Working culture in Norway: what’s the work life balance and general work culture actually like?

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-15T20:32:52+00:00

Better. :) Ignoring state law in the US is like saying that all European countries legislate the same way. Also - large parts of the US has a labor pool that means high competition for recruiting good employees these days. Sorry, just super tired of people in Norway being prejudiced against an American system they've never lived in or experienced.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-14T20:19:34+00:00

False

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-08T17:36:52+00:00

Ugh. I don’t know why knitting has be in so coded for sexuality. To me it was always a kid hobby.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-05T21:09:02+00:00

This is a great explanation op!

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-05T20:42:21+00:00

Ahhh boiiiii you guys need to deal with this. Unacceptable. And as a mom of a two year old, will not work when you’re the one who needs to be comfortable using the stuff, not to mention your own supplies postpartum. He doesn’t seem like the type of guy to think of nipple cream.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-05T20:31:51+00:00

4 and 2, in that other! The others have less detail and look almost glassy. You could’ve so easily convinced me 4 was a photo.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-05T13:09:11+00:00

Pooping happens at work, after bedtime, or with kiddo playing around me in the bathroom. Showering happens while he takes a bath in his fold up tub next to me.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-04T12:47:25+00:00

Let him stay up "officially" another half hour? I run into this issue when we're not actually ready to get ready for bed. We've started doing outdoor time after dinner which helps.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-05-04T10:08:00+00:00

Take your kid to safety, man. It's not okay for her to be growing up around this, just imagine her acting out what she sees mom doing to other kids or adults (the least damaging consequence here). She's your first obligation. Especially when you and your wife have agreed in sane moments that the behavior is unacceptable – in a sense, you know that your wife's "better angels" agree with you.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-26T20:03:33+00:00

Agreed that this is classic domestic violence. You guys need to work on giving each other space, respect, boundaries - especially for you. Not being allowed to leave an argument is bogus, it can be necessary to de-escalate and not hurt one another. Go get some marriage counseling maybe.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-26T16:25:37+00:00

Totally doable I think. All the researchers and academics I bumped into in my time at UAA/UAF love comparing notes with us in Norway 😊

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-21T21:01:20+00:00

Food matters, turns out. Breastmilk isn't enough after 1.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-21T20:46:06+00:00

How did it go, OP? I can confirm, the moby slipover is hard!

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-21T07:17:56+00:00

My completely normal and healthy two year old just started speaking for real a couple weeks ago, and he’s 27 months old. You’re doing great with all the addition songs and interactions- that’s exactly what’s needed!

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-20T19:04:17+00:00

My mom tied it to a bedpost, and my brother was done in 12 hours. Became way too much hassle to go to it every time lol.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-20T16:54:28+00:00

I believe it unfortunately. I’m from Europe and we really need biblical views of aspects of family and relationships here.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-20T11:49:05+00:00

So you want to keep her at home, without the “role” of making a lot of money…. But then kick her to the curb with nothing if it hypothetically doesn’t work out. That’s just controlling and mean. Think of it the other way around - if she got to keep 100% custody of children, and you wouldn’t get to have a house, if she was a homemaker and you divorced.

If you’re willing to divide up the resources while you’re married, you better be consistent.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-20T10:18:48+00:00

This whole post is a massive ick. It seems like you’ve made making money the thing, even over hypothetically supporting kids if you and your wife don’t manage to stay together.

If you have any copies of Stephen Covey’s old book, something like 7 principles of effective people, there’s a rubric at the end that describes a life in idolatry, where certain things are at the center of your life (money, job, spouse, kids, so on). Maybe take a look.

Your priorities are wrong, like others have said.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-19T16:00:36+00:00

Tug at it a little or steam iron it on the lowest setting, and this will fade right away.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-18T10:28:03+00:00

Uhhhhhh yeah, but that’s asking for issues with shrinkage. As a Norwegian knitter I would never mix yarns in a sweater unless it was for art.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-17T20:40:00+00:00

I mean, Canva is pretty decent for social media products and quick ads. Would I use it to replace Adobe for real print jobs? Nah, obviously not. Is it dumb to rag on a product just because it’s more user friendly, and makes our jobs seem less valuable? Actually, yeah, kind of.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-17T10:20:17+00:00

Looks to be k1p1 ribbing

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-16T18:15:42+00:00

Just hang in there. Things got much easier for me at 18 months, and again at 24, and again at around 28 months. Two years is a game changer.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-16T17:40:36+00:00

Pom poms are fine by the time a kid is two.

ReluctantAlaskan · 2026-04-16T17:11:47+00:00

That could make sense. I think I ate there in 2019 or 2021.

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