On average US software engineers make much more money so even after any deficiencies like not paying holiday pay we still come out ahead. And even then, most companies will pay out holiday pay anyway regardless of state law, just as a matter of company policy.

We’ve got free speech though. So at least we can complain about it.

And on top of that we have to suffer in the tech industry with twice or more the average salary of non Americans. The horror!

In any major city in the US, a software engineer is probably making in the top 10% of area and there is little excuse to not have 3-6 months savings.