Why do people nowadays move to foreign countries for never to return.
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Work-life balance: The working hours are straightforward, 8am-5pm, that’s it. It’s pretty rare that I’m asked to work overtime. Even if asked I can refuse, without having to worry if I would lose my job. Added to that I get 20 days holiday in a year. Plus unlimited sick holidays. I don’t have to worry about losing my salary just because I ended up in hospital for a month.
Healthcare: I had problem with my knee, I went to doctor, doctor suggested to get an MRI, gave me a slip with appointment time. I got the MRI went back to doctor, then doctor prescribed a custom sole to be made. Went to the pharmacy that made the sole, they took the scan of my leg. Handed me a 24€ Service fee bill. This was the first time I had to pay in entire procedure.
To give you an idea about the medical expenses, the MRI by itself would have cost me 300€ out of my pocket. Not including doctors fee and service charges! Some of my friends have been in hospital for 2–3 weeks, they paid nothing more than 80€ for bed charges!
Meanwhile, the healthcare insurance is not cheap, a person has to pay around 14,6% of salary towards healthcare. But knowing that you won’t go bankrupt when you get sick is calming.
Quality of life: I don’t mean, standard of living, the standard of living is quite high for majority of people in India. What I mean by quality of life is that what might be a luxury in India is easy to find here.