Jill In Brazil: Dancing on Glass

Jill In Brazil: Dancing on Glass: "Monday, Monday. Got Ben off to School today and Gabi is asleep. Rodrigo had to run the Cat and the Car to another city to have ..."

Dancing on Glass

Monday, Monday. 
Got Ben off to School today and Gabi is asleep.  Rodrigo had to run the Cat and the Car to another city to have the car looked at and the cat to the Doctor. 
So when you buy a car here you get a 3 month full warranty on it, due to the fact that for so long people were selling lemons, the Government made new laws protecting the consumer.  Not only are there strong laws to protect the Car buyers but there are also strong laws to protect the employees.  It is like a union and almost impossible to be fired.  This is another blog because I am still trying to figure it out, but the average worker my be protected from being fired but there are no laws that limit the amount of hours that the employee can work or what he/she should be paid.  As far as I can tell, if you are employed this means you can be expected to work 6 days, 12 hours a day if the employer needs you.  Maybe this is just for salary employees.  These have been our personal experiences and again we are just scratching the edge of day to day experiences. 
To be new in a country for me is like dancing on glass.  Its good when you dont know anything about everything.  Everything looks nice and clean but when you fall through there is no turning back... now you know, eyes are open.  I am just starting to have my own experiences here and so far, I like what I see. Lets see what tomorrow holds.