In Europe 90% of all companies and recruiters will demand a .doc file.
You either accept this and do your CV in Gdoc or remain unemployed. Your choice.
As a general rule of thumb can we all just agree that 90% of all human organizations -- at the very least -- are mediocre? A good resume should be part of escaping these types of places and living a more successful happy life! :-)
You sure about that? PDFs were never a problem for me, to the point of being explicitly encouraged.
Europe is not on homogenous region.
When applying for jobs in Sweden I have not had any problems using a PDF.
Well I'm Swedish and have also worked in Ireland and the UK, and have had more or less the same experience everywhere.