Why does the American work culture have this attitude that you should go in to work even if you are dying?

Great points.

I’m from Canada and although we have a lot of similarities with our Southern neighbors.... we have many more differences IMO. Healthcare being a big one. I tore my knee while snowboarding a few years back, and I waited for about 5 hours before I had surgery on it, and went home. Had I injured myself in the United States, that surgery would’ve cost me in excess of $40,000 USD. Did you know that Canadian’s who injure themselves while skiing in the USA will literally drive back to Canada with broken bones to get treatment? have a lot of friends from the USA who have never been to a doctor, or a dentist. Imagine that! Going to the doctor in the States is a luxury for people. That’s so sad.... Walk in clinics are unheard of down there because it’ll cost you $800 to visit one. I even heard some clinics charge you for the chair you wait in!

Some parts of the United States are literally similar to third world countries in terms of living conditions. First responders are getting sick just by walking the streets of these large cities because of the filth. Visit San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Portland, ETC and you will know what I mean. I was in Los Angels a few months ago and even some of the nicer parks are FULL of garbage.

They also have a record high amount of consumer debt, extremely unaffordable housing costs, shootings every day because they have more guns than people, and Donald Trump bringing them to the brink of war every so often. Among a long list of other stuff.

So with all of that being considered, is it really a surprise that they treat their employees like shit? America is like a big machine. You’re either “in” or “in the way”.

Beyond me why someone would live in the USA if they had a choice. Pretty much any other developed country would be a better choice

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