Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture (2016)
I have worked a lot in international teams with many different cultures, but predominantly US. Being born in NL and based in DE currently, it has always amazed me what a low standard of living my american colleagues had compared to us. The elections provided me some more insight into the debate surrounding Bernie Sanders&#x27; plans and I just can&#x27;t understand the seeming lack of understanding of how nice it is to have true (imho) quality of life. Free time, insurance, working roughly 35 hours a week, fresh air, exercise, good food, etc . etc. I don&#x27;t want to engage any political discussion, and I see similar mindset with some europeans. It somehow just baffles the crap out of me to see people want to, and be proud of, overworking &#x2F; sitting in a car 2-3 hours a day &#x2F; breathing polluted air &#x2F; eating prefab sandwiches or other junkfood. Meanwhile labelling any alternative as &#x27;communism&#x27; Had a bit of that for the first few years of my working life. Never again.