I work with mexicans every day, and I actually recruit and choose personnel. I agree that what happened to you, can and does happen, there is lazy people everywhere. But here is the data, Mexico is #3 (not #1 as I tough but close): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_annual_labor_hours Also, there maybe cultural differences between mexicans working in México and those working in the USA. The later being more prone to lazynes because maybe they can get away with it easier.