Doomerism: New Zealand has the best work-life balance in the world—here’s what works | Fortune
Storyteller Jessica Coacci’s spin is America is an awful place. So American workers should pack up and move abroad to New Zealand! Coacci ignores that unless you are young, make a very large financial investment in NZ, or marry someone from NZ, it is highly unlikely you can move to NZ.
This is the usual nonsense journalism on moving abroad. Coacci’s beat is to document how awful life is for Generation Z and how earlier generations had everything easier. (See How to show you know nothing of history without saying you know nothing of history – Social Panic)
As American workers struggle to adapt to work-life balance, increased child-care costs, and a frozen white-collar job market, other countries like New Zealand are providing over 30 days of paid leave, 6 months of maternity leave, and increasing minimum wage. As more workers become burnt out, they may find that ditching corporate America could give them a better chance at the quality of life they’re looking for.
Only if you are under age 55. NZ does not permit those age 55 and up from immigrating to NZ unless they are a world class exception (e.g. Nobel Prize winner) or make a very large financial investment into NZ. However, since her beat is to document how everything is awful for Gen Z, this point is not relevant, of course.
If you are under age 30, you can visit NZ and work on an extended Holiday Work Visa program.
For anyone else, you will likely need advanced education in health care or engineering, and a job offer in hand. That’s pretty much it for moving to NZ. And ignore this: New Zealand and Australia to make immigration more difficult