Shitty jobs are easier to get, but like… who want’s to work a China-equivalent of a US McDonalds where the pay is horrible and you get treated like shit.

But still, even the shittier jobs are still harder to get than the US

My mom had a sales job where most of the pay actually came from commissions, but otherwise, the actual pay is not good. (Imagine the US waiter, they mostly rely on tips, but replace waiter with sales, and tips with commission, same thing) My dad had difficulty finding jobs and was constantly in and out of jobs. The last I remembered, he had some taxi job for like about a month or so then lost the job.

Also, the pay was monthly, no weekly or biweekly like most western countries. You could work for a month then the company goes bankrupt and you don’t get paid. At least with the weekly, its only one week of pay lost.

Oh also, we had a rural Hukou, we didn’t have Hukou in the city (GuangZhou). So probably zero access to social services (I assume). As far as I know, every doctor visit would be out of pocket and prepaid. This was around 2010, I hope things are better now.

The desire for a better future is why my family and I left (well I didn’t get to chose either way, I was a kid). Things in the US is better, like we ain’t rich, inflation still affects us, but its less shitty than it was in China. Other people’s experience may vary.

The only bad thing about the us is the occasional racism, but other than that, most things are better than China.