For software engineers it really is though. I was looking for a job at that same time and had several offers that I turned down because I suspected bad working conditions, settled on one that was lower pay but actually good work life balance.
We have very different experiences. My friends also had a very different experience to you. We were all pretty desperate for jobs, and we weren’t even dealing with visas. Thankfully I landed one at a healthy place, but I would have taken anything at the time and jumped ship when the market was better.
For software engineers it really is though. I was looking for a job at that same time and had several offers that I turned down because I suspected bad working conditions, settled on one that was lower pay but actually good work life balance.
We have very different experiences. My friends also had a very different experience to you. We were all pretty desperate for jobs, and we weren’t even dealing with visas. Thankfully I landed one at a healthy place, but I would have taken anything at the time and jumped ship when the market was better.