1. cannot take a couple of days off, without informing their boss much in advance

2. cannot work on something in their off time, on their own computers without employer claiming ownership of it (I am talking specifically about software here)

3. cannot take a unpaid month off, to travel or just rest, for example without losing their jobs

4. have no hope of receiving pension, decent medical benefits etc

5. have no good way of progressing in their career, without having to play bullshit office politics

6. have no concept of maternal, paternal leave, beyond the token few days which is a joke

and so on...

Yes, it is slavery. Compared to Cameroon, this is much better, cushier, comfortable slavery, but it is still slavery, aka wage slavery. We have been brainwashed so much about work, being a good citizen etc etc, that most of us can't even recognize that we give away the best years of our lives in return for a car, a small house and some money - and this is just the lucky ones, most of us don't get even that.

Both are slavery, just different forms of it. Yes, one of them is much better than the other, but they are both slavery.