Every time I read things like that I wonder if I&#x27;ve just been lucky or if there is something &#x27;special&#x27; about the US.  I&#x27;ve spent 10+ years working at companies of all shapes and sizes in Norway and Sweden, and with the exception of one 12 month stretch (working for an American ironically enough) all my bosses have been fine-to-great, and I&#x27;ve never had a real clash with any co-workers.  And even that terrible  American boss I had wasn&#x27;t &quot;inhumane mental torture&quot;.