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.

When you talk with a future employer, you can negotiate your salary, but there's not all that much room for negotiation on benefits.

In most cases, as American kindergarteners say, "You get what you get and you don't get upset." Fortunately, the benefits tend to be generous.

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