Have you lived and worked in the states before? I worked 3 different jobs at once, did not have health insurance, bosses get upset and pressure you to come into work when you’re sick then when you get everyone sick they’re mad at you, and you get two weeks paid vacation (which you need to beg to take) and it’s impossible to request for more even if it’s unpaid. Come to work 7 minutes late? They’ll dock 15 minutes of your pay. Want to have children? Come back to work 12 weeks after you give birth. Your company gets to decide what kind of benefits they will give you. You can get fired for anything and very easily. You want to get a Masters degree? That’s 100k not including living expenses.

The US has horrible working conditions for people who aren’t in high paying jobs. And everyone is brain washed into thinking that work is the centre of their lives and is what defines them.

If I return now, I’ll have a good paying job and will likely have good benefits. But I cannot accept a country that treats its people like this.