Many people choose their careers only for the money and that’s a great and valid reason.
Do companies really think people go to work every day because they love their jobs?
Sure employees may like a job, but they love money more.
If your only reason for choosing a career path is to build wealth so your family can live a better life, then that’s a good enough reason.
In the USA, they may also choose a job that offers life/work balance so that they actually get to see their family, rather than working the utterly ludicrous hours that I believe some companies in the US expect their employees to work!
There was a major American company with a subsidiary in Luxembourg where I live. The company had a rush-job on as they had made promises they couldn't keep to a client but then they expected everyone on their payroll to work crazy hours to cover their oversell. Europeans don't buy that, so someone made a complaint to the 'Inspectorate de Travail' who duly raided the company's premises and demanded to see everyones entry and exit hours (there was a secure access system so all such info was logged) along with the signed form that you have to have for every employee if you ask them to work more than 48 hours a week.
The entry exit data showed many employees working more than the normally permitted 48 hours/week - up to 70 hours a week in fact - and the company was told in no uncertain terms that they were breaking the law and that further unannounced inspections would be made to ensure future compliance and that if there were further breaches of the 'working hours directive' the regulator might very well take action to suspend the company's license to do business in Luxembourg!
