Your Job Is Your Identity
Reddit user Ssffxx wrote, “I live outside the U.S. and realized there are some people I’ve known for years and I still don’t know their job. I think in the U.S. jobs are a bigger part of a person’s identity than in some other places.”
What’s most baffling is that many steady jobs in America offer few benefits to their workers, while some other countries have guaranteed paid vacation time, health benefits and sick leave for virtually all career paths.