All the problems you’ve listed, I feel I’ve dealt with as a software engineer as well, is there any role in tech that’s free from these issues. I’ve recently been laid off as well, and unlike you I’ve only been in this career for less than 5 years and I don’t feel like doing it anymore either, I just don’t know what I can switch to at this point, I already have a master’s degree, I don’t like the idea of going back to university to get another degree that I have to commit to for 2 years or more, I sometimes think of some kind of tech focused MBA so I no longer have to grind for tech interviews and keep up with new technologies that become popular.
In India e-commerce companies offer cash on delivery as a payment method, where you pay the delivery person that money after the delivery has been made and you can even open the package and verify it’s okay first. In the US not only do you have to pay first, the delivery people can abandon your package at some random location and mark it as delivered and then good luck getting your money back from the company.