[matnewton85]

This article expresses perfectly why:

a) I'm very cautious about working with American companies b) Why my contractors nearly all bitch about working with American companies (I use a lot of contractors on oDesk and they tell me the same thing).

America's great but the lack of trust in business is the one thing that really grates on me.

[smutticus]

As someone who has done lots of work for both EU and US companies I agree. The amount of times American companies just say "trust us" versus EU companies definitely grates on me. The US is not all terrible, but there is tons of work force exploitation going on in the US. Especially in the bay area.