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On-the-job benefits in Denmark come in three categories: the kind every Danish worker gets, the kind everyone at your company gets, and the kind everyone at a certain level in your company gets.

\xa0When you talk with a future employer, you can negotiate your salary, but there\u2019s not all that much room for negotiation on benefits.

In most cases, as American kindergarteners say, \u201cYou get what you get and you don\u2019t get upset.\u201d Fortunately, the benefits tend to be generous.

This is a chapter from my upcoming book, "How to Work in Denmark."