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[quote=Anonymous]I see why you are frustrated.
In US, I have had two jobs that cost me more to go to work than to stay home. 
I have had jobs where I trained for free for days. I had jobs without getting paid for all hours I worked. I had a job where I had to sleep on hard bench if nobody came to lock up.
I have had jobs where I had to share the money. I've had jobs with no benefits, no breaks in 12-hours, no minimum met, no vacations, and nobody gave a hoot about labor laws. All this in DC.
I've never had a job that offered benefits or even retirement.
I've had jobs where paychecks bounced weekly, coming with $35 fee. At some jobs where I had to pay if customer walked out without paying.
All this wage theft can be seen in my SS statement and will follow me forever. 
The crazy part is that somehow somebody convinced me that's how we work in US. Add to that my old school work ethic, strong mental and physical health and this was the result.
Long story short, I made ca average $22k a year for 29 years in DC working my tail off.
What about you all leave Europe. If you are so great, they don't deserve you. And if US was so great, you wouldn't be in such debt, just Europe.
I left my employers behind and started to work for myself the minute I got my papers. I retired soon after.
I don't need my ex employers who still contact me, and you don't need Europe. Let them be. They want to chill.
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