I am American and deeply dissatisfied with working conditions here, among other things. I am lucky to have supportive parents who are letting me stay with them until I can afford accommodations overseas in a different country. I love Europe, especially Italy aesthetically and culturally and all that. What also stands out is European countries' relatively wonderful PTO policies compared to here. My other concern is with lunch policy. If I am, say, a medical coder (which I am considering starting school for), is it reasonable to assume I could work through my lunch/eat while working? Because I have OCD and autism and bad anxiety, so I prefer to get all my responsibilities done as quickly (and productively) as possible so then I can relax fully the rest of the day without thinking about work. If I HAD to take an unpaid break, as is often the case in America (unfortunately leading to 8.5/9 hours between the start and end of the workday), I would just be constantly thinking about getting back to work. I would rather get the work over with and take that half hour/hour and add it to the end of my day when I don't have to think about work. From what I understand, the UK has 8 hours between start and end but including a half hour unpaid break. Which is a little better than here imo, since the overall day is still 8 hours even though it's a little less pay.