It's such a huge drop down. my parents want to know if I am getting health insurance when I have to put pressure on the boss just to get -paid-.
In 8-10 years of active professional life, I've held eight jobs, four of them in a period of two years. I've never had a raise. I've had paid vacation time maybe twice. Every single non-government job I've had has delayed my salary for more than two weeks, at least once. I need a private retirement fund because I don't think I'll ever be able to prove I've worked 35 years.
Each step up comes with a new load. I pay taxes to three countries. The immigration department has enough paperwork on me and my wife to build a house, just so she can get a job selling clothes here.
And, of course, this is all because I'm doing things -right-. I know a lot of you guys don't have these problems because you don't have a job.
I have no idea what my parents could have told me to prepare me for this that wouldn't have made me go to a commune right there and then.