Those professionals and semi professionals who work for a salary in Canada who look forward to their weekend days off should reaaly appreciate living in Canada and the corporate culture here. In the USA, it is almost expected that you work weekends. If you don't, you are viewed as a laggard not fit for advancement. So if you're a Canadian or a Brit be careful of this little known American expectation. It sounds a bit like American corporation actually own most of your free time and your life. What do you get in return? Big BuckS? Status? You certainly don't seem to get anytime to enjoy LIFE.
So Canadians appear to have much more free time to develop alternative sources of income while at least some Americans do not have any free time at all. That would be one good reason to start your own business so you can have more control over how you spend your time.
Since health insurance is tied to a specific job in the USA, the corporation has a lot of leverage over the employee when it comes to "working for free" on weekends. (since most are paid on salary and not by the hour). In Canada, the government provides health insurance as a basic
right so employers have very little to do with it.
The question I have is: The American corporation is already getting a lot of mileage out of salaried employees who are giving up free time and family time to keep their job so why do they want even more by outsourcing these same jobs to foreign markets just to save a few bucks to pass on to their shareholders who probably never work weekends? The employee dedication to the company is obviously not appreciated.
Monday, March 24, 2008
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