"I worked for a company that was bought by a US company, they sent us up employment contracts with zero changes for our country. Lots of sad laughter around the office because we couldn't believe how bad it was, you didn't have to be a lawyer or labour law expert to know that most of it was full out illegal where we lived. We signed them under threat because they were unenforceable anyway and then spent the next few months trying to get their HR department in the states to understand what we lived in a different country and just because they put it in the contract it didn't change the laws or our rights where we lived. They didn't like that and then tried to fire half the employees with zero severance which was illegal and in addition would have gotten Canadian regulatory agencies involved because as a foreign acquisition they had agreed to not have mass layoffs immediately. Once they finally got it through their heads that they couldn't do whatever they wanted they were sullen and pissy anytime you had to call them about anything. We all knew that labor law was different with fewer workers protections but it was a real eye opener to how American companies do business and holy shit it was awful. And hey businesses up here are no saints and do underhanded things as well, but it's nothing on how badly US companies are allowed to treat their workers. Of course people slowly started leaving anyway and after a few years everyone left was bought out and the whole operation was shuttered. A+"