Miguel
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Miguel
@mazur
Just a monkey with a plan. DipWSET.

Want to hear an even more surreal story? I was a freelancer in Spain, making 4-5K€ per month. Then my son was born, and I was forced to take at least 6 weeks of paternity leave. During this time I would be paid around 900€/month (regardless of how much I made). A good portion of my income came from ongoing monthly contracts that didn't require daily involvement on my part, and I arranged with my clients to do more work upfront and then catch up when I came back to make up for my time away. HOWEVER, to my surprise, my accountant told me the Spanish system did not allow me to create invoices during my paternity leave. I asked if I could give up my paternity leave "benefits" altogether. The answer was NO. So for a while there, I was forced by the government to stop generating 4-5K€ for my family and instead take the 900€ they so kindly were giving me.

@localghost The Internet feels like the 2000s again for the first time in over a decade

🛑 Pere Navarro, director de la DGT: «Al centro de la ciudad no vas con eléctrico ni con diésel ni con gasolina: vas a ir con transporte público y, si tienes prisa, en taxi, Uber o Cabify».























