I'm curious to know what you mean by, "and there will be 'culture shock', and one must be determined to 'go with the flow' for a certain amount of a different approach to life and business."

So, what exactly is the limit?

From what you've written, it seems that your experience has been pretty good. And that's great for you. Of course, a lot of what you read here are terrible stories perhaps simply because that's what people are more inclined to write about.

But in view of your good experiences, I ask gain: What exactly is the limit? What would YOUR limit be? Is it a late salary? How about many late salaries? Is it unnecessarily filthy working conditions? Lack of supplies? Improper documentation with the government so that if the day of reckoning comes for your employer, they can feign ignorance? Or perhaps a culture of blame, mistrust, deception, duplicity, threats and intimidation in the workplace, all of which are possible precisely because you're a stranger in a strange land?

In the end, for anyone who has dealt with these things, I agree with Silverboy that "it's a different culture" is a crap excuse. More than that, it's a worn-out excuse.