Hey, I'm a software analyst working 9-5 in a software company contracted with a goverment institution like IRS (job is about tax stuff).
No union. No extra benefits. Micro-management everywhere. Working remote is being looked down on. Boomers everywhere. Colleagues that are content. 4k$ annual pay. 340$ a month. 2$ an hour. Don't really know how much my colleagues make because not the employer but the employees themselves are hiding their salaries, they get anxious and dodge every question when the topic gets brought up.
Now I'm very young (21) just graduated from computer science. Trying to make it to a computer engineer, but I am losing all hope. I need to wait 1 year for the exams to start for that and in the meantime my parents suggested I get into a job to “learn the ropes”. Though thankfully I'm not in student debt, have healthcare, living with my parents, housing is relatively cheap(probably not but our currency sucks so guessing it's cheap to foreigners) but I've been getting depressed ever since I started work. Why would I waste all my life, time, gaming, hobies, time with girlfriend and sacrifice sleep for all this just to get 2$ an hour meanwhile someone in america makes 7,25$ an hour (WHICH IS CONSIDERED LOW AND BARELY LIVEABLE) working jobs that require minimum talent. (No offense to anyone).
My country's economy has been on the downfall for years, I know that's the main issue. I know stuff here is probably way cheaper than it is in eu/na comperatively. But every second at work I'm constantly thinking about this. I hate my current life. How does one supposed to live their life meanwhile wasting 8 hours of it on the daily to tasks that require 4 hours of attention at the max. Am I entitled? I don't know. How does one move out to another countries like eu/na?