracted with shares/stars whatever. Only to find out they get nothing or are taxed to hell. There is a reason why Europe is failing.