An acquaintance at work (in Australia) went to work as a developer for Amazon in the US a few years back. According to him, the hours he was expected to work meant that his really great salary actually translated to a quite shitty hourly rate. And he never got to go sightseeing and tourist-ing with his wife and kids because he was always working.

My friend and her husband also worked in the US for years, in mining, and said similar things. Terrible leave offerings, and a culture where even if you have leave you feel extreme pressure not to take it.

Very long but interesting interview

An app where men protect each other from women who are emotionally and physically unsafe? I don’t see the problem.