There's a fairly strong "bring your whole self to work" culture. Meaning, you might be surprised the amount of familiarity between colleagues or discussion of t

There's a fairly strong "bring your whole self to work" culture. Meaning, you might be surprised the amount of familiarity between colleagues or discussion of their personal lives. This also covers topics like mental health and diversity. I think work might be more central part of your identity in the US (sometimes in unhealthy ways). We fetishize work and "hustle culture"[1]. These cultural aspects are reinforced by many social benefits being tied to one's employer. US Politics are quite polarized right now, and US tech companies can work on being decidedly outspoken on the side of their employees (more supportive of the cultural left). Though of course, there's also a countermovement[2] Sometimes it can instead of being part of a physical community, that my needs are more meant by the company mothership than the city I live in... Like others have said, there's a lot of variation in US work cultures. I'm mostly thinking about the typical Silicon Valley Tech company moreso than 1 - https://www.impactplus.com/blog/what-is-hustle-culture-and-how-do-we-break-it-ep-102 https://www.impactplus.com/blog/what-is-hustle-culture-and-h... 2 - https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22418208/basecamp-all-hands-meeting-employee-resignations-buyouts-implosion https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22418208/basecamp-all-hand...