It is not just a problem for foreigners...it appears to be a problem for Venezuela as well. The average Venezuelan worker has been indoctrinated by the Socialists to think that one input of work generates 5 outputs of productivity....whether it be pay and\or social benefits. Now Venezuela has to deal with lack of productivity and discontent from the growing workforce in it's nationalized industries. It's kind of tough for workers to blame their woes on the greedy capitalist gringoes when they are employed by the state. What a doomed failure of an economy. If I can get out of Venezuela close to break even I will never look back.