US software devs also make 2x what their European colleagues do, but that never gets called out as bloat. Plus US software devs make that 2x pay without taking our additional loans for medical school at the rate of $75k per year or doing years of low pay residency where their salary doesn’t give them the means to pay off those loans.
Of course it does. And it gets acted on. Every major corporation in America has explored or implemented moving to European or other foreign developers to save costs.
Developers also don’t have the advantage of a trade group that prevents this practice, requires particular education or limits the number of people allowed to get that education.
(Not in the medical field at all)
It’s kind of like our industry - the higher comp is a big reason behind how the US attracts talent from all over the world.
Not every country is in contention, as even if, for example, Hungary has the best medicine program, very few people are gonna learn Hungarian just to attend the university. The same argument applies for every country which requires a non-english language for admission.
Unpaid time off and possible job loss if you have medical issues that require you to be off work? They still worry about health insurance and things like that. Poor work/life balance, no promise of using vacation time, especially weeks at a time? The worry of lawsuits? Little to no job security?
Money isn't everything. Money can't really buy the quality of life that legal protections can - it is harder to lose legal protections.
